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55 – It has reached me that Qays ibn ʿĀṣim was asked during the Age of Ignorance, “Have you quit drinking?” He replied, “Yes, because I have observed that it squanders wealth, provokes vile speech, and strips men of their honor.”
٥٥ - وَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّ قَيْسَ بْنَ عَاصِمٍ قِيلَ لَهُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ: تَرَكْتَ الشَّرَابَ؟ قَالَ: لِأَنِّي رَأَيْتُهُ مَتْلَفَةً لِلْمَالِ دَاعِيَةً إِلَى شَرِّ الْمَقَالِ مَذْهَبَةً بِمُرُوءَاتِ الرِّجَالِ