Alcohol According to Qur'an and Sunnah
30-04-2008
The Prohibition: Al-Tirmidhi #580, Narrated AbudDarda'
...don't drink wine for it is the key to every evil.
Abu Dawood, Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab "When the prohibition of wine (was yet
to be) declared, Umar said: O Allah, give us a satisfactory explanation about
wine. So the following verse of Surat al-Baqarah revealed; "They ask thee
concerning wine and gambling. Say: In them is great sin...." Umar was then
called and it was recited to him. He said: O Allah, give us a satisfactory
explanation about wine. Then the following verse of Surat an-Nisa' was revealed:
"O ye who believe! approach not prayers with a mind befogged...." Thereafter the
herald of the Apostle of Allah would call when the (congregational) prayer was
performed: Beware, one who is drunk should not come to prayer. Umar was again
called and it was recited to him. He said: O Allah, give us a satisfactory
explanation about wine. This verse was revealed: "Will ye not then abstain?"
Umar said: We abstained. The Noble Qur'an - al-Baqarah 2:219 They ask you (O
Muhammad ) concerning alcoholic drink and gambling. Say: "In them is a great
sin, and (some) benefit for men, but the sin of them is greater than their
benefit." And they ask you what they ought to spend. Say: "That which is beyond
your needs." Thus Allāh makes clear to you His Laws in order that you may give
thought.
Selling and Buying:
Al-Tirmidhi #2776 Narrated Anas ibn Malik "Allah's Messenger cursed ten people
in connection with wine: the wine-presser, the one who has it pressed, the one
who drinks it, the one who conveys it, the one to whom it is conveyed, the one
who serves it, the one who sells it, the one who benefits from the price paid
for it, the one who buys it, and the one for whom it is bought." Tirmidhi and
Ibn Majah transmitted it.
Dying when Addicted:
Muslim #4963, Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar "Allah's Messenger said: Every
intoxicant is Khamr and every intoxicant is forbidden. He who drinks wine in
this world and dies while he is addicted to it, not having repented, will not be
given a drink in the Hereafter."
Beat for Drunkedness:
Bukhari 3:509, Narrated 'Uqba bin Al-Harith "When An-Nuaman or his son was
brought in a state of drunkenness, Allah's Apostle ordered all those who were
present in the house to beat him. I was one of those who beat him. We beat him
with shoes and palm-leaf stalks."
Bukhari 8:764, Narrated Anas bin Malik "The Prophet beat a drunk with palm-leaf
stalks and shoes. And Abu Bakr gave (such a sinner) forty lashes."
Bukhari 8:768, Narrated Abu Salama Abu Huraira said, "A man who drank wine was
brought to the Prophet . The Prophet said, 'Beat him!' " Abu Huraira added, "So
some of us beat him with our hands, and some with their shoes, and some with
their garments (by twisting it) like a lash, and then when we finished, someone
said to him, 'May Allah disgrace you!' On that the Prophet said, 'Do not say so,
for you are helping Satan to overpower him.' " Satan's Use of Intoxicants The
Noble Qur'an - Al-Ma'idah 5:91 Shaytan (Satan) wants only to excite enmity and
hatred between you with intoxicants (alcoholic drinks) and gambling, and hinder
you from the remembrance of Allah and from As-Salāt (the prayer). So, will you
not then abstain?"
Prayer Not Accepted:
Al-Tirmidhi #3643, narrated Abdullah ibn Umar ; Abdullah ibn Amr Allah's
Messenger said, "If anyone drinks wine Allah will not accept prayer from him for
forty days, but if he repents Allah will forgive him. If he repeats the offence
Allah will not accept prayer from him for forty days, but if he repents Allah
will forgive him. If he again repeats the offence Allah will not accept prayer
from him for forty days, but if he repents Allah will forgive him. If he repeats
it a fourth time Allah will not accept prayer from him for forty days, and if he
repents Allah will not forgive him, but will give him to drink of the river of
the fluid flowing from the inhabitants of Hell." [Tirmidhi transmitted it, and
Nasa'i, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it on the authority of Abdullah ibn Amr.]
Medicine: Abu
Dawood, narrated Tariq ibn Suwayd or Suwayd ibn Tariq Wa'il said: "Tariq ibn
Suwayd or Suwayd ibn Tariq asked the Prophet about wine, but he forbade it. He
again asked him, but he forbade him. He said to him: Prophet of Allah, it is a
medicine. The Prophet said: No it is a disease."
Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet reports that he once said: "Allah has not
placed a cure for your diseases in things that He has forbidden for you."
(Reported by Baihaqi; Ibn Hibban considers this hadith to be sound. Bukhari has
also related it on the authority of Ibn Mas'ud.)
Abu Dawood; Sahih Bukhari Abu ad-Darda reported that the Prophet said: "Allah
has sent down both the malady and its remedy.. For every disease He has created
a cure. So seek medical treatment, but never with something the use of which
Allah has prohibited."
Action Items
Do not
ingest alcohol
If your husband (or other relative) comes home drunk (please note that you have
grounds for divorce in such an example), ask for the Muslim brothers to give him
40 lashes for it.
Don't be a passive tool of Shaitan by accepting alcoholism in your family or the
Muslim community.
Submitted by a Mujahid