4952 - وَ رَوَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ اَلْكَاتِبِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: أَقْبَلَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فِي اَلْمَسْجِدِ اَلْحَرَامِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لَوْ بَعَثْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ بَعْضَكُمْ يَسْأَلُهُ فَأَتَاهُ شَابٌّ مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُ "يَا عَمِّ مَا أَكْبَرُ اَلْكَبَائِرِ" قَالَ "شُرْبُ اَلْخَمْرِ" فَأَتَاهُمْ فَأَخْبَرَهُمْ فَقَالُوا لَهُ عُدْ إِلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَزَالُوا بِهِ حَتَّى عَادَ إِلَيْهِ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ "أَ لَمْ أَقُلْ لَكَ يَا اِبْنَ أَخِي شُرْبَ اَلْخَمْرِ إِنَّ شُرْبَ اَلْخَمْرِ يُدْخِلُ صَاحِبَهُ فِي اَلزِّنَا وَ اَلسَّرِقَةِ وَ قَتْلِ اَلنَّفْسِ "اَلَّتِي حَرَّمَ اَللّٰهُ" وَ فِي اَلشِّرْكِ بِاللَّهِ وَ أَفَاعِيلُ اَلْخَمْرِ تَعْلُو عَلَى كُلِّ ذَنْبٍ كَمَا تَعْلُو شَجَرَتُهَا عَلَى كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ".
Hadith.4952 - Ibrahim ibn Hashim narrated from Amr ibn Uthman, from Ahmad ibn Isma'il al-Katib, from his father, who said:
Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir 
entered the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram), and some people said: "Why don't you send one of you to ask him a question?"
So a young man from among them approached him and asked: "O uncle, what is the greatest of the major sins?"
Imam replied: "Drinking alcohol."
The young man returned and informed them.
They said to him (the boy): "Go back to him."
They persisted until he returned to Imam and asked again.
The Imam said:
"Did I not already tell you, O son of my brother, that it is drinking alcohol? Indeed, drinking alcohol leads its drinker to adultery, theft, the killing of a soul which Allah (swt) has forbidden, and associating partners with Allah (swt). The consequences of alcohol surpass every sin, just as its tree rises above all other trees."
