Hadith 14603

Chapter 5

باب 5

(5) باب النَّهْىِ عَنِ الْمُسْكِرِ

(5) Chapter: What has been reported regarding Intoxicants
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حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِسْحَاقَ - عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ مَرْثَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْيَزَنِيِّ، عَنْ دَيْلَمٍ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا بِأَرْضٍ بَارِدَةٍ نُعَالِجُ فِيهَا عَمَلاً شَدِيدًا وَإِنَّا نَتَّخِذُ شَرَابًا مِنْ هَذَا الْقَمْحِ نَتَقَوَّى بِهِ عَلَى أَعْمَالِنَا وَعَلَى بَرْدِ بِلاَدِنَا . قَالَ " هَلْ يُسْكِرُ " . قُلْتُ نَعَمْ . قَالَ " فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ " . قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ غَيْرُ تَارِكِيهِ . قَالَ " فَإِنْ لَمْ يَتْرُكُوهُ فَقَاتِلُوهُمْ " .

Narrated Daylam al-Himyari:
I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah! we live in a cold land in which we do heavy work and we make a liquor from wheat to get strength from if for our work and to stand the cold of our country. He asked: Is it intoxicating? I replied: Yes. He said: You must avoid it. I said: The people will not abandon it. He said: If they do not abandon it, fight with them.

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 3683

In-book reference: Book 27, Hadith 15

English translation: Book 26, Hadith 3675