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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is the prohibition of drinking while standing for the sake of prohibition or dislike?

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The Shaykh : Therefore, on this occasion, we say, and a thing brings to mind its like, that the scholars differed on drinking while standing. Many, indeed most, of them say it is disliked, while a few say it is forbidden, and this is the truth by which we profess our faith in Allah. Our evidence is that the hadith of prohibition which they interpret and take to mean a mere dislike of disapproval...

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : ...which came in the wording: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited drinking while standing." They said the prohibition is to be understood as a dislike of disapproval, and the evidence is:
That the Messenger (peace be upon him) drank while standing أن الرسول - عليه السلام - شرب قائمًا
. So our response to this interpretation, i.e., interpreting the prohibition as a dislike of disapproval, is that there is a narration in "Sahih Muslim" in place of
The Messenger of Allah prohibited نهى رسول الله
,
The Messenger of Allah warned زجر رسول الله
. And if the prohibition can usually and by knowledge be interpreted as a dislike of disapproval, then the warning is not so. Likewise, it is not possible to interpret the word "forbidden"; "forbidden" is a prohibition, whereas "prohibited" can be a prohibition of prohibition or a prohibition of disapproval, and this is a known method among scholars, both old and new. As for "warned": the warning in the sense of a dislike of disapproval is not possible, absolutely not. Therefore, one of the proofs confirming the saying that drinking while standing is forbidden is this hadith in the wording: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) warned against drinking while standing." And this research—hand me the date from there—has roots and details that are not for now; its place is there, so that we do not go far from your question.
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