The Rewards & Punishments of Deeds · Hadith 967 (#Ḥadīth #15)

أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی إِبْرَاهِیمُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِیلَ الْکَاتِبِ قَالَ: أَقْبَلَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ ع فِی الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ فَنَظَرَ إِلَیْهِ قَوْمٌ مِنْ قُرَیْشٍ فَقَالُوا هَذَا إِلَهُ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لَوْ بَعَثْتُمْ إِلَیْهِ بَعْضَکُمْ فَسَأَلَهُ فَأَتَاهُ شَابٌّ مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُ یَا عَمِّ مَا أَکْبَرُ الْکَبَائِرِ فَقَالَ شُرْبُ الْخَمْرِ فَأَتَاهُمْ فَأَخْبَرَهُمْ فَقَالُوا لَهُ عُدْ إِلَیْهِ فَلَمْ یَزَالُوا بِهِ حَتَّی عَادَ إِلَیْهِ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَ لَمْ أَقُلْ لَکَ یَا ابْنَ أَخِ شُرْبُ الْخَمْرِ إِنَّ شُرْبَ الْخَمْرِ یُدْخِلُ صَاحِبَهُ فِی الزِّنَاءِ وَ السَّرِقَهِ وَ قَتْلِ النَّفْسِ الَّتِی حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ* وَ فِی الشِّرْکِ وَ تَاللَّهِ أَفَاعِیلُ الْخَمْرِ تَعْلُو عَلَی کُلِّ ذَنْبٍ کَمَا تَعْلُو شَجَرَتُهَا عَلَی کُلِّ شَجَرَهٍ.

15. My father said: it was narrated to me by Sa’d b. Abdillah who said it was narrated to me by Ibrahim b. Hashim from ’Amru b. Uthman from Ahmad b. Ismail al-Katib who said: It is narrated that one of the groups of Quraish saw Imam Muhammad bin Ali in Masjidul Haraam and began to say: ‘The people of Iraq worship him.’ One of them advised that they send a person to him to ask a few questions. A person came to Imam and asked, “O uncle! What is the greatest sin?” Imam replied, “Drinking wine.” He went to his people and told him about the Imam’s reply. They told him to go and ask the same question again. The person came to the Imam and repeated the question. Imam answered, “O nephew! Didn’t I reply you last time? Drinking wine forces a person to commit adultery, theft, murder and polytheism. The effects of wine are more than any other sin just like its tree is taller than other trees.”

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