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helena
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Yes am talking about bad drugs aswell!! I want to have a rough idea how islam prohibits it!! And how are children helped against the drugs??
Have any solution???
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Thank you for the clarification.
Apart from what has been said here, maybe it'll be prudent for you introduce in your essay how Islam has covered its bases in terms of deciding the ruling of new items that may or may not harm the body.
Muslim jurists compiled a methodology called Al Qawaaid al Fiqhiyyah (The Methodology of Fiqh) based on proofs from Al Quran and Ahadeeth.
For example, the method: "Necessity will permit the impermissible". If there's a life threatening situation, then eating pork or anything that is considered impermissible under normal circumstances will be deemed permissible in order to survive. But such permissibility ends as soon as the circumstances change for the better.
This method is mainly derived from the Quranic verse "Allah wants easiness for you and He doesn't want for you difficulties" (Al Baqarah) [sorry will give you the # later]. Of course, the extrapolation of such rule is not THAT simple. Jurists also observe the pattern of prohibitions in Al Quran and the Sunnah.
So, in terms of drugs. Abuse of any kind is IMPERMISSIBLE. This is based on the wisdom of Islam itself. Islam came to protect 5 elements in human life. (Al Maqaasid as Sharee'ah)
(1) Life
(2) Religion
(3) Sanity
(4) Lineage
(5) Wealth
As you can see, to protect life is the #1 priority in Islam. In fact, the story of Ammar ibn Yaasir clearly illustrates this point.
This portion also signifies that drugs that are used other than their intended use, and have been shown to cause deleterious effects on the life, will be IMPERMISSIBLE. That includes excessive use of laxatives as part of an anorexia nervosa case, the abuse of amphetamine to get high. The rulings of these items are derived from such methods since there are no clear cut prohibition from the Quran and Sunnah that mention them by name. Hence, any drug by any name that comes in the future will be covered due to the expansiveness of this rule.
Children in public schools learn to say NO to drugs through state sponsored programs and in their classrooms when they take Hygiene as part of their Science curricullum. Sometimes school also hold Science Fair or exhibition where students are encouraged to display the bad effects of taking illegal drugs.
I hope I've shed some light into the matter.