English translation
4485. It was narrated from Qabiṣah bin Dhu‘aib that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever drinks Khamr, flog him, and if he repeats it, flog him, then if he repeats it flog him, and if he repeats it a third or fourth time, then execute him.” A man who had drunk Khamr was brought to him and he flogged him, then he was brought to him and he flogged him, then he was brought to him and he flogged him, then he did not execute that man, and it was a concession. (Sahih) Sufyān (one of the narrators) said: "Az-Zuhri narrated this Hadīth, and Maṣṣūr bin Al-Mu'tamir and Mukhawwal bin Rāshid were with him. He said to them: 'Take this Hadīth as a gift from me to the people of Al-'Irāq.'" Abū Dāwūd said: This Hadīth was narrated by Ash-Sharīd bin Suwaid, Shuraḥbil bin Aws, 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr, 'Abdullāh bin 'Umar, Abū 'Ghuṭaif Al-Kindī and Abū Salamah bin 'Abdur-Raḥmān from Abū Hurairah.
