Islamic Punishments Issued by a Divine Imam-asws
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا ع قَالَ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ع يَضْرِبُ فِي الْخَمْرِ وَ النَّبِيذِ ثَمَانِينَ الْحُرَّ وَ الْعَبْدَ وَ الْيَهُودِيَّ وَ النَّصْرَانِيَّ قُلْتُ وَ مَا شَأْنُ الْيَهُودِيِّ وَ النَّصْرَانِيِّ قَالَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ أَنْ يُظْهِرُوا شُرْبَهُ يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ
Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Ali from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar from abu Basir who has narrated the following:
‘One of the two Imams-asws, (Abu Ja’far-asws or Abu ‘Abd Allah-asws), has said that Ali-asws would whip a wine and Nabeez drinker eighty lashes, regardless of being a slave or free, Jews or Christians. I then asked, ‘What Jews and Christians have to do with it?’ The Imam-asws said, ‘They must not drink in public. They may have it in their homes.’[1]
[1] الكافي (ط – الإسلامية)، ج7، ص: 215, H. 8.