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Abū 'Abdur-Raḥmān As-Sulāmī narrated that 'Alī bin Abī Tālīb said: " 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin 'Awf prepared some food for which he invited us, and he gave us some wine to drink. The wine began affect us when it was time for Ṣalāt. So they encouraged me (to lead) and I recited: 'Say: O you disbelievers! I do not worship what you worship, and we worship what you worship' – so Allāh, Most High, revealed: O you who believe! Do not approach Ṣalāt when you are in a drunken state until you know what you are saying."[1]
(Hasan)
Abū 'Eisā said: This Ḥadīth is Hasan Gharīb Ṣaḥīḥ.
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A drunkard loses senses and consciousness in the state of being drunk; in this state he does not know what he is saying, and he is unaware of the positive or negative promise with Allāh. As 'Alī was drunk, he said some words in favor of the disbelievers unknowingly; and this Āyah of Sūrat An-Nisā' was revealed concerning this. It is also known from this Ḥadīth that if one is overwhelmed by sleep and they are unaware of what is coming out from their mouth, one should then delay the prayer until the senses and consciousness have returned to their normal state.
