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Spiritual_Roadmap_by_Ghazali, page : 128
This is the final word of the faith of those who study the system of the theistic philosophers, as
you may
learn from the works of Ibn Sina and Abu Nasr al-Farabi.
These are the people who show politeness to Islam. Often you see one of them reading
the Koran,
attending the Friday assembly and public Worship and praising the sacred Law. Nevertheless he does
not
refrain from drinking wine and from various wicked and immoral practices! If someone says to him,
`If the
prophetic revelation is not genuine, why do you join in the prayers‟? perhaps he will reply, `To
exercise my
body, and because it is a custom in the place, and to keep my wealth and family‟. Or perhaps he
says, `The
sacred Law is genuine; the prophetic revelation is true‟; then he is asked, `And why then do you
drink wine‟?
and he replies, `Wine is forbidden only because it leads to enmity and hatred; I am sufficiently
wise to guard
you may
learn from the works of Ibn Sina and Abu Nasr al-Farabi.
These are the people who show politeness to Islam. Often you see one of them reading
the Koran,
attending the Friday assembly and public Worship and praising the sacred Law. Nevertheless he does
not
refrain from drinking wine and from various wicked and immoral practices! If someone says to him,
`If the
prophetic revelation is not genuine, why do you join in the prayers‟? perhaps he will reply, `To
exercise my
body, and because it is a custom in the place, and to keep my wealth and family‟. Or perhaps he
says, `The
sacred Law is genuine; the prophetic revelation is true‟; then he is asked, `And why then do you
drink wine‟?
and he replies, `Wine is forbidden only because it leads to enmity and hatred; I am sufficiently
wise to guard