51/48. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 5699 — Every Intoxicant Is Khamr
Reports Used by Those Who Permit the Drinking of Intoxicants
Hadith About Every Intoxicant Being Khamr and Unlawful
Sunan an-Nasai : 5699
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 5699
قَالَ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ كُلُّ مُسْكِرٍ خَمْرٌ وَكُلُّ مُسْكِرٍ حَرَامٌ .
Ibn 'Umar Narrated from:
Every intoxicant is Khamr and every intoxicant is unlawful.
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 5699In-book reference : Book 51, Hadith 161English translation : Vol. 6, Book 51, Hadith 5702
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 5699
Ibn Umar says: every intoxicant is Khamr and every intoxicant is unlawful. This is one of the clearest wordings in the batch. It does not leave the rule tied only to a single drink name. It says every intoxicant falls under Khamr and every intoxicant is unlawful. For people searching every intoxicant is Khamr hadith, this narration gives the exact message in a simple line. It also helps explain why the earlier narrations keep returning to the same idea: the concern is intoxication. Names, containers, fruits, and habits are all secondary when the drink has the effect of intoxicating the person who drinks it.
What we learn from this hadith
- Every intoxicant is called Khamr in this narration.
- Every intoxicant is also described as unlawful.
- The wording teaches that labels do not change the rule about intoxication.
