RAMPAGE
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Actually no, You don't!Incidentally, it is not that I do not understand clearly what you are conveying; while pondering over your very fair arguments, I realised that I feel indignant and upset when I see a Sikh smoking, although I remain an atheist in his case as much as I am one here. This is clearly the morally anchored position that you had hoped to see.
This is the Hadith where his belief (in what he says) stems from:
Translation
On the authority of Abu Sa’eed al-Khudree (ra) who said:
I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say, “Whoso- ever of you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand; and if he is not able to do so, then [let him change it] with his tongue; and if he is not able to do so, then with his heart — and that is the weakest of faith.”
Our friend Arsalan believes that drinking is an act of evil which should be prevented by force. Islam is a strong advocate of morality. Going by that logic, Arsalan's interpretation of that hadith seems to be wrong.