Reconciling the hadith that the drinker of intoxicants is like a worshipper of idols with the fact that he does not leave the religion
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how do you reconcile the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that the drinker of intoxicants or the habitual drinker is like a worshipper of idols, with what is known that drinking intoxicants does not cause one to leave the religion?
Answer:
The Messenger did not say that it causes one to leave the religion. He said he is like a worshipper of an idol, clinging to it just as the worshippers of the idol cling to the idol.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how do you reconcile the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that the drinker of intoxicants or the habitual drinker is like a worshipper of idols, with what is known that drinking intoxicants does not cause one to leave the religion?
Answer:
The Messenger did not say that it causes one to leave the religion. He said he is like a worshipper of an idol, clinging to it just as the worshippers of the idol cling to the idol.
Source
التوفيق بين حدبث:" مدمن الخمر كعابد وثن" وكون شرب الخمر لا يخرج من الملة. — alfawzan.live
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