Al-Kāfi - The Book of Drinks

Chapter: The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has Prohibited all Intoxicating Liquor of a Small or Large Quantity ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَ٠ِيدِ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَ٠َرْوَانَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ رُبَّ٠ُ الْعَشَاءَ فَيَجِيئُونَ بِالنَّبِيذِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنْ أَنَا لَ٠ْ أَشْرَبْهُ خِفْتُ أَنْ يَقُولُوا فُلَانِيٌّ فَكَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ فَقَالَ اكْسِرْهُ بِالْ٠َاءِ قُلْتُ فَإِذَا أَنَا كَسَرْتُهُ بِالْ٠َاءِ أَشْرَبُهُ قَالَ لَا.

What must I do in such case?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘You can break it with water.’ I then asked, ‘When I break it with water can I then drink it?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘No, you cannot drink.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/268))