You must take notice that whatever in large quantity is...
You must take notice that whatever in large quantity is intoxicating liquor its intake in small quantity is also unlawful.’ [9] عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ حُكَيْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنِ النَّبِيذِ أَ خَمْرٌ هُوَ فَقَالَ ع مَا زَادَ عَلَى التَّرْكِ جَوْدَةً فَهُوَ خَمْرٌ ‘A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Mu’awiyah ibn Hukaim from abu Malik al-Hadramiy from abu al-Jarud who has said: ‘I once asked Abu Jafar -asws about al-Nabidh: if it is wine.
The Imam -asws said: ‘Whatever upon drinking is more pleasurable than not drinking, it is wine.’ [10] مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْمَاضِي ع قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَمْ يُحَرِّمِ الْخَمْرَ لِاسْمِهَا وَ لَكِنَّهُ حَرَّمَهَا لِعَاقِبَتِهَا فَمَا كَانَ عَاقِبَتُهُ عَاقِبَةَ الْخَمْرِ فَهُوَ خَمْرٌ Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Yaqtin from his brother Al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn Yaqtin from his father Ali ibn Yaqtin who has said the following: ‘Abu Al-Hassan -asws , the later -asws has said, ‘Allah -azwj has not Made wine unlawful because of its name.
He -azwj has Made it unlawful because of its consequences, therefore, whatever, has the same consequence as that of wine, it then is (considered as) wine.
[11] حدثنا يعقوب بن يزيد عن زياد القندى عن عبد الله بن سنان عن ابى عبد الله عليه السلام قال قلت له كيف كان يصنع امير المؤمنين عليه السلام بشارب الخمر قال كان يحده قلت فان عاد قال يحده ثلث مرات فان عاد كان يقتله قلت فمن شرب الخمر كما شرب المسكر قال سواء فاستعظمت ذلك فقال لا تستعظم ذلك ان الله لما ادب نبيه انتدب ففوض إليه وان الله حرم مكة وان رسول الله حرم المدينة فاجاز الله له ذلك وان الله حرم الخمر وان رسول الله حرم المسكر فاجاز الله ذلك كله وان الله فرض الفرايض من الصلب وان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يطعم الجد فاجاز الله ذلك له ثم قال حرف وما حرف من يطع الرسول فقد اطاع الله It has been narrated to us by Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Zyad Al-Qindy, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, who has said: ‘I asked Abu Abdullah -asws , ‘How did Amir-ul-Momineen -asws deal with the drinker of alcohol?’ He -asws said: ‘He -asws limited it’.
I said, ‘And if he returned to it?’ He -asws said: ‘He -asws limited it three times, and if he returned to it, he -asws killed him’.