The meaning of his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): "And the drinking of intoxicants will become widespread."

The Shaykh : And among the signs of the Hour is that the drinking of intoxicants will become widespread. What is khamr? The Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), said: "Khamr is that which covers the intellect". The meaning of "covers" is that it conceals it. This is the origin of the word for a woman's head covering (khimar), because it covers her head. So, anything that conceals the intellect in a state of pleasure and delight is khamr. Pay attention to the condition: anything that conceals the intellect in a state of pleasure and delight is khamr. As for anything that conceals the intellect in a manner other than this, such as anesthesia, for example, it is not khamr. Khamr brings to its drinker, may Allah protect us from it, pleasure, delight, and intoxication, until he feels as if he is one of the kings, as the pre-Islamic poet said: "And we drink it, and it leaves us as kings". And as came in the story of Hamzah ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib, the master of the martyrs, the lion of Allah, and the lion of His Messenger (may Allah be pleased with him), who was martyred at Uhud in the third year. Two camels laden with water belonging to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib passed by him, and he had a slave girl singing to him. She said: "Why, O Hamzah, for the honor of the night", seeking his help against the camels. He had drunk khamr and was delighted, and what increased his delight was that he took the sword and cut off the humps of the two camels. Then 'Ali ibn Abi Talib came to complain about his uncle to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) went to Hamzah, and when he reached him, he found him intoxicated, meaning the khamr had covered his intellect. He spoke to him about it, and Hamzah said to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): "Are you not but the slaves of my father?" This is a great word containing humiliation of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), but he said it without intellect. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) held back and said nothing. So, Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) imagined himself to be what? He imagined himself to be a great, high-ranking king, and that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was a slave. And this is what khamr does, may Allah protect us from it. But it is as if one of you is saying: How could Hamzah ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib, the uncle of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), drink khamr?