The New Muslim Addicted to Intoxicants and Pork
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If a man becomes a Muslim and is addicted to intoxicants or addicted to eating pork, should he be left alone so that he can gradually wean himself off and faith becomes firm in his heart?
Answer:
No. He should be advised and ordered to repent and hasten before death, for he does not know when he will die. He should hasten to repent. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If a man becomes a Muslim and is addicted to intoxicants or addicted to eating pork, should he be left alone so that he can gradually wean himself off and faith becomes firm in his heart?
Answer:
No. He should be advised and ordered to repent and hasten before death, for he does not know when he will die. He should hasten to repent. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن تلاعبه وكيده : تلاعبه بالثنوية — islamhouse.com (53:13)
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