Chapter on the Legal Punishment for Drinking Alcohol and Reports Regarding Singing and Amusements

"If a man entered Islam, acknowledged it, and then drank alcohol, committed adultery, and consumed usury, without having any knowledge of what is lawful and unlawful, I would not administer the legal punishment upon him if he was ignorant - unless there was evidence that he had recited the Surah in which adultery, alcohol, and usury are mentioned. If he was unaware of that, I would inform and educate him. But if he committed those acts after that, I would flog him and enforce the legal punishment upon him."

Hadith.5089 - In the narration of Amr ibn Shimr from Jabir, who attributed it to the Prophet: Commander of the Faithful (as) was presented with Al-Najashi Al-Harithiyy, the poet, who had consumed alcohol during the month of Ramadan. Imam (as) flogged him eighty lashes, then imprisoned him for a night. The next day, Imam (as) summoned him and flogged him with twenty more lashes. Al-Najashi said: "O' Commander of the Faithful (as), you already flogged me eighty lashes for drinking alcohol. What are these additional twenty for?" Imam (as) replied: "These are for your audacity in drinking alcohol during the month of Ramadan."

Hadith.5090 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Do not sit with those who drink wine, for when the curse descends, it encompasses everyone present in the gathering."

Hadith.5091 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "If a wine drinker falls ill, do not visit him; if he dies, do not attend his funeral; if he testifies, do not accept his testimony; and if he seeks marriage from you, do not marry him off. Whoever marries his daughter to a wine drinker, it is as if he has led her to adultery. And whoever marries his daughter to someone who opposes his faith has severed her family ties. Whoever entrusts a wine drinker with something has no guarantee from Allah (swt), the Blessed and Exalted."

Hadith.5092 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Five things from five are impossible: Honor from a transgressor is impossible, compassion from an enemy is impossible, sincere advice from a jealous person is impossible, loyalty from a woman is impossible, and awe from a poor person is impossible."

Hadith.5093 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) was asked about the saying of Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic: "So avoid the filth of idols and avoid false speech." (Surah Al-Hajj 22:30) Imam (as) said: "The filth of idols refers to chess, and false speech refers to singing. And backgammon (nard) is worse than chess. As for chess, adopting it is disbelief, playing it is polytheism, teaching it is a grave and destructive sin, greeting someone engaged in it is disobedience, and touching its pieces is like touching the flesh of swine. Looking at it is like looking at the private parts of one's mother. The one who plays backgammon with gambling is like one who eats the flesh of swine, and the one who plays it without gambling is like one who places his hand in the flesh or blood of swine. It is not permissible to play with rings, the fourteen stones, and similar games, as all of them are forms of gambling, even if children play with nuts, it is considered gambling. Beware of striking the stones together (a form of entertainment), for indeed, Satan runs along with you, and the angels flee from you. And whoever keeps a tambourine in his house for forty days "has incurred the wrath of Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic."

Hadith.5094 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Indeed, the angels withdraw from gatherings where gambling occurs and curse the one involved in it, except in the case of betting on hoofed animals, animals with padded feet, feathered birds, and arrows. And the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) himself raced with Usamah ibn Zayd and conducted horse races."

she-camel of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), was outrun in a race. So Prophet (sw), peace be upon him and his family, said: "It (camel) transgressed and said to itself, 'Upon me is the Messenger of Allah (swt), peace and blessings be upon him and his family.' And it is a right upon Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, that nothing transgresses against anything except that He (swt) humiliates it. And if a mountain were to transgress against another mountain, Allah would destroy the transgressing one among them."

Hadith.5096 - The Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) forbade inciting animals against one another, except in the case of dogs.

Hadith.5097 - A man asked Imam Ali ibn Al-Hussain (as) about purchasing a bondwoman with a beautiful voice. Imam (as) said: "There is no harm upon you if you buy her and she reminds you of Paradise."