Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that he heardSaid ibn al-Musayyab say, "There is nothing that Allah does not liketo be pardoned as long as it is not a hadd."Yahya said thatMalik said, "The sunna with us is that the hadd is obliged againstanyone who drinks something intoxicating whether or not he becomesdrunk." (DE)
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 42, Hadith 4 (DE)
Arabic reference (DE): Book 42, Hadith 1543 (DE)