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."