Volume 7, Book 69, Number 493:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
‘Umar delivered a sermon on the pulpit of Allah’s Apostle, saying, “Alcoholic drinks were prohib –
ited by Divine Order, and these drinks used to be prepared from five things, i.e., grapes, dates, wheat,
barley and honey. Alcoholic drink is that, that disturbs the mind.” ‘Umar added, “I wish Allah’s
Apostle had not left us before he had given us definite verdicts concerning three matters, i.e., how
much a grandfather may inherit (of his grandson), the inheritance of Al-Kalala (the deceased person
among whose heirs there is no father or son), and various types of Riba(1 ) (usury) .”
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 494s:
Narrated ‘Umar:
“Alcoholic drinks are prepared from five things, i.e., raisins, dates. wheat, barley and honey.”
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 494v:
Narrated Abu ‘Amir or Abu Malik Al-Ash’ari:
that he heard the Prophet saying, “From among my followers there will be some people who will
consider illegal sexual intercourse, the wearing of silk, the drinking of alcoholic drinks and the use
of musical instruments, as lawful. And there will be some people who will stay near the side of a
mountain and in the evening their shepherd will come to them with their sheep and ask them for
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something, but they will say to him, ‘Return to us tomorrow.’ Allah will destroy them during the
night and will let the mountain fall on them, and He will transform the rest of them into monkeys
and pigs and they will remain so till the Day of Resurrection.”