The Hadith: Allah Curses the Person Who Drinks Before Someone Else Who Needs that Drink
Question :
Is the following popular saying an authentic Hadith: "Allâh curses the person who drinks before someone else who needs that drink."
Answer:
This Hadith is not authentically attributable to the Prophet, even though, as you said, it is on the tongues of many people. It is compulsory for a Muslim to be careful about what he ascribes to the Messenger of Allah regardless of whether he ascribes to him a saying or whether he ascribes to him a deed, because to lie upon the Prophet is not the same as lying upon one of us: to lie upon the Prophet is to make a lie upon Allah's Shari'ah.
From the Hadiths that are famous among people but nonetheless. have no basis are the following:
"The love of one's home country is a part of faith."
"The best of names are those that are praised and worshipped."
"The stomach is a house of disease, and a good diet is the head of the cure."
What is important here is to note that we must be very careful about what we ascribe to the Prophet, so that we do not fall under the category of those about whom the Prophet ﷺ said :
And he ﷺ also said:
"Whoever lies upon me on purpose, then let him take his seat in the Fire"
"Whoever relates about me a saying, knowing that it is a lie, then he is one of the liars.
Source:
Ibn 'Uthaimeen
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 7 Pages 180-181
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