The Rewards & Punishments of Deeds · Hadith 961 (#Ḥadīth #9)

حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِیسَی الْعُبَیْدِیِّ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَیْدٍ عَنْ یَعْقُوبَ بْنِ شُعَیْبٍ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا ع قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ جَعَلَ لِلْمَعْصِیَهِ بَیْتاً ثُمَّ جَعَلَ لِلْبَیْتِ بَاباً ثُمَّ جَعَلَ لِلْبَابِ غَلَقاً ثُمَّ جَعَلَ لِلْغَلَقِ مِفْتَاحاً فَمِفْتَاحُ الْمَعْصِیَهِ الْخَمْرُ.

9. It was narrated to me by Muhammad b. al-Hassan who said it was narrated to me by Muhammad b. al-Hassan al-Saffar from Muhammad b. Isa al-’Ubayd from al-Nadhr b. Suwayd from Ya’qub b. Shu’aib from one of the Imams who said: “Surely the Almighty Allah has locked sin in a house. There is a door to that house which is locked. There is a key of that lock and the key to sin is wine.”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).