Abominations of the Devil[Quran-Ibn-I-Majah]`Scholar & an Alcoholic` !

'Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem' 'As Salaam O Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barkatuh'  'O you who believe, Intoxicants, and Gambling, and the altars of Idols, and the Games of chance are Abominations of the Devil; you shall avoid them, that you may succeed.'   [Quran Surah 'Maai'dah'  5:90]     A Dialogue between a Scholar and an Alcoholic   Alcoholic: Do you think I am doing wrong by eating a date ?   Scholar: No.   Alcoholic: And if I ate with it some grass ?   Scholar: There is nothing wrong with that.   Alcoholic: And if I were to wash them down with water ?   Scholar: Drink and enjoy.   Alcoholic: Since all of that is permissible, then why do you forbid us from alcohol, which consists of the above-mentioned ingredients?   Scholar: If I poured water on top of you, would that hurt you ?   Alcoholic: No it would not.   Scholar: And if I were to sprinkle some dirt in that, would you be hurt ?   Alcoholic: That would not harm me.   Scholar: But if I were to mix it water and dirt together and trough a process make a large brick from those two elements, and then were I to throw that large brick at you, would you be hurt?   Alcoholic: That would kill me!   Scholar: The same goes for Alcohol.       It was reported by Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), that Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:-   "God's curse falls on ten groups of people who deal with alcohol. #1/The one who distills it #2the one for whom it has been distilled.  #3/the one who drinks it. #4/ the one who transports it. #5/the one to who it has been brought. #6/ the one who serves it. #7/ the one who sells it. #8/ the one who utilizes money from it. #9/ the one who buys it and #10/ the one who buys it for someone else."   [Sunan Ibn-I-Majah Volume  #3, Book of Intoxicants, Chapter 30 Hadith # 3380]    ...My ' Salaams' To You All...                      Y a s m i n.                           "Never  Despair  Of  The  Mercy  Of  Allah"       "I Want to Die With my Forehead on the Ground, The Sunnah in my Heart, Allah on my Mind, Qur'an on my Tongue, and Tears in my Eyes!" Inshallah 'Aameen' ' Son of Adam! You are nothing but a number of days, whenever each day passes then part of you has Gone!   {Al-Hasan Al-Basree}