Few days later, Linda was out in an eatery. She was sitting on one of the chairs at a table and she had got some food before her. As she was eating, she was also engaged in something on her phone. She got her face bowed as she was doing something on her phone and all of a sudden, she heard a voice from opposite where she was sitting.
“Hello, beautiful damsel!”
Familiar voice it was! Linda looked up to see this guy grinning at her. She recognized him. The same guy! What was she going to do? Was she going to convey her food from that table and go continue on another? If she did, the guy could follow her. Was she going to leave it and walk out of the eatery? The guy could go after her as well. What was she going to do? Linda decided to ignore him and she continued with what she was doing on her phone. Again, his voice sounded.
“Beautiful damsel, you are the one I am talking to.”
Linda ignored him. The guy tapped her lightly on her hand which she placed on the table. Linda looked at him with a stern face.
“You are the one I am talking to.” said the guy.
“This guy, you are really trying my patience. What do you want now? I said I am not interested.” said Linda.
“I have not even told you the purpose why I am here now.” said the guy.
“Why are you here if not to talk about a relationship and I am not interested.” said Linda.
“I am here to spend some time with you. I want us to spend some time together.” said the guy.
“Spend some time together? I barely know you. I don’t even know your name.” said Linda.
“My name is Arnold by the way.” said Arnold.
“I am not even interested.” said Linda.
“Why are you acting difficult like this? I only want to spend some time with you. I want to share something with you.” said Arnold.
“Share something? What is that?” said Linda.
Arnold called on one of the waiters and signaled to him to bring something. The waiter brought a bottle of vodka with two glass cups to the table. He arranged the items he had brought on the table and he left.
“I want us to share this drink. Do you like it?” said Arnold.
Linda looked at the drink and was feeling something going through her mind. Vodka? Vodka! The sight of the drink before her brought memories from her past.
Linda opened the door that led into her bedroom and walked in. She was having a bottle of vodka in her hand of which she had drunk out of it. Linda was coming from the club that night and she had been drinking and clubbing. She arrived home that night drunk!
Linda was drunk that night. She managed to change her clothes. She put on her nightwear. She sat on her bed and continued drinking from the bottle she had brought into the bedroom. Afterwards, Linda placed the bottle on the floor beside the bed, got her feet off the floor and laid on her bed. It was not long before she fell asleep.
The next morning, Linda woke up and sensed something strange going on in the house. She was nightwear-less. The nightwear which she had worn the previous night was off her and was lying there on the bed beside her. How could that have happened? As Linda was contemplating on that, her attention was called to something happening at entrance of her bedroom. The door was open! Linda could remember that she had shut the door before she slept. How could the door be open when she had shut it and she was the only one in the house? How could her nightwear have gone off her when she could remember wearing it before she slept? Linda got up from the bed, quickly put on her nightwear and rushed out of the bedroom. She was going to check the door at the main entrance of her apartment. Upon getting there, Linda was shocked by what she saw. What? The door was wide open. What was happening in the house? She could remember she had locked the door soon after she got into the house. What could have happened to the door?
She rushed back into her bedroom to get a bunch of keys. She was going to find out if she was missing one of the keys to the door at the main entrance. There were two keys amongst others in the bunch that were meant for that door. Was she missing one of them? Linda came back with the keys and tried both keys with the door. And they both worked! Both keys locked the door and both keys unlocked the same door! What was happening? Linda could not understand! Linda stood at one point in the house contemplating on what she had experienced that morning.
What was Linda thinking? It was vodka and now it is vodka again. Way No! She was never going to do this again. Linda stood from where she was sitting and she grabbed her bag and was going to leave the eatery. She was not even done with the food she eating. She just wanted to get out of there.
“Please, excuse me” Linda said and turned to leave the eatery. Arnold grabbed her by one of her arms.
“Baby, what is wrong?” said Arnold.
“Who is your baby? Anyway, I am leaving. Goodbye!” said Linda.
“Come on, why are you acting like this? But you were here eating before I came and there is still much of your food left on the table. Is it when I have asked that you share a drink with me that you want to leave? Come on, sit down and let us have a good time. Have a drink with me. It does not mean there is something between you and I. It does not mean that we are dating. Just to share a drink.” said the Arnold.
“Oh! I see. Okay it is fine.” said Linda.
“Oh! Thank you. Please sit down.” said Arnold.
Linda sat down and Arnold went on to open the bottle of vodka and serve the drink for both of them. Linda watched on as Arnold poured the drink into the two glasses.
“This is for you.” said Arnold as he presented the drink to her.
