“Whoever drinks wine, flog him; if he returns a fourth time, then put him to death.” It is also transmitted, through the narration of Muʿawiyah, by Abu Dawud (4482); Ahmad, Musnad 4:93, 95, 96, 97, 101; al-Tahawi, Sharh Maʿani al-Athar 3:159; Ibn Majah (2573); al-Hakim 4:372; al-Bayhaqi 8:313; and Ibn Hibban (1519). Al-Tirmidhi said: In this chapter there are also reports from Abu Hurayrah, al-Shurayd, Shurahbil b. Aws, Jarir, Abu al-Rimdaʾ al-Balawi, and ʿAbd Allah b. ʿAmr. I add: the hadith of Abu Hurayrah was recorded by Ahmad 2:280, 291; Abu Dawud (4484); al-Nasaʾi 8:314; Ibn Majah (2572); Ibn al-Jarud, al-Muntaqa (831); al-Tahawi, Sharh Maʿani al-Athar 3:159; al-Hakim 4:371; Ibn Hibban (1517); and al-Tayalisi, Musnad (2337). The hadith of al-Shurayd was narrated by Ahmad 4:388-389 and al-Darimi 2:175-176. The hadith of Shurahbil b. Aws was recorded by Ahmad 4:232 and al-Hakim 4:373. The hadith of Jarir was reported by al-Bukhari in al-Tarikh al-Kabir 2/1/131; al-Tahawi, Sharh Maʿani al-Athar 3:159; and al-Hakim 4:371. The hadith of Abu al-Rimdaʾ al-Balawi was transmitted by Ibn ʿAbd al-Hakam in Futuh Misr, p. 302, and by al-Dulabi in al-Kuna 1:30. The hadith of ʿAbd Allah b. ʿAmr was reported by Ahmad 2:166, 214; al-Hakim 4:372; and al-Tahawi 3:159. See also Nasb al-Raya 3:346, 349; Majmaʿ al-Zawaʾid 6:277-278; and Ibn Rajab, Sharh al-ʿIlal 1:4-5. (1) It appears in Sunan al-Tirmidhi (no. 187, Book of Prayer, “Chapter on combining two prayers while resident”) through the chain of Hanad – Abu Muʿawiyah – al-Aʿmash – Habib b. Abi Thabit – Saʿid b. Jubayr – Ibn ʿAbbas, who said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ combined the noon and afternoon prayers, and the sunset and night prayers, in Medina without fear or rain.” He was asked: “Why did he do that?” He replied: “He wished not to burden his community.” This sound hadith was also recorded by Malik, al-Muwattaʾ 1:161 (Suyuti’s commentary); Muslim (705); Abu Dawud (1210, 1211); Ibn Khuzaymah (972); al-Bayhaqi 3:166; al-Tayalisi (2614, 2629); Ahmad 1:223, 283, 349, 354; and al-Tahawi, Sharh Maʿani al-Athar 1:160. Al-Tirmidhi’s remark that “none of the jurists acted upon it” is rejected by Imam al-Nawawi, who writes in Sharh Muslim 5:218-219: “As for the hadith of Ibn ʿAbbas, the scholars did not unanimously abandon acting upon it; rather, they advanced several interpretations.” He then lists those views and demonstrates their weakness, concluding: “Among them are those who say it should be understood as permission to combine…"