Alcohol is detrimental
to your health especially your liver. Alcohol befogs the mind and prevents
rational thinking. Alcohol causes road accidents and innocent lives lost.
Alcohol increases the occurance of domestic violence. Alcohol addiction
causes financial ruin.
The
Holy Quran, 2.219: They ask thee concerning
wine and gambling. Say: "In them is great sin, and some profit, for men;
but the sin is greater than the profit." They ask thee how much they are
to spend; Say: "What is beyond your needs." Thus doth Allah Make clear
to you His Signs: In order that ye may consider.
The Holy
Quran, 5.90:
O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones, and
(divination by) arrows, are an abomination,- of Satan's handwork: eschew
such (abomination), that ye may prosper.
The Holy
Quran, 5.91: Satan's plan is (but) to
excite enmity and hatred between you, with intoxicants and gambling, and
hinder you from the remembrance of Allah, and from prayer: will ye not
then abstain?
Many of grow up in societies where
drinking is second nature to most people. Alcohol is staple in some societies,
among an increasing number of people. It is also becoming an irreplaceable
component of "having fun" and partying. No get together seems complete
without alcohol. Tequila shots over the bar counter, vodka and vodka lime
for beginners.
"Let's go have fun tonight" is
being replaced by "Let's go get pissed drunk tonight."
It can be difficult to deal with
an environment where peer pressure is overpowering - which is almost always
is. But consider this: Drunk people embarrass themselves in public and
in front of friends. They have little control their actions or their words.
One friend of mine nearly died because he walked onto a busy street in
his drunken stupor. Another friend was raped by her boyfriend while she
was asleep/hungover.
If you must drink, it's your choice
but don't influence another person to do it as well. Your drinking habit
will rub off on others whether you intend it to or not. Don't pressurise
your friend. You're enticing him/her to a slow, expensive and downward-spiral
death.
You have a million reasons to
stop drinking - not just for yourself but for your friends and family...and
especially the innocent stranger who might get hurt by your actions during
a drunken stupor. You'll feel healthier - it's a guarantee and you'll save
money to do other cool stuff.
God gives us instructions because
He is All Knowing. Everything in Islam has a practical and healthy reason
behind it..some of which we are aware of and others we're not but they're
for our own good. God says in the Holy Quran - there is some good in alcohol
but the bad outweighs the good.
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