Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a man who had drunk alcohol was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so he struck him with two sticks about forty lashes. Then Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) gave the same punishment. When the era of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came, he consulted the companions. Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The lightest punishment is (eighty) lashes.