The Sufficient (Vol 6) · Hadith 1781 (#Ḥadīth #9)

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ يَعْنِي الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْفُقَّاعِ قَالَ فَكَتَبَ حَرَامٌ وَ هُوَ خَمْرٌ وَ مَنْ شَرِبَهُ كَانَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ شَارِبِ الْخَمْرِقَالَ وَ قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْأَخِيرُ ( عليه السلام ) لَوْ أَنَّ الدَّارَ دَارِي لَقَتَلْتُ بَائِعَهُ وَ لَجَلَدْتُ شَارِبَهُ وَ قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْأَخِيرُ ( عليه السلام ) حَدُّهُ حَدُّ شَارِبِ الْخَمْرِ وَ قَالَ ( عليه السلام ) هِيَ خُمَيْرَةٌ اسْتَصْغَرَهَا النَّاسُ .

9. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ahmad from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Washsha’ who has said the following: “I once wrote to al-Rida’ , and asked about al-Fuqa’. He (the Imam) wrote back, ‘It is unlawful and it is wine. If one drinks it he is like a wine drinker.’ He (the narrator) has said that abu al-Hassan, al-Akhir , has said, ‘Had the house been my house I would execute its seller and whip its drinker.’ He (the Imam) has also said, ‘The penalty for drinking al-Fuqa ’ is the same as for drinking wine.’ He (the Imam) has said, ‘It is intoxicating liquor which people have taken lightly.’”

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