A Dialogue Between A Scholar and an Alcoholic
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Alcoholic : Do you think I am doing wrong by eating a date?
Scholar : NO
Alcoholic : And if I eat it with some grass?
Scholar : There is nothing with that.
Alcoholic : And if I were to wash them down with water?
Scholar : Drink and enjoy
Alcoholic : Since all of that is permissible, then why do you forbid us from alcohol, which consists of the above mentioned ingredients?
Scholar : If I poured water on top of you, would that hurt you?
Alcoholic : No it would not.
Scholar : And if I were to sprinkle some dirt in that, would you be hurt?
Alcoholic : That would not harm me.
Scholar : But if I were to mix water and dirt together and through a process make a large brick from those two elements, and then were I throw that large brick at you, would you be hurt?
Alcoholic : That would kill me.
Scholar : The same goes to alcohol
{Source ; Gems and Jewels | Wise Sayings, Interesting Events & Moral Lessons from the Islamic History | by Abdul Malik Mujahid | Dar-us-salam Publications}