Answered by Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
I would really like to get some advice from some Muslims who know what they are talking about…Almost three years ago I converted to Islam after being divorced and having a child…
Wa `alaykum as-Salam wa rahmatullah:
>Narrated Mu’awiyah ibn Abu Sufyan: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If they (the people) drink wine, flog them, again if they drink it, flog them. AGAIN IF THEY DRINK IT, KILL THEM.<
This Hadith is in Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, and Ahmad.
Imam al-Tirmidhi said that this was an early ruling, later abrogated.
He then narrated from Jabir ibn `Abd Allah that the Prophet had a fourth-time recidivist flogged. He narrates the same from another Companion, Qabisa ibn Dhu’ayb, from the Prophet, upon him peace. Tirmidhi then states: “And this [abrogation] is the position of the totality of the people of knowledge as far as we know, without exception.”
Was-Salam
Hajj Gibril
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GF Haddad