652 - عِلَّةُ تَحريمِ الخَمرِ

652. THE REASON FOR THE PROHIBITION of Alcohol

1971.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : فَرضَ اللَّهُ ... تَرْكَ شُرْبِ الخَمرِ تَحْصيناً للعَقلِ .¹

1971.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Allah imposed...the abandonment of drinking alcohol in order to safeguard the intellect.' ²

1972.الإمامُ الرِّضا عليه السلام : حَرّمَ اللَّهُ الخَمرَ لِما فيها مِن الفَسادِ ، ومِن تَغْييرِها عُقولَ شارِبِيها ، وحَمْلِها إيّاهُم على‏ إنْكارِ اللَّهِ عزّوجلّ ، والفِرْيَةِ علَيهِ وعلى‏ رُسُلِهِ ، وسائرِ ما يكونُ مِنهُم مِن الفَسادِ والقَتلِ .³

1972.Imam al-Rida (AS) said, 'Allah forbade alcohol due the corruption that accompanies it, and due to the way in which it alters the drinkers' reason, and how it encourages them to deny Allah, Mighty and Exalted, and to slander Him and His messenger, and for all the other accompaniments of corruption and murder.' ⁴