20/16. Chapter:
Sunan Ibn Majah 2569 — The Chapters on Legal Punishments
The Legal Punishment For Drunkenness
Sunan Ibn Majah : 2569
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 2569
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي حُصَيْنٍ، عَنْ عُمَيْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزُّهْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُطَرِّفٌ، سَمِعْتُهُ عَنْ عُمَيْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ مَا كُنْتُ أَدِي مَنْ أَقَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ إِلاَّ شَارِبَ الْخَمْرِ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَمْ يَسُنَّ فِيهِ شَيْئًا إِنَّمَا هُوَ شَىْءٌ جَعَلْنَاهُ نَحْنُ .
'Ali bin Abi Talib Narrated from:
I would not pay the blood money (Diyah) for those on whom I carried out the legal punishment, except for the wine-drinker. The Messenger of Allah did not institute anything in that case, rather it is something that we would do.”
[1] This applies if the person dies as a result of the legal punishment.[1] The meaning of the narration is that they would not pay the blood money if someone died as a result of being administered the prescribed punishment, except in the case of the drinker who was to receive a number of lashes. If he died as a result of that punishment, then we would pay the blood money to his relatives, because his punishment was not prescribed by the Prophet ﷺ.Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 2569In-book reference : Book 20, Hadith 37English translation : Vol. 3, Book 20, Hadith 2569
