ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ تَحْرِيمِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا كُلَّ شَرَابٍ يُسْكِرُ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ كَثِيرُهُ

[Machine] When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me and Mu'adh bin Jabal to Yemen, he commanded us to stay close to our companions. He said to us, "Make things easy for people and do not make them difficult. Give them glad tidings and do not repel them." So, when we stood up to leave, we said, "O Messenger of Allah, guide us regarding two things which we used to do in ignorance: we used to make a drink from honey and let it ferment until it became strong and intoxicating, and we used to prepare a drink from barley and corn and let it ferment until it became strong and intoxicating." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had been granted the comprehensive understanding of everything and was well aware of its final outcome. He replied, "Every intoxicating drink is unlawful. Allah has cursed it, its maker, its server, its seller, its consumer, its squeezer, its pourer, and the one for whom it is squeezed, its carrier, and the one to whom it is carried." Then Mu'adh said to me (Abdullah bin Mas'ud): "One day, a man who had previously been a Jew came to me. I invited him to Islam, and he became a Muslim. He then reverted back to his previous religion and started ridiculing and mocking Islam. I said to him, 'Leave, for I will mention your situation to the Prophet ﷺ and convey his verdict to you.' He said, 'Do so.' So, I came to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned the man's case to him. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Bring him back.' I brought him back after the Prophet ﷺ had prayed the Asr prayer. The Prophet ﷺ was still sitting in his place and said, 'What do you say?' The man replied, 'I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, and that you are His Messenger.' The Prophet ﷺ ordered him to be killed, and he was killed. Then Mu'adh asked me (Abdullah bin Mas'ud), 'How do you recite the Qur'an?' I replied, 'I recite it standing, sitting, and lying down, and I excel in my recitation.' Mu'adh asked, 'How do you recite it?' He replied, 'I recite it while in a state of sleep, then I stand during my sleep, and then I wake up and strengthen myself with sleep like I strengthen myself with my standing.'  

لَمَّا بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ أَمَرَنَا أَنْ يَنْزِلَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا قَرِيبًا مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ فَقَالَ لَنَا «يَسِّرَا وَلَا تُعَسِّرَا وَبَشِّرَا وَلَا تُنَفِّرَا» فَلَمَّا قُمْنَا قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَفْتِنَا فِي شَرَابَيْنِ كُنَّا نَصْنَعُهُمَا الْبِتْعُ مِنَ الْعَسَلِ يُنْبَذُ حَتَّى يَشْتَدَّ وَالْمِزْرُ مِنَ الشَّعِيرِ وَالذُّرَةِ يُنْبَذُ حَتَّى يَشْتَدَّ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ أُوتِيَ جَوَامِعَ الْكَلِمِ وَخَوَاتِمَهُ فَقَالَ ﷺ «حَرَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ كُلُّ مُسْكِرٍ يُسْكِرُ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ» قَالَ «وَأَتَانِي مُعَاذٌ يَوْمًا وَعِنْدِي رَجُلٌ كَانَ يَهُودِيًّا فَأَسْلَمَ ثُمَّ تَهَوَّدَ فَسَأَلَنِي مَا شَأْنُهُ؟ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ لِمُعَاذٍ اجْلِسْ» فَقَالَ مَا أَنَا بِالَّذِي أَجْلِسُ حَتَّى أَعْرِضَ عَلَيْهِ الْإِسْلَامَ فَإِنْ قَبِلَ وَإِلَّا ضَرَبْتُ عُنُقَهُ فَعَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ الْإِسْلَامَ فَأَبَى أَنْ يُسْلِمَ فَضَرَبَ عُنُقَهُ فَسَأَلَنِي مُعَاذٌ يَوْمًا كَيْفَ تَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ؟ فَقُلْتُ «أَقْرَؤُهُ قَائِمًا وَقَاعِدًا وَعَلَى فِرَاشِي أَتَفَوَّقُهُ تَفَوُّقًا» قَالَ وَسَأَلْتُ مُعَاذًا «كَيْفَ تَقْرَأُ أَنْتَ؟ » قَالَ أَقْرَأُ وَأَنَامُ ثُمَّ أَقُومُ فَأَتَقَوَّى بِنَوْمَتِي عَلَى قَوْمَتِي ثُمَّ أَحْتَسِبُ نَوْمَتِي بِمَا أَحْتَسِبُ بِهِ قَوْمَتِي