"Khamr is what befogs the mind." These are the words spoken by 'Umar ibn al-Khattab from the pulpit of the Prophet (peace be on him), providing us with a decisive criterion for defining what falls under the prohibited category of khamr. There remains then no room for doubts and questions: any substance which has the effect of befogging or clouding the mind, impairing its faculties of thought, perception, and discernment is prohibited by Allah and His Messenger (peace be on him) until the Day of Resurrection.
Drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, opium, and the like are definitely included in the prohibited category of khamr. It is well known that the use of such drugs affects the sensory perceptions, making what is near seem distant and what is distant seem near; that their use produces illusions and hallucinations, so that the real seems to disappear and what is imaginary appears to be real; and that drug usage in general impairs the faculty of reasoning and decision-making. Such drugs are taken as a means of escape from the inner reality of one's feelings and the outer realities of life and religion into the realm of fantasy and imagination. Added to this psychological fact are the physical effects: bodily lassitude, dullness of the nerves, and decline in overall health.
The moral consequences, moral insensitivity, weakening of the will-power, and neglect of responsibilities are also well known. Eventually, addiction to drugs renders a person a diseased member of society. Furthermore, drug addiction may result in the destruction of the family or even in a life of crime. Since obtaining drugs involves a great outlay of money, a drug addict may well deprive his family of necessities in order to buy drugs and may resort to illegal means to pay for them.
When we recall the principle that impure and harmful things have been made haram, there can be no doubt in our minds concerning the prohibition of such detestable substances such as drugs, which cause so much physical, psychological, moral, social and economic harm.
The Muslim jurists were unanimous in prohibiting those drugs which were found during their respective times and places. Foremost among them was Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, who said, This solid grass (hashish) is haram, whether or not it produces intoxication. Sinful people smoke it because they find it produces rapture and delight, an effect similar to drunkenness. While wine makes the one who drinks it active and quarrelsome, hashish produces dullness and lethargy; furthermore, smoking it disturbs the mind and temperament, excites sexual desire, and leads to shameless promiscuity, and these are greater evils than those caused by drinking. The use of it has spread among the people after the coming of the Tartars. The hadd punishment (The Qur'an specifies the punishments for certain crimes, such as lashing for drinking wine and equal retaliation or compensation in the case of murder or injuries. These punishments are called hadd (plural, hudud), meaning "the limit set by Allah." (Trans.)) for smoking hashish, whether a small or large amount of it, is the same as that for drinking wine, that is, eighty or forty lashes.
He explained the imposition of hadd for smoking hashish in the following manner: It is the rule of the Islamic Shari'ah that any prohibited thing which is desired by people, such as wine and illicit sexual relations, is to be punished by imposing hadd, while the violation of a prohibited thing which is not desired, such as (eating) the flesh of a dead animal, calls for ta'zir. (For crimes concerning which no specified punishment is mentioned in the Qur'an or Ahadith, the Muslim government may introduce its own punishments, such as fines or imprisonment. Such a punishment is called ta'zir. (Trans.)) Now hashish is something which is desired, and it is hard for the addict to renounce it Accordingly, the application of the texts of the Qur'an and Sunnah to hashish is similar to that of wine. (Fatawa Ibn Taymiyyah, vol. 4, p. 262 f. Also see his book, Al-Siyasah al-Shar'iyyah.)
furthermore, smoking it disturbs the mind and temperament, excites sexual desire, and leads to shameless promiscuity, and these are greater evils than those caused by drinking.
Clearly, this author has never smoked a bit of hashish!!! This assessment is laughable. "Excites sexual desire"...that is totally false--trust me. "Leads to shameless promiscuity" is even funnier. If all of one isolated people were stoned on hash for a good 40 years, i guarantee their birthrate would visibly decrease. And any dunce knows that alcohol is responsible for 100% more "evil" than hash or cannabis sativa. This author must do some research.
...furthermore, smoking it disturbs the mind and temperament, excites sexual desire, and leads to shameless promiscuity, and these are greater evils than those caused by drinking. ...
