Hazrat Ya'la bin Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Hazrat Umar bin Khattab or wrote him a letter: "Indeed, people are brought to us who have drunk alcohol, so in what condition should we establish the hadd (punishment) upon them?" Hazrat Umar replied: "Make them recite the Qur'an and place their sheet among many sheets. If they cannot recite the Qur'an and cannot recognize their own sheet, then establish the hadd upon them."

Hazrat Abu Bakr bin Amr bin Utbah narrates that (the author says: I think he narrated from Hazrat Umar) Hazrat Umar said: There will be no punishment except when the intellect is deceived by things.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Utbah narrates (the author says, I think that) it is narrated from Hazrat Umar: that there will be no hadd except when the intellect is deceived by things.