“Okay! Thank you.” Linda collected the glass and all of a sudden, she rose from where she was seating and was looked at Arnold with a strong face. Arnold could not make out why she did that.
“Is anything the matter? Why are you standing?” said Arnold.
“Why don’t you wait and see what I want to do. Since you don’t want to have all the drink alone, then let me help you with some of it.” said Linda.
Hey! What happened man? Linda poured the drink from the glass on Arnold’s head and bathed him with vodka. Arnold stood up from where he was sitting feeling embarrassed.
“Hey! What is this? Why did you do this?” said Arnold.
“Shut up! Now look. I did this to you right? I am leaving now. If you make any move to grab or touch me as I leave, I will break this glass on your head. Fool!” said Linda.
Linda stormed out of the eatery. She went outside and headed towards her car. Arnold did not follow her. He did not want a bottle broken on his head. With the way Linda had been acting towards him, he thought that she could dare to do it. To Arnold, she seemed to have a belligerent character in her. But he still loved her anyway.
Linda got into her car. As she was about to start the car, some thoughts went through her mind concerning what she had seen earlier. Vodka! What was it about vodka anyway?
(Flashback) (Linda was in a room with a particular guy)
(The guy showed her something on his phone and Linda looked at it) “Have a look! Have you seen it? Are you going to lie down now or this picture will go online within the next one hour?” said the guy.
“Where did you get this from?” said Linda.
“Don’t you question me! Are you going to lie down now and let me have my way with you or what will happen if you refuse to do so will be a cause for sorrow for you?” said the guy.
(Linda falls on her kneels) “Please, don’t do this to me. Don’t do like this. Don’t make me lie down for your pleasure. Don’t let this happen between us. Have mercy on me. I am going to give you money. A huge sum of money. What you have to do to get it is very simple. Just delete that picture right in my face and I will give you the money. Don’t do this.” said Linda.
(Laughs) “Linda, you make me laugh. Money? How much do you want to pay me? How much do you have in your possession? How much money is in your account? Look here, there is no amount that you can ever offer me that would ever make me consider forgoing having my way with you. I know myself and I know what I want. I know my body and I know what it is longing for. I don’t want your money. I want your body. Now, I am going to ask you for the last time. Are you going to lie down or not? If you choose not to, trust me, this is going online. You know it is simple for me to do that, isn’t it? Lie down now!” said the guy.
“Please! Please, don’t do this.” said Linda.
“Looks like you have made your choice. This is going online within the next one hour and trust me, it will not exceed one hour. Goodnight!” said the guy.
The guy headed for the door. Linda called after him.
“Okay! Okay! Wait, if I agree to lie down, do you assure me that that picture will not go online?” said Linda.
“Of course! In fact, I am going to give you the phone and you will delete it yourself and that is the end.” said the guy.
“Okay! I have agreed.” said Linda.
“Seriously?” said the guy.
“Yes!” said Linda.
“Now, you are talking!” said the guy.
After a while of thinking, Linda wiped the tears that were already rolling down her eyes and she started the car and drove home. It was never going to be vodka again!
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“O you who believe! Intoxicants (all kinds of alcoholic drinks), and gambling, and Al-Ansaab
(stone altars for sacrifices to idols, jinn, etc), and Al-Azlaam (arrows for seeking luck or decision) are an abomination of Shaytaan’s (Satan’s) handiwork. So avoid (strictly all) that
(abomination) in order that you may be successful” [al-Maa’idah 5:90]
Allaah has cursed the drinker of alcohol. In Sunan Abi Dawood (3189) it is narrated that Ibn
Allaah be upon him) said: “Allaah has cursed alcohol, the one who drinks it, the one who pours it, the one who sells it, the one who buys it, the one squeezes (the grapes, etc), the one for whom it is squeezed, the one who carries it and the one to whom it is carried.” Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani as stated in Saheeh Abi Dawood, 2/700.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) likened the one who is addicted to alcohol to one who worships idols. It was narrated that Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of
Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The one who is addicted to alcohol is like one who worships an idol.” Narrated by Ibn Maajah, 3375; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh Ibn Maajah, 2720.
Allaah be pleased with him) said: the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “No one who commits zina is a believer at the moment when he is committing zina, and no one who drinks wine is a believer at the moment when he is drinking it, and no thief is a
believer at the moment when he is stealing, and no robber is a believer at the moment when he is robbing and the people are looking on.” This means that such a person is not a believer in
the sense of having complete faith, rather his faith is greatly lacking because of this evil action.