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die in the state of ‘Kufr’ i.e. infidelity[1];
if he repents, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will accept his repentance and if he drinks again, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ holds the right to make him drink from ‘Ṭīna-tul-Khabāl
(طِيۡنَةُ الۡخبَال)’. It was asked, ‘O Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! What is Ṭīna-tul-Khabāl?’
He صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ
وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم replied, ‘The pus of the people
of Hell.’ (Al-Musnad-lil-Imām Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal, vol. 10, pp. 443, Ḥadīš
27674, Multaqaṭan)
Islam described several measures in order to keep Muslims away from the evil of alcohol. One of these measures was to mention the evil effects of it so that people would refrain from it. One of its harms is that the ‘Ṣalāĥ’ of an alcoholic is not accepted for forty days.
The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘Any person from amongst my Ummaĥ who drinks alcohol, his Ṣalāĥ will not be accepted for forty days.’ (Al-Mustadrak, vol. 1, pp. 537, Ḥadīš 984)
The Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘Whoever drank alcohol, his Ṣalāĥ will not be accepted for forty days, however if he repents, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ accepts his repentance, however if he drinks again, his Ṣalāĥ will not be accepted for forty days but if he repents, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will accept his repentance, (for a third time) if he drinks again his Ṣalāĥ will not be accepted for forty days but if he repents, even this time Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will accept his
[1] There is a condition for an alcoholic to become ‘Kāfir’ i.e. an infidel and this is so if he drinks alcohol while believing it to be Ḥalāl i.e. permissible. It is mentioned in ‘Baĥār-e-Sharī’at’: ‘It is Kufr (unbelief) to believe anything Ḥarām which is proven permissible from Naṣ-e-Qaṭ’ī and to believe anything Ḥalāl which is declared clearly Ḥarām (prohibited), whereas that thing is from ‘Zarūriyāt-e-Dīn’ i.e. Essentials of Religion and the denier is aware of its ‘Ḥukm-e-Qaṭ’ī.’ (Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, vol. 1, pp. 176) The prohibition of alcohol is proven from Naṣ-e-Qaṭ’ī.
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