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> They ask you about wine (khamr) and gambling. Say, "In them is great sin and [yet, some] benefit for people. But their sin is greater than their benefit." ht
by azth 5y ago
> They ask you about wine (khamr) and gambling. Say, "In them is great sin and [yet, some] benefit for people. But their sin is greater than their benefit."
https://quran.com/2/219 https://quran.com/2/219
> O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants (khamr), gambling, [sacrificing on] stone altars [to other than God], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful.
https://quran.com/5/90 https://quran.com/5/90
- selimthegrim 5y agoThis might lead one to the reading that intoxication rather than alcohol is prohibited.
- azth 5y agoThat's correct, all intoxicants are prohibited in Islam. The word (khamr) refers to any substance that masks a person's thinking ability (the word "khimaar" is a face veil, and both khimaar and khamr derive from the same root). And it's not a reading as much as an explicit text: > "Every intoxicant is Khamr and every intoxicant is unlawful." https://sunnah.com/nasai:5699 https://sunnah.com/nasai:5699
- redisman 5y agoI guess I need to try that sacrificing at a stone altar thing next