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. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3683)
سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ شَرَابًا مِنْ هَذَا الْقَمْحِ نَتَقَوَّى بِهِ عَلَى أَعْمَالِنَا وَعَلَى بَرْدِ بِلَادِنَا قَالَ «هَلْ يُسْكِرْ؟» قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ» ثُمَّ جِئْتُهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ «هَلْ يُسْكِرُ» قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ» قُلْتُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ غَيْرُ تَارِكِيهِ قَالَ «فَإِنْ لَمْ يَتْرُكُوهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ»