Chapter on Recognizing the Major Sins for Which Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty, Has Threatened with Hellfire
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 4|Chapter 26
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 4, Chapter 26
Chapter on Recognizing the Major Sins for Which Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty, Has Threatened with Hellfire
وَ رَوَى اِبْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ أَصْلَحَكَ اَللَّهُ شُرْبُ اَلْخَمْرِ شَرٌّ أَمْ تَرْكُ اَلصَّلاَةِ قَالَ "شُرْبُ اَلْخَمْرِ" ثُمَّ قَالَ "أَ وَ تَدْرِي لِمَ ذَلِكَ" قَالَ لاَ قَالَ "لِأَنَّهُ يَصِيرُ فِي حَالٍ لاَ يَعْرِفُ فِيهَا رَبَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ".
Ibn Abi Umayr narrated from Isma'il ibn Salim, who reported from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام that a man asked him: "May Allah سبحانه وتعالى rectify you, is drinking alcohol worse or abandoning prayer?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "Drinking alcohol." Then Imam عليه السلام said: "Do you know why that is?" The man replied: "No." Imam عليه السلام said: "Because it leads a person to a state where he no longer recognizes his Lord عز وجل, the Mighty and Majestic."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh