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you are here: > 36 Truths of Allah
> Truth 24
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24. "Alcohol and
gambling"
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Upon the revelations given from Allah, the Mighty, the Knower. |
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There can be no doubt. | |
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Shall I explain the reason for the rule on drink of strong intoxication and games of chance? |
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Addiction and excess. |
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Alcohol is no less or more dangerous than any drug of a poisoning quality. |
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In small doses it may relax, or stimulate, it may awaken or sleepen a person. |
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But when to excess it destroys not just a soul, but their family and kin. |
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How many have lost everything to an addiction, that started so simply? |
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An obsession in money and its acquisition, |
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An obsession in acquiring more and more possessions at the risk of debt and ruin, |
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An obsession in eating poorly made food, |
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An obsession in over exercise, |
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An obsession in drugs of hallucinogenic or pain relief |
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An obsession in gambling and yes and obsession in alcohol consumption. |
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To say one is worse than the other is likened to souls at the gates of heaven comparing their ending- all are truly dead! |
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Listen then to your Lord. | |
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Do not take any pleasure of life to excess. |
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In moderation, the consumption of all things that do not degrade others, that do not inflict pain nor cruelty are allowable. |
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This you understand. Do not then seek weasel words to say “The Lord allows my excesses, nor the Lord prevents its consumption”. |
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You are given reason by Allah for a purpose. |
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Your body is a gift. Choose wisely. | |
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The Lord does not condone its abuse. | |
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Let truth be your guide. | |
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