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I would not feel sorry for one who dies because of receiving a legal punishment, except the drunk, for
if he should die (when being punished), I would give blood money to his family because no fixed
punishment has been ordered by Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) for the drunk.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 86, Hadith 7
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Abu Huraira said, "A man who drank wine was brought to the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Beat him!"
Abu Huraira added, "So some of us beat him with our hands, and some with their shoes, and some
with their garments (by twisting it) like a lash, and then when we finished, someone said to him, 'May
Allah disgrace you!' On that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Do not say so, for you are helping Satan to overpower
him.' "
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We used to strike the drunks with our hands, shoes, clothes (by twisting it into the shape of lashes)
during the lifetime of the Prophet, Abu Bakr and the early part of `Umar's caliphate. But during the
last period of `Umar's caliphate, he used to give the drunk forty lashes; and when drunks became
mischievous and disobedient, he used to scourge them eighty lashes.