Narrated `Ali bin Abi Talib:
I would not feel sorry for one who dies because of receiving a legal punishment, except the drunk, for if he should die (when being punished), I would give blood money to his family because no fixed punishment has been ordered by Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) for the drunk.
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 6778 |
In-book reference | : Book 86, Hadith 7 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 8, Book 81, Hadith 769 |
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