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Buraiyon ki Maa | Mother of Evils
replied, ‘Even bigger.’ The caliph asked, ‘Is it bigger than the Divine Throne?’ He replied, ‘Even bigger.’ The caliph then said, ‘Brother! Surely your sin can’t be greater than the mercy of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.’ When the person heard this, he began to cry profusely. The caliph asked, ‘Brother, please tell me, what is this sin of yours?’ The person replied, ‘Your Eminence! I feel extremely embarrassed to inform you; however, I will tell you. Perhaps it may pave way for acceptance of my repentance.’ Saying this, he began to reveal his story. He said, ‘I am a shroud thief. Tonight, I learnt lesson from five different graves which forced me to seek forgiveness.’
Fate of an alcoholic
When I opened the first grave to steal the shroud, I noticed that the face of the deceased had turned away from the direction of Qiblaĥ. As I began to run away in fright, an unseen voice made me tremble even more. It said, ‘Ask this person the reason for his torment?’ Whilst trembling, I replied that I did not have the courage to ask, you tell me. It was said, ‘This person was an alcoholic and an adulterer.’
Qabr rozānaĥ yeĥ kartī ĥay pukār
Mujĥ mayn ĥayn kīřay makořay bay-shumār
The grave proclaims everyday
I have countless insects inside me
Corpse resembling a pig
When I opened the second grave, I saw a heart-trembling scene. I saw that the corpse’s face resembled that of a pig and he was grappled with shackles and chains of fire. An unseen voice
BOOK TOPIC
BOOK TOPIC
- Du’ā for Reading the Book
- Table of Contents
- Two Madanī pearls
- 13 Intentions for reading this book in connection to thirteen letters of ‘Combating Wine’
- Intentions
- Mother of Evils
- Excellence of Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم
- Mother of all evils
- Was it alcohol or vinegar in the bottle?
- Fear of the beings
- Gatherings of drinking
- Open war against the commandments of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ
- One sin carries ten misdeeds
- What is alcohol?
- The reason of the name ‘Khamr’
- Ruling on alcohol
- Ruling on the earnings from alcohol
- Alcohol is Ḥarām whether it is less or more
- Eight rulings regarding Khamr (alcohol)
- Ten proofs for the impermissibility of alcohol from ‘Allāmaĥ Shāmī رَحۡمَةُ اللّٰهِ تَعَالٰي عَلَيۡه
- When did alcohol become impermissible?
- Four verses from the Quran regarding alcohol
- Wisdom in stepwise prohibition
- Alarming Madanī pearls about alcohol by A’lā Ḥaḍrat’s father, Maulānā Naqī ‘Alī Khān
- Liking of the Noble Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم
- The difference between ‘Sharāb’ and ‘Sarāb’
- Implementation of prohibition
- Conduct of the Companions of the Prophet
- Difference between a Muslim and a non-Muslim
- Harmful effects of drinking
- Economic harms of alcohol
- Medical harms of alcohol
- Social harms of drinking
- Alcoholic cannot recognize family relations
- Alcoholic and his households
- Remain distant from alcoholics
- Madanī pearls from a prince of the Prophet
- Alcohol and Satan
- Satan of alcoholics
- Alcohol and the intellect
- Alcoholic performing Wuḍū with urine
- The alcoholic’s never-ending desire
- The biggest sin of all
- Blind alcoholic
- Alcohol and death
- Attempts to prohibit alcohol
- Alcoholic and his faith
- Five sayings of the Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم regarding an alcoholic
- Fate of heedless alcoholics
- Deprivation from Īmān due to alcohol
- Drinking alcohol as a medicine
- A foolish argument
- Ten harms of alcoholism
- Curse upon the alcoholic
- Hatred for even a drop of alcohol
- Punishment for drinking one sip of alcohol
- The wrath of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ upon alcoholic
- Alcoholic and his Ṣalāĥ
- Different forms of punishment
- Fifteen causes for the decline of Muslims
- Punishment for the alcoholic
- Punishment for an alcoholic in this world
- Alcoholic’s punishment in the grave
- Deceased woman slaps a shroud thief
- Child turns elderly
- The neck of Hell
- Five punishments on the Day of Resurrection for the alcoholic
- 1. The appearance of the alcoholic on the Day of Judgment
- 3. Welcome with the iron hammers
- 2. Smelling fouler than a rotten corpse
- 4. Horrific view of an alcoholic’s torment
- Alcoholic and the heavenly wine
- Alcoholic and the fragrance of Paradise
- Repent as the mercy of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is immense
- Door of repentance
- Alcoholic became friend of Allah
- Virtues of showing respect
- An alcoholic was forgiven
- Frightening graves
- Corpse resembling a pig
- Fate of an alcoholic
- Nails of fire
- Blazed in fire
- Reward of repenting in youth
- An incident that reformed an alcoholic
- Why are we confronting troubles?
- Blessings of Ṣalāĥ
- Terrifying fate of those who do not offer Ṣalāĥ
- How an alcoholic became a preacher?
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Transliteration Chart
