Hazrat Saad bin Ibrahim narrates from his father that he heard Hazrat Uthman delivering a sermon. When Hazrat Uthman mentioned wine, he said, "It gathers many evils," or he said, "It is the mother of evils." Then he related an incident about the Children of Israel. He said: A man was given the choice to either kill a child, destroy a scripture, or drink wine. He preferred to drink wine, but then he ended up committing all those acts.