22/12. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1579a — Forbidden to Drink and Sell Wine
The prohibition of selling wine
Hadith on Selling Wine After It Is Forbidden
Sahih Muslim : 1579a
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1579a
حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، بْنِ وَعْلَةَ - رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ مِصْرَ - أَنَّهُ جَاءَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ح . وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ - أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، وَغَيْرُهُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ وَعْلَةَ السَّبَإِيِّ، - مِنْ أَهْلِ مِصْرَ - أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ عَمَّا يُعْصَرُ مِنْ الْعِنَبِ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّ رَجُلًا أَهْدَى لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَاوِيَةَ خَمْرٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هَلْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ حَرَّمَهَا قَالَ لَا فَسَارَّ إِنْسَانًا فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمَ سَارَرْتَهُ فَقَالَ أَمَرْتُهُ بِبَيْعِهَا فَقَالَ إِنَّ الَّذِي حَرَّمَ شُرْبَهَا حَرَّمَ بَيْعَهَا قَالَ فَفَتَحَ الْمَزَادَةَ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ مَا فِيهَا
`Abdullah bin `Abbas Narrated from:
Abd al-Rahman b. Wa'ala as-Saba'i (who was an Egyptian) asked 'Abdullah b. Abbas; (Allah be pleased with them) about that which is extracted from the grapes, whereupon he said: A person presented to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) a small water-skin of wine. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to him: Do you know that Allah has forbidden it? He said: No.He then whispered to another man. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked him what he had whispered. He said: I advised him to sell that, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Verily He Who has forbidden its drinking has forbidden its sale also. He (the narrator) said: He opened the waterskin until what was contained in it was spilt.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1579aIn-book reference : Book 22, Hadith 83USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 10, Hadith 3836
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1579a
This narration answers a clear question through an incident. A man brought a small water-skin of wine to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم asked if he knew that Allah had forbidden it, and the man said no. When the man then whispered advice to sell it, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم asked what was said. The answer was that he had been told to sell it. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم then gave the key teaching: the One who forbade drinking it also forbade selling it. The water-skin was opened, and what was inside was poured away. This is a direct hadith about selling wine in Islam and stopping benefit from its sale after prohibition.
What we learn from this hadith
- The report states that wine had been forbidden.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم linked the ban on drinking with the ban on selling.
- The wine was poured out instead of being sold.
- The narration teaches that sale is not a way around the prohibition.
