An interview with a person who has been addicted to various drugs/substances for the past seventeen years. He is his father’s only son, an entrepreneur, a loving and caring father of three girls and a struggling student of Quran and Hadeeths.
Arabs had a culture of alcohol consumption. Drug abuse was not prevalent during the times of the Prophet (sa). However, the following verse is an
Mariam Anwaar shares the life story of Muhammad Ali who battled substance abuse for 12 years and eventually became an addiction therapist at AAS Recovery Center (ARC). His story is truly inspirational and hopeful to those directly or indirectly battling with addiction.
In Islam, pleasure is a natural part of human survival, as we experience it when we consume food or indulge in intimacy. However, if the pleasure system malfunctions (that is, are used excessively), it may leads to psychological enslavement to the pleasure-seeking habit called addiction, thus taking the role of an addict.
