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*What should I do with my drug-addicted brother?*

*MY BROTHER IS TAKING ECSTASY DRUGS AND I MADE HIM UNDERSTAND IT IS HARAAM.
hE IS SAYING IT IS WRONG BUIT IT IS DIFFERENT TO WINE AND HE IS PERSISTING
IN IT.
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Praise be to Allaah.

No doubt your brother is in a state of major crisis, and we ask Allaah to
help you to deal with this crisis.

We advise you to be kind and gentle when you deal with him and advise him,
because attention must be paid to his condition, just as with all other sick
people – whether they are suffering from a disease of the mind or of the
body.

You have to do everything you can to stop him from having the drugs and to
stop him from meeting the bad friends who are giving or selling him the
stuff and thus helping him to do wrong.

You should not give him anything he wants, if you can withhold it from him,
until he gives up what he is doing.

We advise you to consult with a specialist doctor who can treat him properly
until he gets better and gives up this habit.

If he has young sons or daughters, or brothers and sisters, we suggest that
they should also advise him and denounce what he is doing. Perhaps then he
will give up because he feels ashamed in front of his children or siblings.

You could describe to him, with the support of other people's testimonials,
how he looks and behaves when he is in an intoxicated state and is out of
his mind, so that when he comes back to his senses he will see the evil sin
that he has committed.

Do not forget to pray to Allaah to help him to get rid of this habit. Try to
make du'aa' during the last third of the night, and may Allaah show you the
way out. We ask Allaah to guide him and to give you patience. May Allaah
bless our Prophet Muhammad.
Islam Q&A
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid


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