Only Whiskey Distillery in Muslim World Defies Prohibition

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Re: Only Whiskey Distillery in Muslim World Defies Prohibition

@counterpoint

Holy Quran has clearly stated dire punishment for adultery, homosexuality, bigotry, back0biting, depriving orphans, widows and the destitutes of their rights, yet all these practices flourish in the entire Muslim world.

**No where does the Quran state punishment for drinking and intoxication, it is a undesirable act and discouraged but there are no punishments prescribed. **

Now here we are talking about an activity for non-muslims that caters to non-muslims only. Give it a break, those living in glass houses should be very careful when they throw stones.

Punishment for Smoking and Drinking Alcohol

As for drinking alcohol, there is a specific Hadd for that. In the early days of Islam, people who had stopped drinking prohibited others and those who committed the offence were lashed 40 times. They use to flail the drinker with anything that came to hand - a piece of cloth, a shoe, a stick - just to let the person feel that he or she had indulged in something prohibited. Later on when there was a complaint that people were returning to the old ways of drinking, Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) consulted the Muslims around, and Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “I think that drinking will make a person lose his mind and consequently start abusing others, uttering false accusations against them. So I think he deserves the same punishment for a person who falsely accuses other persons (Qadhif) that is 80 lashes.” Henceforth, that became the standard of punishment for drinkers to stop them from falling into that."

Allah Almighty knows best.