Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ النُّعْمَانِ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْشَرٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَهْبٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ حُرِّمَتْ الْخَمْرُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يَشْرَبُونَ الْخَمْرَ وَيَأْكُلُونَ الْمَيْسِرَ فَسَأَلُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْهُمَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ { يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنْ الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِ قُلْ فِيهِمَا إِثْمٌ كَبِيرٌ وَمَنَافِعُ لِلنَّاسِ وَإِثْمُهُمَا أَكْبَرُ مِنْ نَفْعِهِمَا } إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ فَقَالَ النَّاسُ مَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْنَا إِنَّمَا قَالَ { فِيهِمَا إِثْمٌ كَبِيرٌ } وَكَانُوا يَشْرَبُونَ الْخَمْرَ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمٌ مِنْ الْأَيَّامِ صَلَّى رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ أَمَّ أَصْحَابَهُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ خَلَطَ فِي قِرَاءَتِهِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فِيهَا آيَةً أَغْلَظَ مِنْهَا { يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَقْرَبُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَأَنْتُمْ سُكَارَى حَتَّى تَعْلَمُوا مَا تَقُولُونَ } وَكَانَ النَّاسُ يَشْرَبُونَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ أَحَدُهُمْ الصَّلَاةَ وَهُوَ مُفِيقٌ ثُمَّ أُنْزِلَتْ آيَةٌ أَغْلَظُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ { يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ وَالْأَنْصَابُ وَالْأَزْلَامُ رِجْسٌ مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ } فَقَالُوا انْتَهَيْنَا رَبَّنَا فَقَالَ النَّاسُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ نَاسٌ قُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوْ مَاتُوا عَلَى فُرُشِهِمْ كَانُوا يَشْرَبُونَ الْخَمْرَ وَيَأْكُلُونَ الْمَيْسِرَ وَقَدْ جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ رِجْسًا وَمِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ { لَيْسَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ جُنَاحٌ فِيمَا طَعِمُوا إِذَا مَا اتَّقَوْا وَآمَنُوا } إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَوْ حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ لَتَرَكُوهَا كَمَا تَرَكْتُمْ.
English Translation
Abu Hurayrah said: "Wine was prohibited three times. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) came to Madinah while the people were drinking wine and gambling. They asked the Messenger of Allah about them, and Allah revealed to His Prophet: 'They ask you about wine and gambling. Say: In both there is great sin and benefit for people, but their sin is greater than their benefit' [2:219]. The people said: 'It has not been forbidden to us. It only says there is great sin in them.' They continued drinking until one day a man from the Emigrants led his companions in Maghrib prayer and mixed up his recitation. So Allah revealed a stricter verse: 'O you who believe, do not approach prayer while intoxicated until you know what you are saying' [4:43]. People would drink but come to prayer sober. Then an even stricter verse was revealed: 'O you who believe, wine, gambling, stone altars, and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Shaytan, so avoid them that you may be successful' [5:90]. They said: 'We desist, our Lord.' The people asked: 'O Messenger of Allah, what about people who died fighting in the path of Allah or on their beds while they used to drink wine and gamble, and Allah has declared them filth and the work of Shaytan?' So Allah revealed: 'There is no blame on those who believe and do good deeds for what they consumed, when they feared Allah and believed' [5:93]. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 'Had it been forbidden to them, they would have abandoned it as you have abandoned it.'"