Narrated Daylam al-Himyari: I asked the Prophet ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah! we live in a cold land in which we do heavy work and we make a liquor from wheat to get strength from if for our work and to stand the cold of our country. He asked: Is it intoxicating? I replied: Yes. He said: You must avoid it. I said: The people will not abandon it. He said: If they do not abandon it, fight with them.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Benefit: Becoming accustomed to something unlawful (haram) does not make it permissible, nor does it become a valid reason for its permissibility.
Furthermore, it is obligatory to remove matters that are in clear contradiction to Islam, even if it requires fighting against the caliph of the time.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3683