Mother of Evils - Islamic School System - Dawat-e-Islami

ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ٰ ٰ ٰ ۡ ۡ Mother of all Evils ٰ ۡ ۡ ٰ ۡ ٰٓ‘O People who believe! Do not approach the Ṣalāĥ when you areintoxicated until you have enough sense to understand what yousay...’[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 5, Sūraĥ al-Nisā, Verse 43)Thus, intoxicants were declared Ḥarām during Ṣalāĥ times.After revelation of the above verse, some people considered itas Ḥarām upon them and said, ‘There is no goodness in such asubstance that becomes an obstacle between us and Ṣalāĥ’, andsome used to abandon it during Ṣalāĥ times. Some peoplewould drink after ‘Ishā Ṣalāĥ so that they could sober up beforeFajr Ṣalāĥ and some would drink after Fajr in order to regainsenses before Ẓuĥr Ṣalāĥ.Once Sayyidunā ‘Itbān bin Mālik invited Muslims ata meal and roasted the head of a camel for them. All ate ittogether and drank alcohol until they got intoxicated. Theybegan boasting and insulting each other. They uttered coupletsand someone read a poem which insulted the Anṣār whilstshowing the pride of his own tribe. An Anṣārī took the jawbone of the camel and hit the head of one of the companions.He was injured severely and presented himself in the blessedcourt of the Most Blessed Prophet ٖ to launchcomplain against that Anṣārī companion. After this incident,Sayyidunā ‘Umar al-Fārūq al-A’ẓam prayed in thecourt of Allah and requested: ‘O Allah ! Bestow uswith an explicit injunction regarding alcohol. Hence Allah revealed the following commandment:19