I've been smoking weed for thirty years and I can say from experience that it DOES NOT help in getting laid. Alcohol seems to work much better. :thankyou:
Im suprised that the amount of brain cells weed can destroy and here you are 30 yrs later still able to reply to my post! , im sure you exagerated the figure 30 yrs come on!!!!
Im suprised that the amount of brain cells weed can destroy and here you are 30 yrs later still able to reply to my post! , im sure you exagerated the figure 30 yrs come on!!!!
nope mayb a alot brain cells of his may b destroyed n das y.....4get it
No. Thirty years is correct. I still love to 'fire up' (I'm burning as I type). And I don't have any trouble holding a highly paid, fairly technical job, either. My brain cells look to be very much intact. I don't believe a lot of the negatives that are put out there about weed. I think it is to discourage youngsters from smoking, to which I do agree. I started young. But I wouldn't advise others to. Alcohol is a much worse drug. So many more people have thier lives ruined by booze than by weed. Ganga smokers tend to be non-violent. As long as there are Snickers bars in the house, nobody gets hurt.
seems to me that you have become a slave to a plant that can satisfy your lower part of the brain!!!
why dont read this and tell me if your stilling willing to smoke weed!
Marijuana impinges on the central nervous system by attaching to brain's neurons and interfering with normal communication between the neurons. These nerves respond by altering their initial behavior. For example, if a nerve is suppose to assist one in retrieving short-term memory, cannabinoids receptors make them do the opposite. So if one has to remember what he did five minutes ago, after smoking a high dose of marijuana, he has trouble. Marijuana plant contains 400 chemicals and 60 of them are cannabinoids, which are psychoactive compounds that are produced inside the body after cannabis is metabolized or is extorted from the cannabis plant. Cannabinoids is an active ingredient of marijuana. The most psychoactive cannabinoids chemical in marijuana that has the biggest impact on the brain is tetrahydrocannibol, or THC. THC is the main active ingredient in marijuana because it affects the brain by binding to and activating specific receptors, known as cannabinoid receptors. "These receptors control memory, thought, concentration, time and depth, and coordinated movement. THC also affects the production, release or re-uptake (a regulating mechanism) of various neurotransmitters."(2) Neurotransmitters are chemical messenger molecules that carry signals between neurons. Some of these affects are personality disturbances, depression and chronic anxiety. Psychiatrists who treat schizophrenic patient advice them to not use this drug because marijuana can trigger severe mental disturbances and cause a relapse.
This is all clinical speak for what happen when you get high. I already know weed gets me high. If it didn't, I'd be getting ripped off. I've gone weeks without smoking, with no ill effect. Not only do I still want to smoke, I'm going to do a bong in your honor, Arch Warrior !!! FIRE IN THE HOLE !!!!
P.S. Here's one for Tagrid. She may need one to straighten out that funky writing 'style'.
Well, the author of that article clearly knows very little about drugs. Fair enough, it stands to reason that drugs would be forbidden in Islam, but why does the author feel the need to make assertions that are blatantly untrue?
Drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, opium, and the like are definitely included in the prohibited category of khamr. It is well known that the use of such drugs affects the sensory perceptions, making what is near seem distant and what is distant seem near; that their use produces illusions and hallucinations, so that the real seems to disappear and what is imaginary appears to be real; and that drug usage in general impairs the faculty of reasoning and decision-making.
Marijuana has sedative and mildly hallucinogenic properties. Having said that, no-one ever sees completely illusory objects after smoking it, i.e. you don't suddenly start seeing things that are not there. That could happen with a very strong dose of LSD, but even then full-blown hallucinations are rare.
Cocaine is a stimulant with no hallucinogenic properties.
Opium is an analgesic (painkiller) with no hallucinogenic properties.
So, what the author here claims to be well-known is actually untrue for two of the substances he mentions, and in the case of marijuana, highly debatable.
Please check the facts before posting such misleading propaganda.
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