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Condition VIII 143 become firm on it, and stay on it with fortitude. ’” ( S a hih M usli m, Kit ab- ul- Ima n, B a bu J a mi‘i Au sa fil-Islam) What was the conduct of the Companions ra ? The following incident is recorded in h ad i th. In the beginning, alcohol was not forbidden in Islam. Companions ra would drink and sometimes get intoxicated. But even in this state, faith and its honour were dominant in their minds. They placed faith as more important than all other things. When the command- ment prohibiting alcohol came, some people were sitting together drinking and some were intoxicated. When they heard of the prohibition, they acted upon it immediately. Hadrat Anas Bin M al ik ra narrates, ‘I was serving wine prepared from dates to Ab u T al h ah An sa r i ra , Ab u ‘Ubaidah Bin Jarr ah ra and Ubayy Bin Ka‘ab ra. Someone came and said alcohol has been forbidden, and when Ab u T al h ah ra heard this he said to Anas ra , “Get up and break the containers of wine. ” Anas ra adds that he got up and hit the containers with the bottom of the stone vase and it broke them. ’ ( S a hih Al-Bukh ari , Kit ab u Akhb a ril-A ha di, Bab u ma Ja’ a fi I ja zati - Khabaril -Wah idi s- S ud uq ) Revival of Islam Demands a Ransom from Us The Promised Messiah as says: Revival of Islam demands a ransom from us. What is it? It is us dying in this very path. This is the death upon which the life of Islam, the life of Muslims, and the manifestation of the