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come on the Day of Judgement in such a state that his face would have turned black, his tongue would be hanging out towards his chest, saliva would be drooling out of his mouth and everyone looking at will hate him.’ (Al-Kāmil fī-Ḍu’fā-ir-Rijāl, Ar-Raqm 399, Al-Ḥakīm bin ‘Abdullāĥ, vol. 2, pp. 502)
Some scholars of Islam رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ السَّلَام have stated the reason for not making ‘Salām’ to an alcoholic. An alcoholic is a ‘Fāsiq-o-Mal’ūn’ i.e. he commits sin openly and is cursed, as the Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has cursed him. Hence, if someone bought the ingredients or tools and prepared alcohol, he is cursed twice, and if he served it to another, he is cursed thrice. This is the reason why it is prohibited to visit him during his illness and to greet him with ‘Salām’ unless he repents i.e. if he makes sincere repentance then Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will accept his repentance.
And so, it is established that a man is known by the company he keeps. Good company of pious people makes one pious and bad company makes one sinful. It is for this reason that the Noble Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم prevented us from keeping the company of alcoholics. Here it would be beneficial to mention a few Madanī pearls of Sayyidunā Ja’far Ṣādiq عَـلَيۡهِ رَحْمَـةُ الـلّٰـهِ الـرَّازِق as a lesson which he delivered upon repeated requests of Sayyidunā Sufyān Šaurī عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی.
On page 75 of the book ‘Jaĥannam mayn lay jānay wālay A’māl’, volume 1 [the 853-page publication of Maktaba-tul-Madīnaĥ, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami], it is stated: Sayyidunā Sufyān Šaurī عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی has said, ‘I presented myself in the court of Sayyidunā Imām Ja’far Ṣādiq عَـلَيۡهِ رَحْمَـةُ الـلّٰـهِ الـرَّازِق
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