While we are done with Get Smart and USR, can we all get back to the question at hand. When Allah forbidded Alcohol, he also gave us a reason why - coz it's intoxicating and make one forget prayers etc and also because there is more harm to it than good. Jo aj kay liya evil thee wo thou kal kay liya bhee evil honee chaiya. Even if the christian brethens have a quote like **Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived thereby is not wise. **as Hareem1 just mentioned.
Yusuf Ali: [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."
But no one came up with a definite answer.
My question came up after I read the topic on Dr Israr's claims based on the hadith that Hazrat Ali a.s drank alcohol (I know it claims that this was before the verse came down).
I personally believe that the Prophets (pbu them all) didn't consume alcohol and so did Hazrat Ali a.s. I believe someone taught and brought up by the Prophet won't touch such a thing. Alcohol is so much associated with evil
So it's surprising to see ppl accept that Hazrat Ali a.s. - "the gate of knowledge" drank alcohol and then I thought - what about the prophets then, what do ppl think about them with regard to consuming alcohol.
I thought someone would come with a definite answer from a Ahle Sunnah wal Jammat perspective but it looks like there's not much reference to this.
Khair...
First of all Ali(ra) was not a Prophet. And second of all, no Prophet worshipped idols but Sahaba(ra) did (ofcourse before they became muslim).