{"_id":"6ac64b8be1a4798224f61322","title":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Is it permissible to gradually reduce an addiction instead of stopping immediately?\"}]}]}}","question":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"When trying to quit an addiction involving something sinful, is it permissible to gradually reduce the frequency or amount over time rather than stopping immediately? For example, could someone addicted to drugs progressively reduce the dose and frequency of use each week until they are able to stop completely?\"}]}]}}","answer":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"If stopping suddenly is safe, one must stop immediately and repent. If it would cause serious harm, then gradual reduction is not merely permissible but obligatory (wajib), done sincerely with the firm intention of quitting completely and, ideally, under medical supervision.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Muslim scholars addressed this centuries before it became a popular recovery method. In Tuhfat al-Muhtaj, the Shafi'i jurist Ibn Hajar al-Haytami (d. 974 AH / 1566 CE) ruled that those who say stopping an illegal intoxicant would kill [or harm] them must reduce their intake step by step until the body no longer depends on it. He based this on the agreement of the physicians he consulted.\"}]}]}}","tags":[{"_id":"686c05975bca77ccedff9483","tag":"Health: Mental & Emotional","count":31},{"_id":"68deade683f5f909c75b44d1","tag":"Health: Other","count":8}],"createdOn":"2026-10-07T13:39:23.849Z"}