05-22-2004, 06:19 AM
as salam alykom
Dan allow me to pop in:
Allah, in order to forbade alcohl drinking took a gradual approach. The Creator Took in consideration that people at that time were so much into alcoh which would make it difficult to give it up immediately.
The first ruling was revealed regarding alcohl was here:
"They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) concerning alcoholic drink and gambling.[4] Say: "In them is a great sin, and (some) benefit for men, but the sin of them is greater than their benefit." (Quran 2:219).
When this was revealed a group of people stopped drinking while others didnt, they said let us just take the beneift therein.
then was followed by:
"O you who believe! Approach not As-Salât (the prayer) when you are in a drunken state until you know (the meaning) of what you utter" (Quran 4:43).
when a companion leaded people for prayer and faulted while reciting surat Kaferoun, so Allah revealed this Ayah.
Still a group stopped and another didnt, they said let us avoid prayer timings.
Until Allah revealed the following Ayah
"O you who believe! Intoxicants (all kinds of alcoholic drinks), and gambling, and Al-Ansâb[1], and Al-Azlâm (arrows for seeking luck or decision) are an abomination of Shaitan’s (Satan) handiwork. So avoid (strictly all) that (abomination) in order that you may be successful.[2] * 91. Shaitân (Satan) wants only to excite enmity and hatred between you with intoxicants (alcoholic drinks) and gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allâh and from As-Salât (the prayer). So, will you not then abstain?" (Quran 5:90-91)