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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ شَرِبَ الْخَمْرَ فَجَلَدَهُ بِجَرِيدَتَيْنِ نَحْوَ أَرْبَعِينَ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَفَعَلَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَلَمَّا كَانَ عُمَرُ اسْتَشَارَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ أَخَفَّ الْحُدُودِ ثَمَانِينَ ‏.‏ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ عُمَرُ ‏.‏
Translation
Anas b. Malik reported that a person who had drink wine was brought to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ). He gave him forty stripes with two lashes. Abu Bakr also did that, but when Umar (assumed the responsibilities) of the Caliphate, he consulted people and Abd al-Rahman said

The mildest punishment (for drinking) is eighty (stripes) and 'Umar their prescribed this punishment.

Comment

The Book of Legal Punishments - Sahih Muslim 1706a

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. This narration from the Sahih Muslim collection addresses the legal punishment for consuming intoxicants, which the rightly-guided Caliph 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) established as eighty lashes.

The scholars of Islam have explained that this punishment represents the minimum prescribed for drinking alcohol, as intoxicants are considered among the major sins that corrupt both the individual and society. The wisdom behind this punishment is to serve as a deterrent while allowing for judicial discretion in cases where circumstances may warrant a more severe penalty.

Imam al-Nawawi, in his commentary on Sahih Muslim, clarifies that the eighty lashes became the standard punishment during 'Umar's caliphate after consultation with the Companions, establishing it as the legal precedent (hadd) for this offense in Islamic jurisprudence.