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Musnad Ahmad 624 (Book 5, Hadith 61) #34287
Punishment for Drinking Alcohol

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the punishment for drinking alcohol, which is forty lashes. It also mentions that the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and Abu Bakr and Umar (RA) all gave forty lashes each as a punishment for drinking alcohol.

It was narrated from Huzain Abu Sasan Ar-Raqashi that some people from Kufah came to 'Uthman (رضي الله عنه) and told him what Al-Waleed had done - ie, drinking alcohol'.Ali spoke to him about that and he said: Here is your cousin; carry out the hadd punishment on him. He said: O Hasan, get up and flog him. He said: You are not able to do that, appoint someone else for this. He said: Rather you are too weak and helpless. Get up, O Abdullah bin Ja’far. So 'Abdullah began to strike him and 'Ali counted until he reached forty. Then he said: Stop - or That's enough. The Messenger of Allah gave forty lashes and Abu Bakr gave forty lashes,andʻUmar completed it and made it eighty. And all are Sunnah.
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الدَّانَاجِ، عَنْ حُضَيْنٍ أَبِي سَاسَانَ الرَّقَاشِيِّ، أَنَّهُ قَدِمَ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ بِمَا كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْوَلِيدِ أَيْ بِشُرْبِهِ الْخَمْرَ فَكَلَّمَهُ عَلِيٌّ فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ دُونَكَ ابْنَ عَمِّكَ فَأَقِمْ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ فَقَالَ يَا حَسَنُ قُمْ فَاجْلِدْهُ قَالَ مَا أَنْتَ مِنْ هَذَا فِي شَيْءٍ وَلِّ هَذَا غَيْرَكَ قَالَ بَلْ ضَعُفْتَ وَوَهَنْتَ وَعَجَزْتَ قُمْ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ فَجَعَلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَضْرِبُهُ وَيَعُدُّ عَلِيٌّ حَتَّى بَلَغَ أَرْبَعِينَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمْسِكْ أَوْ قَالَ كُفَّ جَلَدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَرْبَعِينَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَرْبَعِينَ وَكَمَّلَهَا عُمَرُ ثَمَانِينَ وَكُلٌّ سُنَّةٌ‏.‏

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drinking  *  punishment  *  lashes  *  khamr  *  uqubat  *  sarab  *  sunnah

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EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith talks about the punishment for drinking alcohol, which is forty lashes. According to this hadith, it was narrated from Huzain Abu Sasan Ar-Raqashi that some people from Kufah came to 'Uthman and told him what Al-Waleed had done - ie, drinking alcohol. 'Ali spoke to him about that and he said that they should carry out the hadd punishment on him by flogging him with forty lashes. This was in accordance with what Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) did as well as what Abu Bakr and Umar did when punishing those who drank alcohol - they all gave forty lashes each as a punishment. Thus, this act of giving forty lashes has become part of the sunnah or tradition of Islam when punishing those who drink alcohol.

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