Every intoxicant is Khamr (alcoholic drink), and every intoxicant is prohibited. Whoever d…

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Hadith narrated by Narrated by Muslim, and the last sentence of it was narrated by Al-Bukhāri

Authenticity grade : Authentic

Hadith text: Every intoxicant is Khamr (alcoholic drink), and every…

عن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «كل مُسْكِرٍ خَمْرٌ، وكل مُسْكِرٍ حرام، ومن شرِب الخمر في الدنيا فمات وهو يُدْمِنُهَا لَمْ يَتُبْ، لَمْ يَشْرَبْهَا في الآخرة».

Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every intoxicant is Khamr (alcoholic drink), and every intoxicant is prohibited. Whoever drinks Khamr in this world and dies while being addicted to it without repenting will not drink it in the Hereafter."

Explanation of the hadith: Every intoxicant is Khamr (alcoholic drink), and every…

Lessons: Every intoxicant is Khamr (alcoholic drink), and every…

• The legal cause behind forbidding Khamr is intoxication, as whatever leads to intoxication, regardless of its type, is prohibited.
• Allah Almighty has prohibited Khamr, given its great harms and evils.
• Drinking Khamr in Paradise perfects the pleasure and completes the bliss.
• He who does not abstain from drinking Khamr in this worldly life, Allah will deprive him of drinking it in Paradise because for every deed, there is a recompense that suits it.
• Hastening to repent of sins before death is encouraged.

Categories : Forbidden Drinks