And the wine which He called 'sin' (al-Ithm) is their knowledge consisting of what they have embellished, distorted, changed, and substituted. Regarding His saying on the outward of 'sin' and its inward, he said:

'Whoever becomes greatly intoxicated with the Opposites, then even a little of it with the believers is forbidden. Beware, beware of drinking it with the opponents, for they will not increase you in anything but foolishness and aversion.'"

Also regarding wine: it is specifically Sakad, and for that reason it was created as a provision for the believers and a relaxation for bodies. So whoever says it is the Servant of Light has disbelieved.

And the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, said: Wine is the Servant of Light because the Light is Muhammad, the Servant is Salman, and Wine is the Great World. The Light is not mixed with any darkness, nor is darkness mixed with any light. This intoxicating wine, its end is destruction; in it the souls of the disbelievers are punished, and the souls of the believers may find rest in it.

And he said: The drinker of wine—flog him eighty lashes.

Some of the Shia say: Wine is the knowledge of the Umayyads, and the knowledge of the Umayyads is forbidden inwardly and outwardly. Rather, this wine is specifically Sakad which they drink with the