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What Has Been Related About: Whoever Drinks Wine Then Lash Him, And Whoever Does It A Fourth Time, Then Kill Him

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Darussalam · Volume 3

15. The Chapters On Legal Punishments (Al-Hudūd) From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺ

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الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 114

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1444. Mu'āwiyah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Whoever drinks wine, then lash him. If he returns to it, then on the fourth time kill him." (Ḥasan) [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Abū Hurairah, Ash-Sharīd, Shuraḥbīl bin Aws, Jarīr, Abū Ar-Ramad Al-Balawī, and ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Amr. [Abū ‘Eisā said:] The Hadīth of Mu‘āwiyah was also reported like this by Ath-Thawrī; from ‘Ašim, from Abū Sāliḥ, from Mu‘āwiyah, from the Prophet ﷺ. Ibn [Juraij] and Ma‘mar reported it from Suhail bin Abī Sāliḥ, from his father, from Abū Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ. [He said:] I heard Muḥammad saying: “The Hadīth of Abū Sāliḥ from Mu‘āwiyah from the Prophet ﷺ about this topic is more correct than the Hadīth of Abū Sāliḥ from Abū Hurairah from the Prophet ﷺ. This was only the earlier order, then it was abrogated later.” This is what was reported from Muḥammad bin Ishāq, from Muḥammad bin Al-Munkadīr, from Jābir bin ‘Abdullāh, from the Prophet ﷺ who said: “Whoever drinks wine, then lash him, if he returns to it, then on the fourth time kill him.” He said: “Then a man who had been drinking was brought to the Prophet ﷺ a forth time, so he beat him, he did not kill him.” Similar was reported by Az-Zuhri from Qabiṣah bin Dhu‘aib from the Prophet ﷺ, he (Qabiṣah) said: “so the order to kill was lifted, and that was a granted favor (from the Law-Giver).” This [Hadīth] is acted upon according to the people of knowledge in general, we do not know of any disagreement between them about this, neither the earlier or the latter among them. What strengthens this, is what is reported from the Prophet ﷺ through many routes, that he said: "The blood of a Muslim man who testifies to Lā ilāha illallāh and, that I am the Messenger of Allāh, is not lawful except for one of three: A life for a life, the (married) adulterer, and leaving his religion."

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١٤٤٤ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ ، عَنْ ‌عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ ‌مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ شَرِبَ» الْخَمْرَ فَاجْلِدُوهُ، فَإِنْ عَادَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ فَاقْتُلُوهُ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، وَالشَّرِيدِ، وَشُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ أَوْسٍ، وَجَرِيرٍ، وَأَبِي الرَّمَدِ الْبَلَوِيِّ، وَعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو. حَدِيثُ مُعَاوِيَةَ هَكَذَا رَوَى الثَّوْرِيُّ أَيْضًا، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. وَرَوَى ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ وَمَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدًا يَقُولُ: حَدِيثُ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي هَذَا أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ هَذَا فِي أَوَّلِ الْأَمْرِ ثُمَّ نُسِخَ بَعْدُ، هَكَذَا رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: إِنَّ مَنْ شَرِبَ الْخَمْرَ فَاجْلِدُوهُ، فَإِنْ عَادَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ فَاقْتُلُوهُ قَالَ: ثُمَّ أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ شَرِبَ الْخَمْرَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ فَضَرَبَهُ وَلَمْ يَقْتُلْهُ، وَكَذَلِكَ رَوَى الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ ذُؤَيْبٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَ هَذَا، قَالَ: فَرُفِعَ الْقَتْلُ. وَكَانَتْ رُخْصَةً. وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عِنْدَ عَامَّةِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ لَا نَعْلَمُ بَيْنَهُمُ اخْتِلَافًا فِي ذَلِكَ فِي الْقَدِيمِ وَالْحَدِيثِ، وَمِمَّا يُقَوِّي هَذَا مَا رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ كَثِيرَةٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: لَا يَحِلُّ دَمُ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ إِلَّا بِإِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ: النَّفْسُ بِالنَّفْسِ، وَالثَّيِّبُ الزَّانِي، وَالتَّارِكُ لِدِينِهِ.

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The majority of the scholars hold the view that if a person who had been punished for drinking alcohol is found guilty of committing the same offence for the four time, he should not be given capital punishment, as opposed to Ibn Hazm who believed otherwise.