Are narcotics measured by the standard of intoxicants in the application of the fixed punishment?
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Question:
He asks: Do narcotics have a fixed punishment in the Shari'ah? And are they measured by the standard of intoxicants in the application of the fixed punishment?
Answer:
They are more severe than intoxicants; they are estimated to be more severe than intoxicants because they corrupt the body and the mind. Intoxicants corrupt the mind and also contain a disease for the body, but it is milder than narcotics, may Allah protect us. Narcotics corrupt the body completely; they strip a person of his modesty until he becomes like an animal. Yes. And he suffers from addiction from which he cannot endure abstaining, even if he sells his honor or sells his religion. That is what happens with narcotics; he sells them. Because he cannot endure without them and cannot live without them. May Allah protect us. Yes.
He asks: Do narcotics have a fixed punishment in the Shari'ah? And are they measured by the standard of intoxicants in the application of the fixed punishment?
Answer:
They are more severe than intoxicants; they are estimated to be more severe than intoxicants because they corrupt the body and the mind. Intoxicants corrupt the mind and also contain a disease for the body, but it is milder than narcotics, may Allah protect us. Narcotics corrupt the body completely; they strip a person of his modesty until he becomes like an animal. Yes. And he suffers from addiction from which he cannot endure abstaining, even if he sells his honor or sells his religion. That is what happens with narcotics; he sells them. Because he cannot endure without them and cannot live without them. May Allah protect us. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4065- 4717] هل تقاس المخدرات على الخمر في إقامة الحد؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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