Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 3380

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْغَافِقِيِّ، وَأَبِي، طُعْمَةَ مَوْلاَهُمْ أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا ابْنَ عُمَرَ، يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ "‏ لُعِنَتِ الْخَمْرُ عَلَى عَشَرَةِ أَوْجُهٍ بِعَيْنِهَا وَعَاصِرِهَا وَمُعْتَصِرِهَا وَبَائِعِهَا وَمُبْتَاعِهَا وَحَامِلِهَا وَالْمَحْمُولَةِ إِلَيْهِ وَآكِلِ ثَمَنِهَا وَشَارِبِهَا وَسَاقِيهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Ibn ʿUmar reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Wine is cursed in ten respects: the wine itself, the one who presses it, the one who has it pressed, its seller, its buyer, the one who carries it, the one to whom it is carried, the one who consumes its price, the one who drinks it, and the one who serves it.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The ten listed roles or things are: wine, its presser, the person commissioning its pressing, seller, buyer, carrier, recipient, one who consumes its price, drinker, and server.

  • The two Arabic terms for pressing distinguish doing the pressing from having it pressed; the exact social role implied by the latter is not further explained.

  • يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ "‏ لُعِنَتِ الْخَمْرُ عَلَى عَشَرَةِ أَوْجُهٍ بِعَيْنِهَا وَعَاصِرِهَا وَمُعْتَصِرِهَا وَبَائِعِهَا وَمُبْتَاعِهَا وَحَامِلِهَا وَالْمَحْمُولَةِ إِلَيْهِ وَآكِلِ ثَمَنِهَا وَشَارِبِهَا وَسَاقِيهَا ‏"‏ ‏.

    The paired terms refer to pressing wine and having it pressed, but the report does not further define the role of the person who commissions the pressing.

    Does the second term specifically mean the person who commissions the wine’s pressing?