Those who declared intoxicants forbidden, said: It is forbidden, and prohibited them

It is narrated from Abu Burdah, from his father, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent him to Yemen, and he asked him about drinks made there: al-bit', al-mizr and al-dhurah (sorghum). He said: "Every intoxicant is forbidden."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she traced this narration back to him (peace and blessings be upon him): "Every drink that intoxicates is forbidden."

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every intoxicant is forbidden."

He said: Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Every intoxicant is khamr (wine).

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every intoxicant is forbidden."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every intoxicant is forbidden."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Daylam al-Himyari (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! We live in a cold land, and there we do hard work, and we prepare a kind of drink from wheat, by drinking which we gain strength for our work and against the cold of our land. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Does it intoxicate?" I said: Yes. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then avoid it." The narrator said: Then I came (back) to him (peace and blessings be upon him) from in front of him and said the same thing to him (again). He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Does this drink intoxicate?" I said: Yes. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then keep away from it." I said: The people will not give up this drink. He said: "If the people do not give up this drink, then kill them."

It is narrated from Khalidah bint Talq, who said: My father told me: We were sitting with the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when Sayyiduna Suhar of Abd al-Qays (may Allah be pleased with him) came and asked: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! What is your view of a drink that we prepare from our fruits? The narrator said: On hearing this he (peace and blessings be upon him) turned his blessed face away from him, until he had asked him this same question three times. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) rose with us and led the prayer. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) had finished the prayer, he said: "Who is the one asking about the intoxicating drink? O you who ask about the intoxicant! Do not drink it yourself, and do not give it to any Muslim to drink. By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), there is no man who ever drank wine seeking the pleasure of intoxication and then Allah Almighty gives him wine to drink on the Day of Resurrection."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every intoxicating (drink) is forbidden."

Amr bin Shu'ayb narrates from his father, from his grandfather, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every intoxicant is forbidden."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade every intoxicant and everything that causes languor.

Ibn Buraydah narrates from his father (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I used to forbid you from having drinks in leather containers. But now drink in every kind of container; only take care that you do not drink an intoxicant."

Ibn Buraydah narrates from his father that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Drink from all vessels, but do not drink anything intoxicating."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: Every intoxicant is forbidden.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: Every intoxicant is forbidden. And Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) also said: Every intoxicant is khamr.

It is narrated from Abu Burdah that he said: The statement of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) is: These kinds of nabidh are made from five things: from dates, from raisins, from honey, from wheat and from barley. So whichever of them you cover and then leave to mature is called khamr.

It is narrated from al-Mukhtar that he said: I asked Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) about nabidh, and he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade muzaffat vessels and said: "Every intoxicant is forbidden."

It is narrated from Maryam bint Tariq that she said: I went in to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) together with some women of the Ansar. Those Ansari women began asking Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) about the vessels in which nabidh was made. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: O women of the people of faith! You have certainly multiplied your vessels, and you are asking about them. Many of these vessels did not exist in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So fear Allah; whichever drink intoxicates any one of you, let her avoid that drink, even if it is the water of her own water jar that intoxicates her. For every intoxicant is forbidden.

Ata, Tawus and Mujahid said: Whatever intoxicates in large quantity, a small quantity of it is also forbidden.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: I heard Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) delivering a sermon on the pulpit of Madinah, saying: O people! Take heed: the prohibition of wine came down on the day it was to come down. And it is made from five things: from grapes, from dates, from honey, from wheat and from barley. And khamr is that which covers the intellect.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Sa'ib bin Yazid (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I have been told that Ubaydullah and his companions drank a certain drink in Syria. I will ask about it. If it proves to be intoxicating, I will flog them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Sa'ib bin Yazid (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I saw Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) applying the prescribed punishment to them.

It is narrated from Malik bin Abi Maryam that he said: We were discussing among ourselves tila' (a cooked drink of grape juice). During this, Abd al-Rahman bin Ghanm came in to us, and we included him in the discussion too. He said: Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ashja'i (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to me that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Some people of my Ummah will drink wine, but they will not call it wine. Musical instruments and singing girls will be played over their heads. Allah Almighty will make the earth swallow them, and some of them will be turned into monkeys and swine."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubadah bin al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The last people of my Ummah will most certainly regard wine as lawful, and they will give it some name other than wine."

Sa'id bin Abd al-Rahman narrates from his father that he said: I asked Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) about nabidh. He said: Take water. Take sawiq (barley meal drink). Take honey. Take the milk by which you have been nourished. The narrator says: I asked him again. So he said: Is it not wine that you intend?

It is narrated from Ubaydah that he said: People have newly made many drinks, and I do not know what they are. For twenty years I have used no drink except water, milk and honey.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Khamr comes from these two trees: the grapevine and the date palm."

It is narrated from Amir bin Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas that he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I forbid you a small quantity of whatever intoxicates in large quantity."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I was present with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when he (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the nabidh of earthenware jars. And I was present with him (peace and blessings be upon him) when he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave permission and said: "Avoid every intoxicant."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade ji'ah, a wine (made from wheat and barley).

It is narrated from Muslim al-Batin that he said: I asked Abu Amr al-Shaybani about ji'ah, and he replied: It is a drink that is made in Yemen from barley.

It is narrated from Abu al-Juwayriyah that he said: I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) about badhaq (grape juice that is lightly cooked and then becomes strong). He said: Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) preceded badhaq. I was the first person among the Arabs to ask Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) about it.

It is narrated from Yahya bin Sa'id that he said: It reached me concerning Umar bin Abd al-Aziz that some people were taking part in a drinking gathering, and one man among them became intoxicated, so Umar bin Abd al-Aziz flogged all who took part in the gathering.

It is narrated from Hisham bin Urwah that he said: Some people were brought to Umar bin Abd al-Aziz who had been sitting together over wine, and among them was a man who was fasting. He struck him and said: "Do not sit with them until they engage in some other talk."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I had forbidden you from these vessels, but (now) drink from these vessels, and keep away from intoxicating things."

Shu'bah narrates concerning Ash'ath bin Abi al-Sha'tha that he said: I said to him: Did your father use to drink nabidh? Ash'ath said: Yes, he drank it until he met Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), who forbade my father from nabidh.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood for prayer, his (peace and blessings be upon him) caller would call out: "Do not even go near the prayer when you are in a state of intoxication."

It is narrated from Ibn Muhayriz that he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A group of my Ummah will most certainly drink wine in such a way that they will give it some name other than wine."

It is narrated from a certain shaykh that he said: I heard Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) say: Intoxication is one of the major sins.

Sayyiduna al-Nu'man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is wine from wheat. There is wine from barley. There is wine from raisins. There is wine from honey."