Benefits of the Hadith: (Whoever keeps the grapes during the days of the harvest . . . . ).
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The Shaykh : In this hadith is evidence for the following benefits:
The first benefit: It is forbidden to keep grapes in order to sell them to one who will make them into intoxicants.
The second, the second benefit: That this is among the major sins, and the indication of this is that he was threatened with the Fire for it.
And among the benefits of the hadith: The greatness of drinking intoxicants and assisting in their drinking, where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made that among the causes of entering the Fire. And intoxicants are everything that covers the mind, meaning: covers it for the sake of pleasure and joy. For the drunkard—may Allah protect us from that—his mind departs, and he feels lightness as if the world is a piece of paper to him. He finds pleasure and feels himself in the station of kings and leaders, so he forgets his worries and sorrows. But when the intoxication departs, the worries and sorrows accumulate upon him, because it is like water: if you hold back water, it stops, but when the barrier is removed, it rushes forth with force. So worries and sorrows stop during the intoxication, but when the intoxication departs, they rush forth in an astonishing and harmful manner. It is not possible for him to find rest until he returns to drinking intoxicants. For this reason, it is rare for one who drinks intoxicants to be weaned from it—may Allah protect us from that—except by strong faith or a strong deterrent.
And among the benefits of the hadith: "The means have the rulings of the objectives". The indication of this is that this is keeping grapes for a bad purpose, he is not the maker, but he wants this thing. And this rule is a rule upon which there is consensus, and it is a principle of jurisprudence: "The means have the rulings of the objectives". Among its branches, or rather among its parts in reality, among the parts of this general, comprehensive rule: "That which is not completed except by it is obligatory, and that which is not completed except by it is recommended, and that which is a cause for the forbidden is forbidden, and that which is a cause for the disliked is disliked". All these parts are included in the general rule, which is: "The means have the rulings of the objectives".
Now, and among the benefits of the hadith: The punishment of one who assists in doing the forbidden, even if he did not do it himself. Because this one who kept them to sell them to one who will make them into intoxicants did not do it, but he assisted. So the one who assists in sin is sinful.
And among its benefits: If this is the case for one who assists one who makes grapes into intoxicants, what about the one who drinks intoxicants? It is even greater. For this reason, the drinker of intoxicants is cursed on the tongue of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), deprived of drinking it in the Hereafter. Either because—may Allah protect us from that—he does not enjoy it in Paradise, or because it leads to disbelief that prevents entry into Paradise. For this reason, intoxicants were named the mother of all evils and the key to every evil. Yes.
Now, it is derived from this hadith: That if one sells something for the purpose of disobedience, then his sale is forbidden. And this is the point of the hadith: Whoever sells something to one who will use it to reach disobedience, the sale is forbidden. And is it valid or not? The sale is not valid, because it is prohibited in itself. So the prohibition dominates the sale itself. If he sells something to one who will make it into something forbidden, the sale is forbidden. And if he sells it to one who will not make it into something forbidden, the sale is lawful. For this reason, if you sell grapes to one who will eat them?
The student: Lawful.
The Shaykh : So the sale is lawful. To one who will make it into intoxicants?
The student: It is forbidden.
The Shaykh : So the sale is forbidden.
Now, you sell eggs to one who will eat them, it is lawful. To one who will gamble with them?
The student: It is forbidden.
The Shaykh : It is forbidden.
The first benefit: It is forbidden to keep grapes in order to sell them to one who will make them into intoxicants.
The second, the second benefit: That this is among the major sins, and the indication of this is that he was threatened with the Fire for it.
And among the benefits of the hadith: The greatness of drinking intoxicants and assisting in their drinking, where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made that among the causes of entering the Fire. And intoxicants are everything that covers the mind, meaning: covers it for the sake of pleasure and joy. For the drunkard—may Allah protect us from that—his mind departs, and he feels lightness as if the world is a piece of paper to him. He finds pleasure and feels himself in the station of kings and leaders, so he forgets his worries and sorrows. But when the intoxication departs, the worries and sorrows accumulate upon him, because it is like water: if you hold back water, it stops, but when the barrier is removed, it rushes forth with force. So worries and sorrows stop during the intoxication, but when the intoxication departs, they rush forth in an astonishing and harmful manner. It is not possible for him to find rest until he returns to drinking intoxicants. For this reason, it is rare for one who drinks intoxicants to be weaned from it—may Allah protect us from that—except by strong faith or a strong deterrent.
And among the benefits of the hadith: "The means have the rulings of the objectives". The indication of this is that this is keeping grapes for a bad purpose, he is not the maker, but he wants this thing. And this rule is a rule upon which there is consensus, and it is a principle of jurisprudence: "The means have the rulings of the objectives". Among its branches, or rather among its parts in reality, among the parts of this general, comprehensive rule: "That which is not completed except by it is obligatory, and that which is not completed except by it is recommended, and that which is a cause for the forbidden is forbidden, and that which is a cause for the disliked is disliked". All these parts are included in the general rule, which is: "The means have the rulings of the objectives".
Now, and among the benefits of the hadith: The punishment of one who assists in doing the forbidden, even if he did not do it himself. Because this one who kept them to sell them to one who will make them into intoxicants did not do it, but he assisted. So the one who assists in sin is sinful.
And among its benefits: If this is the case for one who assists one who makes grapes into intoxicants, what about the one who drinks intoxicants? It is even greater. For this reason, the drinker of intoxicants is cursed on the tongue of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), deprived of drinking it in the Hereafter. Either because—may Allah protect us from that—he does not enjoy it in Paradise, or because it leads to disbelief that prevents entry into Paradise. For this reason, intoxicants were named the mother of all evils and the key to every evil. Yes.
Now, it is derived from this hadith: That if one sells something for the purpose of disobedience, then his sale is forbidden. And this is the point of the hadith: Whoever sells something to one who will use it to reach disobedience, the sale is forbidden. And is it valid or not? The sale is not valid, because it is prohibited in itself. So the prohibition dominates the sale itself. If he sells something to one who will make it into something forbidden, the sale is forbidden. And if he sells it to one who will not make it into something forbidden, the sale is lawful. For this reason, if you sell grapes to one who will eat them?
The student: Lawful.
The Shaykh : So the sale is lawful. To one who will make it into intoxicants?
The student: It is forbidden.
The Shaykh : So the sale is forbidden.
Now, you sell eggs to one who will eat them, it is lawful. To one who will gamble with them?
The student: It is forbidden.
The Shaykh : It is forbidden.