Marijuana in the Crusades?

[Omar HH]

We learned in my Criminology class that the Arabs were using Marijuana in the crusades and this was documented (most likely) by the Christians or the Jews.

Now al-Hamdulilah I have never tried and Insha Allah I never WILL try the stuff EVER, but back at that time was there disagreement about it's prohibition (sort of like cigarettes)?

Jazakallahu Khayrun

[Ahmed]

the term hashasheen came from there i think -assasin,allahualam

[Omar HH]

Yes, hashish is an Arabic word.

[Muawiyah]

they must mean that the Ismailis were using it.

[Mossy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashishin

[Hypermodestmuslima]

the term hashasheen came from there i think -assasin,allahualam
That Dan Brown guy used that term in his book...If that was referring to the Muslims we should sue!

The guy he portrayed as the evil dude, was a descendent of those who called themselves hassassin (assassin), and that guy was not only a murderer but also an evil person. So if he meant that to be a Muslim...anyone heard of lawsuit to the extreme!

[Omar HH]

The Assasins were an extremist Ismaili sect in the Mideval times from what i've heard. Bernard Lewis - probably the no. 1 Orientalist has a book about them.

Jazkallahu Khayrun

[Hypermodestmuslima]

Oh ok...jazakallah khair for 4-1-1

[Fibre-Regular]

evidence enough for me!

[Omar HH]

That textbook should have said Ismaili Arabs not Muslim Arabs.

Arghh..

[IlyasLahoz]

The Assasins were an extremist Ismaili sect in the Mideval times from what i've heard. Bernard Lewis - probably the no. 1 Orientalist has a book about them.

Jazkallahu Khayrun
That was one of the first books I ever read about Islam. :rolleyes: (pretty wild stuff)
in fact I still have it:
http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=5124037&size=l
if you look closely behind the Sahih al-Bukhari, its the black book next to Fiqh al Imam (the light blue book right in the middle of the first shelf)