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

Mother of Evils‘Baqī-e-Gharqad’, I also joined him. Amīr-ul-Mumīnīn, SayyidunāAbū Bakr Ṣiddīq met us on the way; the Beloved ofAllah ٖ brought him to his right side and I cameto the left, and after sometime Sayyidunā ‘Umar alsomet us on the way. The Prophet of Allah ٖ tookhim to his left side and I was asked to go behind. We all reachedwhere the alcohol was placed. He ٖ asked thepeople, ‘Do you all know what this is?’ All replied, ‘Yes, OProphet ٖ ! We know that this is alcohol.’ He ٖ said, ‘You have spoken the truth (but remember),concerning alcohol, Allah has cursed alcohol, the one whoextracts it, the one whom it is extracted for, the one who drinksit, the one who serves it, the one who brings it, the one whom itis brought for, the one who sells and buys it, and all those whoeat from its earnings.’ He ٖ then asked for a knife tobe brought and ordered it to be sharpened. When it wassharpened, he ٖ started to slit the leather containersof alcohol. People humbly asked, ‘O Rasūlullāĥ ٖ !If only the alcohol is disposed of and the containers are not slit,they can be reused later on.’ He ٖ replied, ‘I alsoknow this very well but I am doing this to avoid the anger of Allah because I fear that there may be risk of the displeasure ofAllah even in benefiting from these containers.’ WhenSayyidunā ‘Umar al-Fārūq saw the resentment of theNoble Prophet ٖ , he requested, ‘OProphet ٖ ! Please order me! I can easily do that.’But he ٖ said, ‘No, I will do this thing myself.’ (Al-Mustadrak, vol. 5, pp. 199-200, Ḥadīš 7310)The act of the Most Blessed Rasūl ٖ , slitting theleather containers with his own blessed hands was to show theintense resentment that he ٖ had for alcohol.24