Muslim sin
Hello Rabbi,
Do you see a moral problem in tempting a Muslim to drink alcohol? I have a friend from school, I am a die-hard alcohol drinker, he is a man of faith, but it is easy to be tempted. Is there any value in avoiding tempting him (perhaps it could also give him a pang of conscience later).
I don’t get into religious arguments with him, but I don’t avoid drinking or talking about alcohol around him, and he’s interested. Should I avoid it?
There is definitely an issue. Why trip up a person in what he believes is an offense? There may also be a halakhic problem here, since before a blind person there is also a problem with a non-Jew. Although there is no tripping up in a halakhic offense (according to our halakhic law), there is a tripping up in an obstacle, that is, in something that he believes is harmful to him. And one must be careful about this.
In my opinion, from a moral perspective, and from a human-to-human perspective, such a "stumbling block" should be avoided.
Also, now you tempt him to commit a transgression against his religion, tomorrow he will think and realize that it was because of you that he committed a transgression, his conscience will torment him, and you will know how he will react.
After all, not every person knows how to take responsibility for his actions.
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