It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that an intoxicated man was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered about twenty men, and they beat him with palm branches and sandals. Then a drunkard was brought to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), and he gave him forty lashes. When Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) became caliph and the people began drinking wine excessively, he consulted the people. Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "My opinion is that its punishment be fixed at eighty lashes." In Imam Abu Ya'la's copy a word is missing here; the narrator supposes that the word was "eighty".
Hadith Referenceمسند أبي يعلى الموصلي / مسند أنس بن مالك / 2894
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده صحيح
Hadith Takhrij«حکم الحدیث مسند ابی یعلی محققاً تنسیق حسين سليم أسد - مکتبہ شاملہ :قال حسين سليم أسد: إسناده صحيح . » «قال سعيد بن محمد السناري: صحيح» «أخرجه أحمد [3/ 247]، والبيهقى في "سننه" [17300]، والطحاوى في "شرح المعانى" [3/ 157]، وفى "المشكل" [6/ 93]، وغيرهم، مسند ابویعلیٰ ترقیم الاثری: 2887»