May I be sacrificed for you -asws , he would get intoxicated!
May I be sacrificed for you -asws , he would get intoxicated!’ فَقَالَ فَيَتْرُكُ الصَّلَاةَ He -asws said: ‘Does he neglect the Salat?’ قَالَ رُبَّمَا قَالَ لِلْجَارِيَةِ صَلَّيْتُ الْبَارِحَةَ فَرُبَّمَا قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَدْ صَلَّيْتَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَ رُبَّمَا قَالَ لِلْجَارِيَةِ صَلَّيْتُ الْبَارِحَةَ الْعَتَمَةَ فَتَقُولُ لَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا صَلَّيْتَ وَ لَقَدْ أَيْقَظْنَاكَ وَ جَهَدْنَا بِكَ He said, ‘Sometimes he would say to the slave girl, ‘Did I pray Salat yesterday?’ Sometimes she would say, ‘Yes, you had prayed Salat three times’.
And sometimes he would say to the slave girl, ‘Did I pray salat yesterday evening?’ She would say, ‘No, by Allah -azwj ! You did not pray, and we had awakened you and we had struggled with you’.
فَأَمْسَكَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَدَهُ عَلَى جَبْهَتِهِ طَوِيلًا ثُمَّ نَحَّى يَدَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ قُلْ لَهُ يَتْرُكْهُ فَإِنْ زَلَّتْ بِهِ قَدَمٌ فَإِنَّ لَهُ قَدَماً ثَابِتاً بِمَوَدَّتِنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ Abu Abdullah -asws withheld his -asws hand upon his -asws forehead for a long time, then he -asws moved his -asws hand away, then said: ‘Tell him to leave it, for if a foot were to slip with him, a foot will affirm for him, due to our -asws affection, People -asws of the Household’’.
[55] If one leaves wine for someone, Even then Allah -azwj Accepts from him: مَجَالِسُ الشَّيْخِ، عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْقَزْوِينِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ وَهْبَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ زُرَيْقٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ تَرَكَ الْخَمْرَ لِلنَّاسِ لَا لِلَّهِ صِيَانَةً لِنَفْسِهِ أَدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ (The book) Majaalis’ of the sheykh – from Al-Husayn Bin Ibrahim Al Qazwiny, from Muhammad Bin Wahban, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Zakariya, from Ibn Fazal, from Ali Bin Uqba, from Zureyq, ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘One who neglect the wine for the people, nor for Allah ‑azwj , as a favour for himself, Allah -azwj will (still) enter him into the Paradise’’.
[56] [1] Intoxication – Wikipedia [2] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 76 – The Book of Evil deeds – Ch 86 H 5 a [3] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 76 – The Book of Evil deeds – Ch 86 H 19 [4] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 76 – The Book of Evil deeds – Ch 86 H 55 a [5] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 76 – The Book of Evil deeds – Ch 86 H 7 [6] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 76 – The Book of Evil deeds – Ch 86 H 63 / 19 [7] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 76 – The Book of Evil deeds – Ch 86 H 63 / 26 [8] الكافي ج : 6 ص : 408, h.4. [9] Ibid, h.6.
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