Narrated Qabisah ibn Dhuwayb: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: If anyone drinks wine, flog him; if he repeats it, flog him, and if he repeats it, flog him. If he does it again a third or a fourth time, kill him. A man who had drunk wine was brought (to him) and he gave him lashes. He was again brought to him, and he flogged him. He was again brought to him and he flogged him. He was again brought to him and he flogged him. The punishment of killing (for drinking) was repealed, and a concession was allowed. Sufyan said: Al-Zuhri transmitted this tradition when Mansur bin al-Mu'tamir amd Mukhawwal bin Rashid were present with him. He said to them: Take this tradition as a present to the people of Iraq. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by al-Sharid bin Suwaid, Sharahbil bin Aws, Abdullah bin Amr, Abdullah bin Umar, Abu Ghutaif al-Kindi, and Abu Salamah bin Abdur-Rahman from Abu Hurairah.