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c) For committing adultery, the punishment is killing, crucifying, or cutting of a hand and a foot of the opposite sides. (5:23. See Zia-ul-Quran under 5:23)

d) For taking intoxicants:

i) The Holy Prophet ordered that the intoxicated person be beaten with sticks and shoes. And Caliph Abu Bakr ordered that such a person be punished with 40 lashes. (Bukhari:6391,6394)

ii) Caliph Umar in the later period of his Caliphate ordered that the intoxicated person be punished with 40 lashes and with 80 lashes, if he was disobedient and rebellious. (Bukhari:6397)

And Ali advised Caliph Umar that such a person be punished with 80 lashes, because when intoxicated, he throws false allegations on others.

[Note: For false allegations, the punishment is 80 lashes. (24:4)]

D) The Holy Prophet said about intoxicants / intoxicated persons:

a) “ Any (kind of) fluid which intoxicates is ‘Haram’ (unlawful).” (Bukhari: 5264)

b) “ Every type of intoxicant is ‘Haram’.” (MuslimMishkat:3471)

c) “ Any thing whose greater quantity intoxicates, even its little quantity is ‘Haram’.” (Tirmizi, Abu Daud, Ibn Majah-Mishkat:3477)

d) “ Any person who takes an intoxicant, Allah does not accept his prayers for forty days. (Nisai, Ibn Majah, Darmi-Mishkat:3476)

e) “…Do not take an intoxicant (Khmr), as it is the root (cause) of all shameful acts…” (Ahmad-Mishkat:54)

f) “ Three types of persons will not enter Paradise:

i) “A drunkard, who always takes ‘khamr’ (i.e. intoxicant).”

ii) “A person, who cuts off the relations of womb.”

iii) “A person, who believes in sorcery.” (Ahmad-Mishkat:3488)

g) The Holy Prophet ordered us not to take any thing which intoxicates and causes sluggishness in body. (Abu Daud- Mishkat:3483)

The Holy Prophet sought refuge (protection) of Allah from helplessness (‘agz’), sluggishness, cowardice, miserliness, debt, and from domination by men.

h) A person submitted: ‘ Allah’s Messenger! We are from a cold territory, and have to work hard. We prepare a fluid from wheat and get energy from it for working. In this way, we are protected from cold.’ The Holy Prophet asked whether that (fluid) intoxicated them. The person replied in the affirmative. The Holy Prophet ordered him not to use that fluid. He then submitted that the people would not abandon that (fluid). On that the Holy Prophet ordered that they should fight if they did not abstain from that (fluid). (Abu Daud-Mishkat:3483)

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