One of my Muslim friends drinks alcohol. She is also fasting these days. She is, of course, of the legal age according to US laws to drink. But she is not sure if after Iftari, say, at night she can drink because of Ramazaan.
Should she not drink during Ramazaan or it is ok to drink as long as she doesn’t do it during Sehri or Iftari?
I thought Muslims are commanded to avoid drinking at all times?
I think as long as the US laws allow her to drink she should not worry about any thing especially that fasting thing.
P.S by the way since when Fasting was ordined in US constitution :)
no one in islam is allowed to drink sharab at anytime, period.
Roman, sit her down anywhere over a drink and talk some sense into her. Sharaab is haraam with Purvi.
The blessings of fasting is one thing. The gunnah of drinking alcohol is another. As long as she is fasting, and doing all other things associated with fasting (e.g. namaaz), her fasting is for Allah. And Allah alone will determine the reward. None of us can comment on that.
As for drinking alcohol, if she believes that is a gunnah, and most muslims might agree with that belief, then that gunnah will be evaluated separately.
I had heard (although I don't have any references handy for this) that for each good deed you do in Ramzaan (or Ramadhaan) you will get 70 times of the reward. While this is all good and nice, according to the same source, the converse is also to be part of the deal. That if you do a bad deed in Ramzaan then you will also get 70 times of the punishment. If we take this hadeeth as correct, then you do the math, and tell her if its a good idea to drink alcohol in Ramzaan.
Faisal: Now...would the sins and good deeds be weighted at all....to do a true impact analysis and what-if...simulations? I am 72.5% sure that god might put heavier penalities on pontificating wrongly than on having a glass of merlot. Please check into it and let me know.
thanks,
CH
That's whack.
come on, even those not so religious - muslims, can avoid drinking.
Roman I think u missed out "very urgent" from the thread title.
CH: your odds are very high...according to the latest SS tables(Sin v/s Sawaab tables) availabe on the website of www.accountabilitybureau.data.god.gov there is only 9.898% chances that you will see God in the hallway before being pushed into the hell fire.
Accordingly to some forecasts about your weekend, that is further goign to drop to 9.689% by Monday morning.
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Roman I think u missed out "very urgent" from the thread title.
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naah...questions on Sex have priority over sharaab....Sharab can wait but a horny boyfriend can't.
Thanks for the warning Channji. I will try to heal the sick, feed the hungry and satisfy the curious, as part of my friday good will regimen. Ofcourse all these gestures of goodness will only benefit one person.