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drank wine openly though he came to know that it was forbidden, saying:
If they say (that wine is) forbidden, say: (It is) forbidden, but pleasure is in the forbidden! He also
said:
Give me wine to drink and say to me that it is wine, and do not give it to me to drink secretly
when openness is possible! Abu Nu’as drank wine openly and described it in public because he
came to know that the ruling authority became dissolute and turned away from the Islamic
teachings that made it forbidden. The Holy Qur’an has clearly prohibited it. Allah, the Most High
has said: O you who believe, intoxicants and games of chance and (sacrificing to) stones set up
and (dividing by) arrows are only an uncleanness, the Shaitan’s work; shun it therefore that you
may be successful.
The Saitan only desires to cause enmity and hatred to spring in your midst by means of intoxicants
and games of chance, and to keep you off from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. Will
you then desist?[1] However, Harun and other ‘Abbasid kings paid no attention to the things
made forbidden by Islam. They drank wine by day and night. Unfortunately, some people regard
these dissolute persons as among the Imams of the Muslims and justify the great sins and the
abominable things they committed. As for al‐Joumerd, he went too far in defending Harun. He
said that Harun never drank wine, and that he drank nothing except grape juice which was not
made forbidden by Islam.[2] Indeed these justifications indicate tribalism that represent no
scientific fact, for the historians have unanimously agreed on that Harun drank wine and became
addicted to it.
His Playing Backgammon
Harun committed all the forbidden things in Islam. Among that is his playing backgammon that is
a kind of gambling Islam has made forbidden. Ishaq al‐Mousili narrated on the authority of his
father that he one day played backgammon for the robe of honor Harun worn and for that which
he worn. He gambled with al‐Rashid, and he won that game. When al‐Rashid won, Ibrahim rose
and took off his clothes, and then he said to him: ‘We must be loyal to the rules of backgammon.
You have won, so I must be loyal to you. Therefore, wear my clothes.” So al‐Rashid said to him:
“Woe unto you! I wear your clothes?” “Yes, retorted Ibrahim, “if you want to treat me with
justice. If you do not treat me with justice, then you are able and capable.” “Shall I ransom for
you,” asked al‐Rashid. “Yes,” answered Ibrahim. “What is the ransom?” asked Harun. “You say,
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