Is there a report that the one addicted to eating meat is like the one addicted to intoxicants?
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Question:
Is there a hadith, or a report, that says: the one addicted to eating meat is like the one addicted to drinking intoxicants?
Answer:
There is a report from some of the Companions that he warned against continuing to eat meat, and he said: it has a ferocity like the ferocity of intoxicants, meaning the one who is accustomed to it does not leave it. The one who is accustomed to meat is afflicted with a craving for it, even if he is religious. He should do it sometimes, and sometimes not; sometimes he eats meat, and sometimes he does not eat meat, so that it does not become ferocious for him, so that he does not become accustomed to it; otherwise, it will be difficult for him.
Otherwise, meat is not like intoxicants. Intoxicants are forbidden, and meat is permissible. But the point is: the one who is accustomed to it—some of the Salaf dislike becoming accustomed to it—says: he should do it sometimes, and sometimes not, so that he does not become accustomed to it; otherwise, it will be difficult for him.
Is there a hadith, or a report, that says: the one addicted to eating meat is like the one addicted to drinking intoxicants?
Answer:
There is a report from some of the Companions that he warned against continuing to eat meat, and he said: it has a ferocity like the ferocity of intoxicants, meaning the one who is accustomed to it does not leave it. The one who is accustomed to meat is afflicted with a craving for it, even if he is religious. He should do it sometimes, and sometimes not; sometimes he eats meat, and sometimes he does not eat meat, so that it does not become ferocious for him, so that he does not become accustomed to it; otherwise, it will be difficult for him.
Otherwise, meat is not like intoxicants. Intoxicants are forbidden, and meat is permissible. But the point is: the one who is accustomed to it—some of the Salaf dislike becoming accustomed to it—says: he should do it sometimes, and sometimes not, so that he does not become accustomed to it; otherwise, it will be difficult for him.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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