Combining the hadith that the cupper’s earnings are bad with the hadith of giving him a dinar

Question:
The questioner asks: How do we reconcile the hadith in which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)

Answer:
Yes. The cupper’s earnings are lawful; they are not forbidden, they are lawful. This is because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him [the dinar]. However, it is disliked. So when he said it is “bad” (khabith), it does not mean it is forbidden; it means it is disliked. It is like what he (peace and blessings be upon him) said about onions, that they are a “bad” (khabith) tree, meaning they have a bad smell, not that they are forbidden. Onions are not forbidden, even though the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) described them as “bad” (khabith), meaning bad-smelling.
As in His saying (Exalted and Majestic is He) The intended meaning is “bad” (raddi), meaning bad food, not that it is forbidden. So “bad” (khabith) may be used to mean “bad” (raddi), i.e., lawful but bad. This includes the cupper’s earnings.