Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3392
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحِزَامِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَحْيَى، زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ مَنْظُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " كُلُّ مُسْكِرٍ حَرَامٌ وَمَا أَسْكَرَ كَثِيرُهُ فَقَلِيلُهُ حَرَامٌ " .
Translation
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Every intoxicant is forbidden, and whatever intoxicates in a large amount, a small amount of it is forbidden.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The second clause links the prohibition of a small quantity to the fact that a large quantity of the same thing intoxicates.