Select a passage to highlight it. Click or tap a highlight to remove it.
Text and translation
English translation
(10). 3050. Al-Barā' said: "A man among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ died before Khamr had been made unlawful. So when Khamr was made unlawful, some men said: 'How about our companions who died while drinking Khamr?' So (the following) was revealed: Those who believe and do righteous good deeds, there is no sin on them for what they ate, if they have Taqwā and perform good."[2] (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is
Hasan Ṣāḥih. Shu'bah reported it from Abū Ishāq from Al-Barā' as well.
Your commentary saves automatically in this browser, separate from the published commentary. It stays private unless you include it in a shared study file.
Footnotes
1
[1] That is, no. 3049, and "more correct" refers to the mode of conveyance in the chain of narration. It is affirmed by Ibn Abī Ḥatim (Al-Jarh wat-Ta'dīl 6:237) that his father, Abū Ḥatim, affirmed that Abū Maisarah heard from 'Umar, and also Al-Bukhārī (Tarikh Al-Kabīr 2576) for which scholars like Shaikh Al-Albanī have graded it Ṣaḥīḥ.
2
[2] Al-Mā'idah 5:93.
Commentary
The clear indications towards the prohibition of intoxicants have already been made before the revelation of the Verses of Sūrat Al-Mā'idah. Despite that, the people kept drinking, so the concerns regarding them rose in the hearts about what would happen to them. It was answered, as this rule was revealed gradually, therefore Allāh would not hold accountable such people who acted according to the granted permission.
