If a man drinks wine or any intoxicating nabidh (fermented drink), he is to be flogged eighty lashes. Anything that intoxicates in large quantities is prohibited in both small and large amounts, and fuqqa (a type of frothy drink) holds the same ruling. A person who drinks any intoxicant, whether wine or nabidh, is to be flogged eighty lashes. If he repeats the act, he is flogged again, and if he repeats it a third time, he is executed. It has also been narrated that execution occurs on the fourth offense. If a slave drinks an intoxicant, he is to be flogged forty lashes and executed on the eighth offense. My father, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى be pleased with him, said in his letter to me: 'Know that the origin of wine is from grapes. If it is exposed to fire or boils without being touched by fire until its bottom becomes its top, it becomes wine and is prohibited to drink unless two-thirds evaporate and one-third remains. If it ferments without being heated, leave it until it naturally turns into vinegar without adding anything to it. Once it becomes vinegar on its own, it is permissible to consume. If it changes afterward and becomes wine, there is no harm in adding salt or other substances to it. However, if wine is poured into vinegar, it is not permissible to consume until it is separated, placed in a container, and left to turn into vinegar. Once it becomes vinegar, it is permissible to eat the vinegar into which wine was poured. Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Blessed and Exalted, has prohibited wine itself, and the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى (peace be upon him and his family) has forbidden every intoxicating drink. He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم cursed wine, its planter, its guardian, its carrier, the one to whom it is carried, its seller, its buyer, the one who consumes its price, the one who presses it, the one who serves it, and the one who drinks it. Wine has five names: Al-'Aseer (the juice), which is made from grapes; Al-Naqi', which is made from raisins; Al-Bit', which is made from honey; Al-Mizr, which is made from barley; and Al-Nabidh, which is made from dates. Wine is the key to every evil, and the one who drinks it is like an idol worshipper. Whoever drinks it will have their prayers suspended for forty days. If they repent within those forty days, their repentance will not be accepted, and if they die during that period, they will enter the Fire.