Hadith #305

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English Translation

Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd narrated to us, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq narrated to us, from Yazīd ibn Abī Ḥabīb, from Marthad ibn ʿAbdullāh al-Yazanī, from Daylam al-Ḥimyarī, who said: I asked the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, we are in a cold land where we do hard labor, and we make a drink from this wheat to strengthen ourselves for our work and against the cold of our land.' He said: 'Does it intoxicate?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then avoid it.' Then I came before him again and said the same thing. He said: 'Does it intoxicate?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then avoid it.' I said: 'The people will not abandon it.' He said: 'If they do not abandon it, then kill them.'