La adicción a la cafeína: ¿es haram?

Islam's caffeine story is the substance's origin story. Coffee (qahwa) emerged in Yemeni Sufi circles in the 15th century — the Shadhili orders used it precisely for night dhikr, and the drink spread through the Muslim world with scholars' blessing; the famous Meccan coffee controversy of 1511 ended with the jurists (and eventually Cairo's scholars) ruling it permissible — not an intoxicant, not impairing prayer, a social good. That history makes the baseline unambiguous: caffeine is mubah, and the modern energy-drink and espresso cultures raise only the framework questions Islam applies to all appetites: moderation ('do not be excessive,' 7:31; 'a just balance,' 25:63), mastery (the believer should not be owned by any habit), and the body's rights ('your body has a right over you' extends naturally to sleep destroyed by 4 p.m. espresso). The prayer-structure point is distinctly Islamic: Fajr depends on sleep, and a caffeine schedule that wrecks the dawn prayer has inverted priorities — the tradition would counsel restructuring the day rather than fortifying the morning. The verdict is warm: remember the Sufis, enjoy the brew, keep it under the balance rule.