Leaving off the prohibition of those who drink intoxicants to avert the greater of two harms
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Question:
Walid, may Allah preserve you, Shaykh al-Ikhla al-Musaylimin (may Allah have mercy on him), why did he not forbid those who were drinking intoxicants in Iraq and Madinah? Iraq was afflicted by a prevailing calamity?
Answer:
Because if he had forbidden them, a greater evil would have occurred. Yes, they said: Let them drink intoxicants and not kill the Muslims, because if he prevented them from drinking, they would have risen up against the Muslims and killed them. So he left them alone to avoid committing the lesser of two harms in order to avert the greater one. This is from his (may Allah have mercy on him) wisdom. Yes.
Walid, may Allah preserve you, Shaykh al-Ikhla al-Musaylimin (may Allah have mercy on him), why did he not forbid those who were drinking intoxicants in Iraq and Madinah? Iraq was afflicted by a prevailing calamity?
Answer:
Because if he had forbidden them, a greater evil would have occurred. Yes, they said: Let them drink intoxicants and not kill the Muslims, because if he prevented them from drinking, they would have risen up against the Muslims and killed them. So he left them alone to avoid committing the lesser of two harms in order to avert the greater one. This is from his (may Allah have mercy on him) wisdom. Yes.
Source
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