The Prayer of the Drunkard
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the prayer of a drunkard invalid in all cases, or is there a difference between the two?
Answer:
If he does not know what he is saying, his prayer is invalid. But if he knows what he is saying, his prayer is not invalid, though he commits a sin for the intoxication, and the hadd (fixed punishment) is carried out against him while he is praying. When he finishes the prayer, we release him and we flog him. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the prayer of a drunkard invalid in all cases, or is there a difference between the two?
Answer:
If he does not know what he is saying, his prayer is invalid. But if he knows what he is saying, his prayer is not invalid, though he commits a sin for the intoxication, and the hadd (fixed punishment) is carried out against him while he is praying. When he finishes the prayer, we release him and we flog him. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب الغسل من الحيض — islamhouse.com (59:18)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.