ADNAN OKTAR: One day, scholars of Islamic law ask Mawlana that "is drinking wine lawful or unlawful?" knowing that Shams Tabrizi drinks wine. I am narrating this. Mawlana says "What if he drinks it? A keg of wine does not spoil the sea. Everything that is poured on salty sea is considered salt thereafter. It is permissible by Islam to drink from and perform ablution with the water of that sea. But even a drop of wine spoils a small pool. This is how anything that falls into salty sea is considered salt thereafter."In other words, he says that Shams Tabrizi is a righteous man and he could even drink a keg of wine and nothing would be wrong with it.
Mawlana goes on, "If it is Shams Tabrizi that is drinking the wine, everything is permissible for him. Because he is like the sea. But if a brother of a harlot like you is in question, even a barley bread is unlawful for him." He says "a harlot like you" to the one who asks the question. He asks you
