Reports on selling wine

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that news reached Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that so-and-so sells wine. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: What is the matter with him, may Allah destroy him! Does he not know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: May Allah curse the Jews; fat was made unlawful for them, so they melted it, began selling it, and consumed its price.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him): We had some wine belonging to an orphan child. When the prohibition of wine was revealed in Surah al-Ma'idah, we asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Pour it out.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the verses of usury (riba) were revealed, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took his place on the pulpit and recited the verses to the people, then he declared trade in wine unlawful.

Something similar is reported from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever sells wine, let him butcher swine.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: May Allah curse so-and-so; he is the first person who permitted the sale of wine. Whatever is not lawful to eat and drink, trading in it is also not proper.

Abu Dawud said: I was sitting near the pulpit of Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him), and he was in al-Mada'in at that time. He praised and glorified Allah, then said: To proceed: O people, listen! The one who trades in wine and the one who drinks wine are equal in sin. And beware! The one who raises swine and the one who eats its meat are equal in sin.

News reached Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man had become wealthy by trading in wine. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Break all his earthen jars and drive away all his animals.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Neither the sale of wine nor drinking it is proper.

Bakr bin Abdullah said: When wine was made unlawful, they came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! May we sell it and benefit from its price? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Pour out all the wine.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Wine has been cursed in ten ways: wine itself, the one who presses it, the one who has it pressed, the one who sells it, the one who buys it, the one who carries it, the one to whom it is carried, the one who consumes its price, the one who drinks it and the one who serves it.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Neither the sale of wine nor drinking it is proper.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade, on the day of the conquest of Makkah, the sale of wine and idols.

A man asked Ata (may Allah have mercy on him): I have inherited a grapevine. He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sell its grapes. He said: What if there is no buyer for the grapes? He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Then make juice from them and sell it. He said: What if there is no buyer for that either? He said: Then do not make wine and sell it, because the sale of wine is not permissible.