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Sunan Abi Dawud 4479 (Book 40, Hadith 129) #24770
Punishment for Drinking Wine

SUMMARY: The Prophet and Abu Bakr gave a punishment for drinking wine, but when Umar came to power he prescribed the lightest punishment of eight lashes.

Anas b. Malik said: The Prophet gave a beating with palm-branches and sandals for drinking wine and Abu Bakr gave lashes. When 'Umar came to power, he called upon people and said to them: The people are living now near watering placing, and, according to Musaddad’s version, "near villages and watering places, so what do you say about the punishment for (drinking) wine? 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Awf said: We think that you should prescribe the lightest punishment. So he fixed eight lashes for it. Abu Dawud said: It has also been transmitted by Ibn Al Arubah from Qatadah from the Prophet to the effect that he gave a beating forty times with palm branches and sandals. And Shu'bah narrated it from Qatadah on the authority of Anas from Prophet . This version has: He gave a beating with two palm-branches about forty times.
حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، - الْمَعْنَى - عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ جَلَدَ فِي الْخَمْرِ بِالْجَرِيدِ وَالنِّعَالِ وَجَلَدَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رضى الله عنه أَرْبَعِينَ فَلَمَّا وَلِيَ عُمَرُ دَعَا النَّاسَ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ دَنَوْا مِنَ الرِّيفِ - وَقَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ مِنَ الْقُرَى وَالرِّيفِ - فَمَا تَرَوْنَ فِي حَدِّ الْخَمْرِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ نَرَى أَنْ تَجْعَلَهُ كَأَخَفِّ الْحُدُودِ ‏.‏ فَجَلَدَ فِيهِ ثَمَانِينَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ رَوَاهُ ابْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ أَنَّهُ جَلَدَ بِالْجَرِيدِ وَالنِّعَالِ أَرْبَعِينَ ‏.‏ وَرَوَاهُ شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ قَالَ ضَرَبَ بِجَرِيدَتَيْنِ نَحْوَ الأَرْبَعِينَ

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sharab  *  drinking  *  punishment  *  lashes  *  iqab  *  darb  *  athar  *  palmbranches

QUICK LESSONS:
Follow reasonable punishments according to context or circumstance

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith discusses the punishment for drinking wine. The Prophet and Abu Bakr gave a beating with palm branches and sandals as a punishment for drinking wine. However, when 'Umar came to power he called upon people and asked them what they thought the punishment should be. Abd al-Rahman b. Awf suggested that the lightest possible punishment should be given so Umar fixed eight lashes as the penalty for drinking wine. This hadith teaches us that punishments should be fair and just according to what is reasonable in each situation rather than being too harsh or too lenient in all cases regardless of context or circumstance.

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