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Bay-wafā dunyā pay mat kar a’tabār
Tū achānak mawt kā ĥogā shikār
Mawt ā kar ĥī raĥay gī yād rakĥ!
Jān jā kar ĥī raĥay gī yād rakĥ!
Gar jaĥān mayn saw baras tū jī bĥī lay
Qabr mayn tanĥā qiyāmat tak raĥay
Do not trust this unreliable world
You will suddenly die one day
Death will surely come, keep in mind
The soul will surely depart, bear in mind
Even if you survive a hundred years in this world
You will live in the grave alone until the Last Day
Sayyidunā Ibn Abī Awfā رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has stated, ‘The one who died as a regular drinker has died like worshipper of لَات و عُزّىٰ (Lāt-o-‘Uzzā).’ When it was enquired from him, ‘Who is a regular drinker? Is he the one who remains intoxicated with alcohol all the time?’ He said, ‘No, the ‘regular alcoholic’ is one who drinks alcohol whenever he gets it, even if he acquires it after several years.’ (Kitāb-ul-Kabāir Aż-Żaĥabī, pp. 92, Ar-Raqm 445, Al-Ḥasan bin ‘Ammāraĥ, vol. 3, pp. 104)
Sayyidunā Abū Mūsā رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has quoted (from his father) that he used to say, ‘I don’t see any difference between drinking alcohol and worshiping a pillar leaving Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.’ (Sunan An-Nasāī, pp. 894, Ḥadīš 5676)
On page 558 of ‘Jaĥannam mayn lay jānay wālay A’māl’, Volume 2 [the 1012-page publication of Maktaba-tul-Madīnaĥ, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami], it is mentioned: ‘Here, it means that alcohol and idol worshiping are closely related in terms of being sin.’ It is narrated with regards to the
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