Drinking Alcohol (Part 1)
Allah, Most High says, {O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, sacrificing to stones and (divination by) arrows, is an abomination, of Satan’s handiwork: Eschew such (abomination) that ye may prosper. Satan’s plan is (but) to excite enmity and hatred between you, with intoxicants and gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah, and from Prayer: will ye not then abstain?} (Al-Ma’idah: 90-91)
Thus, Allah the Exalted forbids wine and warns us of approaching it.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “A void wine, it is the mother of abomination. ” (It is a part of a hadith reported by Ad-Darqutni, An-Nasa’i, and AI-Baihaqi)
Therefore, if anyone does not avoid it, he then disobeys Allah and His Messenger and thus entails punishment. Allah the Almighty says, {But those who disobey Allah and His Messenger and transgress His limits will be admitted to a fire, to abide therein: and they shall have a humiliating punishment.} (An-Nisa: 14)
Ibn ‘Abbas (radi Allahu anhu) related that, “When the wine was forbidden, the companions (of the Prophet) met each other and said, The wine was forbidden and became equal to polytheism (Shirk).” (Reported by AI-Hakim in AI-Mustadrak, and it is an authentic hadith)
‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Amr held that, “Wine is the worst of the major sins.” (Reported by AI-Hakim in ‘Mustadrak,’ and it is an authentic hadith)
Undoubtedly, wine is the core of abominations. Moreover, he who drinks it was cursed in various hadiths. “Every intoxicant is wine and every wine is unlawful. Whoever it is in the world and dies addicted to it without repentance, he will not drink it in the Hereafter.” (Reported by Muslim, Abu Dawud, At- Tirmidhi and Ahmad)
“Whoever drinks wine in this world, it shall be forbidden for them in the next.” (Reported by Al-Bukhari, An-Nisa’i, and AI-Baihaqi)
“A drunkard is like a worshiper of an idol.” (Reported by Ibn Majah, Ahmad, and Al-Baihaqi)
“He who shows disrespect to his parents and the drunkard will not enter Paradise.” (Reported before)
“Three people, Allah will deprive them of Paradise; the drunkard, the one who shows disrespect to his parents, and the pimp who admits what his family does of abomination”. (Reported by Ahmad, An-Nasa’i, and AI-Hakim)
Further, Allah does not accept the good deeds of a drunkard. Jabir Ibn ‘ Abdullah (radi Allahu anhu) relates that the
Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “There are three people from whom Allah does not accept their Prayer nor do their good deeds rise to heaven: the fleeing slave until he returns to his masters and surrenders to them, the woman who annoys her husband until he is pleased with her, and the drunkard until he becomes conscious.” (Ibn khuzaimah and Ai-Baihaqi)
The Arabic word Khamr is what befogs the mind in whatever form: soft, solid, edible, or beverage.
Abu Sa’id Al-Khudari (radi Allahu anhu) related that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Allah does not accept the Prayers from him who drinks wine so long as there is still something of it in his body” (Reported by Ibn Hajar Ai-‘ Asqalani in ‘AI-Matalib AI-Aliyyah’ and reported by An-Nasa’i.)
“Whoever drinks wine Allah never accepts what he does: Whoever is intoxicated by drinking it will not have his Prayers accepted for forty morning (days). If he repents but drinks again, Allah will make him drink from the molten brass of the Hell-fire.” (This has many references; the nearest narration to it is reported by Ibn Majah and An-Nasa’i)
“Whoever drinks wine without being intoxicated, Allah rejects him for forty nights. If he dies during this period, he dies as an idol worshiper.” (Reported by Ibn Hajar AI-Haithami in Majma’ AI-Zawa’id)
‘Abdullah Ibn Awfa said, “Whoever dies a drunkard will die as the worshiper of AI-Lat and AI-‘Uzza (two idols). It is said, Do you think that the drunkard is the one who drinks it constantly? He answered, “But he drinks it whenever he finds it, even after years.” (Ai-Harth mentioned it in AI-Matalb AI-‘alih)
Whoever drinks wine is not considered a believer at the time of drinking. Abu Hurayrah related that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “A thief is not a believer at the time of committing a theft. A fornicator is not a believer at the time of committing fornication, and a drunkard also is not a believer at the time of drinking, as long as they have
the opportunity to repent” (Reported before)
“Whoever fornicates or drinks wine, Allah takes his faith from him as a man takes a shirt off over his head.”
“The scent of Paradise is smelt five hundred years away but is not sensed by whoever shows disrespect to his parents, he who reminds of his charity to them, a drunkard or an idol worshiper.” (Reported by Ibn Hajar Ai-Haithami in Majma’ AI-Zawa’id)
Imam Ahmad Rahmatullah alaih reported on the authority of Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari (radi Allahu anhu) that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “A drunkard, a believer in sorcery, or he who severs his family ties will not enter Paradise. Whoever dies while drinking wine, Allah will make him drink from the river of Ghuta, which is the water flowing from the genitals of the wenches. The odor of their genitals hurt all the people of the Hell-Fire.” (Reported by Ai-Hakim and Ai-Baihaqi.)
“Allah sent me as a mercy and guidance to the worlds. I was sent to do away with musical instruments, flutes, and the affairs of the pre-Islamic period of ignorance and idols. My Lord the Almighty swore by His Majesty that if one of my servants drinks a dosage of wine, I would make him drink the like of it in Hell-Fire. But whoever gave it up out of fear of Me, I would give him drink from the yards of the shrine with the best fellow of drinking.” (Reported by At- Tirmidhi who said it is a Gharib hadith)
As for those who are cursed because of drinking wine, Abu Dawud reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Allah has cursed wine, and whoever drinks it, pours it, buys it, presses it for another, presses it for himself, carries it, or accepts its delivery.” (Postulated by Al-Haithami in Majma’ Al-Zawa’id. It is also reported by Ahmad and At-Tabarani.)
Ahmad Rahmatullah alaih reported on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas (radi Allahu anhu) that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Gabriel came to me and said, ‘O Muhammad, Allah has cursed wine, and whoever presses it for another,
presses it for himself, drinks it, carries it, accepts its delivery, sells it, buys it, pours it for another, or pours it for himself.” (As-Suyuti attributed it to At- Tabarani in Jami’ Al-Ahadith)
It is unlawful to visit a drunkard when he is ill, as is greeting him. `Abdullah Ibn ‘Amr Ibn AI-As (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “Do not visit the drunkard when being ill.” (Reported by AI-Hakim in Al-Mustadrak and attributed by Al-Suyuti to AtTabarani in Jami’ Al-Ahadith)
AI-Bukhari Rahmatullah alaih and Ibn ‘Umar (radi Allahu anhu) said, “Do not greet the drunkard.”
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Do not sit with the drunkard, visit their sick or attend their funerals. On the Day of Judgement, the drunkard will be brought with a black face, and his tongue dangling on his chest, flowing with saliva. Whoever sees him knowing that he is a drunkard will disgust him.” (Reported by Ibn Al-Jawzy in the book of forged hadiths)
A scholar said that they are forbidden to be visited and greeted because the drunkards are cursed and rebellious. Allah and His Messenger cursed them as mentioned before. Allah cursed wine and he who drinks it. If they buy and press it, they will be cursed twice, and if they pour it for another, they will be cursed three times. Therefore, it is forbidden to visit or greet them unless they repent to Allah. Whoever repents to Allah. He will accept his repentance.