We are having our Annual office get together and I am in the organizing committee, the problem started when one of my muslim brother said he would not come to the party as there will be alcoh ol served
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Dear brothers in
Islam,
Salaam alikum
We are having our
Annual office get together and I am in the organizing committee,
the problem started when one of my muslim brother said he would not come to the
party as there will be alcoh ol served and his religion does not allow him to
do so. I didn't know about it before, but since I know it now what should I do
? Is it ok if I attend and what precaution should be taken. The staff will be
coming with their family and many don't drink.
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Answer:
Alcohol party
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah
Maidah verses 90-91:
O you who have believed! ‘Khamr’ (all types of intoxicants), games of chance, idols,
and divining arrows are all abominable works of the Shaytaan; therefore, stay (far) away from these so that you may
attain success. Indeed, the Shaytaan seeks to sow enmity and hatred
among you by means of ‘khamr’ (intoxicants) and gambling, and to prevent you from the Remembrance of
Allah and from Salaah. Will you
not, then, abstain from these things?
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 2776 Narrated by Anas ibn Malik
Allah's Messenger (saws) invoked the curse of
Allah on ten people in connection with wine: the wine-presser, the one who has
it pressed, the one who drinks it, the one who conveys it, the one to whom it
is conveyed, the one who serves it, the one who sells it, the one who benefits
from the price paid for it, the one who buys it, and the one for whom it is
bought.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 4477 Narrated by Jabir ibn Abdullah
The Prophet (saws) said, "He who
believes in Allah and the Last Day must not sit at a cloth (table or gathering)
where wine is being circulated."
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 3765 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Umar
The Messenger of Allah (saws) forbade the
sitting at a cloth (table or gathering) on which wine is drunk.
I didn't know about
it before, but since I know it now what should I do? Is it ok if I attend and what precaution should be
taken.
Allah Subhanah has commanded the believers to stay far far
away from any and all types of intoxicants, and the Messenger of Allah (saws)
explicitly forbade the believers to sit or join in a gathering where alcohol is
being served.
Thus, if one has prior knowledge that alcohol will be
served at a gathering or party, it would be purer and better for them to fear
Allah and abstain from attending such gatherings, for Allah indeed has the
biggest right that He be obeyed.
But if one attends a gathering or party, knowing that
alcohol will be served there, even if they do not consume alcohol themselves,
they will indeed share a burden of the sin.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan