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

َُْْ ُ ََّْ ََََ َُْMother of all Evilsassigned various duties. Ḥaḍrat ‘Allāmaĥ Ibn-e-Ḥajar ‘AsqalānīShāfi’ī ہ has reported that Amīr-ul-Mumīnīn Sayyidunā‘Umar al-Fārūq al-A’ẓam said, ‘Satan’s progenycomprises of 9 devils:(Zalītūn) زيلِ‏ ْ ون 1.تم ‏َّرة .6ُ(Murraĥ)2.3.وثِ‏ (Wašīn) نيلق (Laqūs) وس7.8.وطِّ (Musawwiṭ)مسَ(Dāsim) دا ‏ِس م(A’wān) اع ‏َو نا .4(Walĥān) ا وَله ن .9(Ĥaffāf) ا هف ف .5From these the one named Ĥaffāf is attached with the alcoholics.(Al-Munabbiĥāt-lil-‘Asqalānī, pp. 93-94, Mulkhiṣān) Thus, when a personis entrapped by the Satan named Ĥaffāf, he overlooks thecommandments of Allah . As soon as he adopts the companyof Satan, the first thing he loses is his intellect.’Alcohol and the intellectThe worst effect of alcohol is that it kills the intellect which is asuper and outstanding attribute of mankind. When alcohol isthe enemy of the greatest attribute of that of intellect then onlythis reason is sufficient for its condemnation. This is due to thefact that the intellect is called ‘intellect’ because it prevents arational person from evil deeds which his inner being inclineshim towards. Therefore, when one drinks alcohol, his intellectthat prevents him from bad deeds, is vanished, he then drawsclose to vices. As alcohol is also naturally one of those evils,hence, he does not only drink it, but (because of it) he goes into a37