Is this a hadith: (Whoever drinks intoxicants has disbelieved in what Allah the Exalted revealed to His prophets, and whoever greets a drinker of intoxicants or shakes his hand, Allah will nullify his deeds for forty [years])
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The questioner : Is this a hadith: ?
The Shaykh : This is also not a hadith, and it is not authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). However, drinking intoxicants is forbidden by the consensus of the Muslims, the consensus that is based on the Book and the Sunnah. Allah the Mighty and Majestic said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:90-91] It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: And that he said: meaning the large, wide vessel Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1866Hasan (Darussalam) and Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1865Hasan (Darussalam) So it is not permissible for a person to drink intoxicants by the consensus of the Muslims, which is based on the Book and the Sunnah. And there is a warning against drinking it, stating that whoever drinks it in this world will not drink it in the Hereafter.
As for greeting a drinker of intoxicants, one must look at the situation. If boycotting him leads to his reform and his abandoning of intoxicants, let him boycott him. But if he gains nothing from the boycott, and it may even increase his transgression, then he should not be boycotted.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
Whoever drinks intoxicants has disbelieved in what Allah the Exalted revealed to His prophets, and whoever greets a drinker of intoxicants or shakes his hand, Allah the Exalted will nullify his deeds for forty years
من شرب الخمر فقد كفر بما أنزل الله تعالى على أنبيائه ، ومن سلّم على شارب الخمر أو صافحه أحبط الله تعالى عمله أربعين سنةThe Shaykh : This is also not a hadith, and it is not authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). However, drinking intoxicants is forbidden by the consensus of the Muslims, the consensus that is based on the Book and the Sunnah. Allah the Mighty and Majestic said:
(90) O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful. (91) Satan only wants to cause between you animosity and hatred through intoxicants and gambling and to avert you from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. So will you not desist?
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ وَالأَنصَابُ وَالأَزْلامُ رِجْسٌ مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ * إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَنْ يُوقِعَ بَيْنَكُمُ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَالْبَغْضَاءَ فِي الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِ وَيَصُدَّكُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَعَنِ الصَّلاةِ فَهَلْ أَنْتُمْ مُنتَهُونَEvery intoxicant is haram (forbidden)
كل مسكر حرامWhatever intoxicates from the large vessel
ما أسكر من الفرقthen a handful of it is unlawful
فملء الكف منه حرامWhatever a lot of it intoxicates, a little of it is unlawful.
ما أسكر كثيره فقليله حرامAs for greeting a drinker of intoxicants, one must look at the situation. If boycotting him leads to his reform and his abandoning of intoxicants, let him boycott him. But if he gains nothing from the boycott, and it may even increase his transgression, then he should not be boycotted.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.