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Yāsīn’. The student responded, ‘Stop reciting ‘Sūraĥ Yāsīn.’ He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه advised him to recite the Kalimaĥ (Article of Faith). He said, ‘I will never recite this Kalimaĥ and I am annoyed of it.’ He died just after uttering these words. Sayyidunā Fuḍayl bin ‘Ayāz رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was extremely shocked by the bad end of his student. He wept for forty days at his home. After forty days, he dreamt the angels dragging that student towards the Hellfire. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه enquired from him, ‘For what reason Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ ceased your gnosis? You had high rank amongst my students!’ He replied, ‘Due to three reasons: (i) Tale telling i.e. I used to say one thing to my companions and a different thing to you, (ii) jealousy, I would become jealous with my friends, (iii) drinking alcohol i.e. I used to drink one glass of alcohol every year as per the doctor’s prescription as a remedy for one of my ailment.
Gĥup andĥayrī qabr mayn jab jāye gā
Bay-‘amal! Bay-intiĥā gĥabrāye gā
Kām māl-o-zar waĥān nā āye gā
Ghāfil insān yād rakĥ pacĥtāye gā
When you will be laid in the dark grave
O the one not practising your religion, you will be afraid
Your wealth will not help you there at all
O the heedless one, you will suffer setback
When the one who drank alcohol as a medicine had such a bad end then imagine what will be the condition of those who drink it without any excuse. We seek help from Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ from every calamity and affliction.
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