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Hence, he asked Muslims to fear God and shun this evil so that their lives be extended and they become the recipients of. God Almighty's blessings. 187 He laid down the condition of abstention from every kind of intoxicant a pre requisite to being a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and in his admonition to his Jamaat, Hadhrat Ahmad as stated: 'Whosoever does not wholly and completely keep away from every sin and every evil action like wine, gambling, looking lustfully at women, dishonesty, bribes and from every kind of illegal gratification is not of my community. ' 1188. Had Abdul Hafeez been honest with his perusal of Hadhrat. Ahmad's as writings, he may have come across all the aforementioned statement and also his declaration that he would dread to use impure things, including all kinds of intoxicants, even at times of severe illness. 189 However, such apprehensions in relation to the use of intoxicant drinks does not appear to be shared by the Hanifi school of Jurisprudence to which Abdul Hafeez apparently also claims to belong. 190. Hence, whereas Muslim scholars have generally expressed an opinion that with his statement in relation to the preparation of. Nabidh 191, Hadhrat Muhammad sa prohibited the preparation of it as a precautionary measure as its fermentation begins very soon and the majority of scholars deem it to be an act of disapproval: 'but according to Imam Abu Hanifa and Qadi Abu Yusuf, there is not even disapproval in it and its prohibition was valid only in the early period. '192. How does the author of Two in One propose to explain this? 187. Ibid. , p. 65; Ruhani Khazain, vol. 19, p. 71 188. Ibid. , p. 17; Ruhani Khazain, vol. 19, pp. 18/19 189. Ibid. Naseem e Dawat, p. 69; Ruhani Khazain, vol. 19, 190. Shah, Syed Abdul Hafeez. Two in One, p. 49 p. 434 191. Sahih Muslim 836. 4987 192. Siddiqui, Abdul Hamid. vide. English Translation of Sahih Muslim, Note No. 2409, p. 1101 164