Yahya bin Ja'dah (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Beware of wine, for it is the key to every evil. A man was brought and told: Either burn this book, or kill this child, or have intercourse with this woman, or drink this cup of wine, or prostrate to this cross. He said: He considered drinking the wine the least of all these things; but when he drank the wine, he prostrated to the cross, killed the child, committed fornication with the woman and burned the book; he committed all of these crimes.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19678