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Qur'an, 4:43” After the revelation of this verse some Muslims drank wine and some others gave it up. Some historians mentioned that one day Umar drank wine and then he took a jawbone of a camel and struck Abdurrahman bin Ouff on the head. Then he sat weeping for the killed people of the battle of Badr and reciting some poetry of al-Aswad bin Ya’fur: “Is he unable to keep death away from me, or resurrect me when my bones become destroyed?

(279) Is there someone who tells the Beneficent that I have given up the month of fast? Say to Allah to prevent me my drink And say to Allah to prevent me my food.” The Prophet (s) was informed of that and he became very angry. He went out dragging his garment and he hit Umar with something he had in his hand.

Umar said: “May Allah save me from His wrath and from the wrath of His messenger!” Then Allah revealed: “The Shaitan only desires to cause enmity and hatred to spring in your midst by means of intoxicants and games of chance, and to keep you off from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. Will you then desist. Qur'an, 5:91” Umar said: “We desist! We desist!”[^1] 47.

The Prophet (s) forbids from killing al-Abbas and others[^2] During the battle of Badr the Prophet (s) said to his companions: “I know that some men of Bani Hashim have been forced to go to the battle (to fight against the Muslims) unwillingly. We have no need to fight them. When you meet any one of them (the Hashemites), you are not to kill him and if any one of you meets Abul Bukhturi bin [^1] Al-Mustatraf fee Kulli Fanin Mustadhraf by Shihabuddeen al-Absheehi, vol.3 chap.74.

It has also been quoted by some scholars from Rabee’ul Abrar by az-Zamakhshari. Al-Fakhr ar-Razi has referred to some of this event in his Tafsee al-Kabeer, vol.3 p.446 when interpreting the Qur’anic verse (The Shaitan only desires to cause enmity and hatred to spring in your midst by means of intoxicants and games of chance). He said: “It has been narrated that when Allah has revealed (O you who believe!

do not go near prayer when you are intoxicated), Umar said: “O Allah, declare to us a full declaration about wine! And when this verse (The Shaitan only desires to cause enmity and hatred to spring in your midst by means of intoxicants and games of chance, and to keep you off from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. Will you then desist) was revealed, Umar said: “O our Lord, we desist!” [^2] The Prophet (s) has forbidden from killing al-Abbas (the Prophet’s uncle).