Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3375
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ الأَصْبَهَانِيِّ، عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " مُدْمِنُ الْخَمْرِ كَعَابِدِ وَثَنٍ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abū Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘A habitual drinker of wine is like an idol worshipper.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic term describes someone who persists in drinking wine; ‘habitual drinker’ avoids importing a modern clinical diagnosis.
قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " مُدْمِنُ الْخَمْرِ كَعَابِدِ وَثَنٍ " .
The term mudmin describes persistent or habitual drinking, without specifying a clinical notion of addiction.
Should mudmin be rendered as ‘habitual drinker’ or ‘one who is addicted to wine’?