The Imam -asws said...

The Imam -asws said, ‘Send with him to look for those of the people of al-Muhajir and Ansar who have read to him the verse of the Quran which is about prohibition on drinking wine and ask them to testify against him.’ They did so but no one testified to his reading the verse of the Quran to him that prohibits drinking wine, The Imam -asws released him and said, ‘If you drink again we will apply the penalty on you.’ [41] قرب الإسناد عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَخِيهِ ع قَالَ: إِنْ شَرِبَ الْخَمْرَ فَاجْلِدُوهُ فَإِنْ عَادَ فَاجْلِدُوهُ فَإِنْ عَادَ فَشَرِبَهَا الثَّالِثَةَ فَاقْتُلُوهُ‏ (The book) ‘Qurb Al Asnaad’ – ‘From Ali, from his brother -asws (7 th Imam -asws ) having said: ‘If someone drinks the wine, whip him.

If he repeats, whip him. If he repeats drinking it for the third time, kill him’’. [42] The Time of Flogging in Winter and in Summer: الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ الْمُسْتَرِقِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا قَالَ مَرَرْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع بِالْمَدِينَةِ فِي يَوْمٍ بَارِدٍ وَ إِذَا رَجُلٌ يُضْرَبُ بِالسَّوْطِ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْوَقْتِ يُضْرَبُ قُلْتُ لَهُ وَ لِلضَّرْبِ حَدٌّ قَالَ نَعَمْ إِذَا كَانَ فِي الْبَرْدِ ضُرِبَ فِي حَرِّ النَّهَارِ وَ إِذَا كَانَ فِي الْحَرِّ ضُرِبَ فِي بَرْدِ النَّهَارِ Al-Husayn from Muhammad has narrated from Mu’alla’ ibn Muhammad from abu Dawud al-Mustariq who has said that certain ones of our people narrated to me the following: ‘I once walking with Abu Abd Allah -asws in al-Madinah on a cold day where a man was being whipped.