1136 - Yahya narrated to us, he said: Hafs narrated to us, from Layth, from Habib, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, that he saw no harm in wearing fox skins, but he disliked praying in them.
Chapter: Prayer behind someone who drinks intoxicants
• Ahmad ibn Hanbal was asked: What about praying behind someone who drinks intoxicants? He said: "If he interprets [the evidence] to permit it, then there is no harm."
• I heard Ahmad—another time—being asked about praying behind someone who drinks intoxicants? He said: "No." It was said: How about behind someone who sits with them? He said: "He is close to them." And he said in the first [instance]: "If he is the one passing the cup, then one should not pray behind him."
• Ahmad was asked again, it was said: A man was seen drunk while he is an Imam; should one pray behind him? He said: "One should not pray behind this person until he repents."
1137 - Ahmad ibn Hanbal narrated to us, he said: Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, he said: Shu'bah narrated to us, from al-Nu'man ibn Salim, from Abu Nafi', from his father, from 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar, that he said: "Whoever drinks wine and becomes intoxicated from it, no prayer of his shall be accepted for forty nights."
