The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) – Volume III — Page 225
VI - All Races Invited to Islām 225 In actuality, the Islāmic philosophy of Sharī‘at does not only state that such things are forbidden which are evil in their current state. In fact, even those things are forbidden which may not be evil in their current state, but they pull an individual towards evil in normal circumstances and this attraction is extraordinarily dominant. It is for this reason that the Holy Prophet sa states in principle with regards to drinking, etc. : ٌ مَا اَسْکَر َ کَثِیْرُہ ٗ فَقَلِیْلُه ٗ حَرَام “A small quantity of anything which causes intoxication in large quantity is also forbidden. ” 1 This blessed statement of the Holy Prophet sa is based on the extremely deep and subtle psychological philosophy. There are certain evils in the world that when a person commits them once, he is unable to stop advancing in them; every step pushes a person to take the next. However, it is unfortunate that very few people have understood and valued this philosophy. At this juncture, Part I of Volume 3 comes to an end. 1 Musnad, By Imām Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal, Volume 2, p. 606, Musnadu ‘Abdillāh-ibni ‘Amr-ibnil-‘Āṣ, Ḥadīth No. 6558, ‘Ālamul-Kutub, Beirut (1998)