Giving Charge of the Religious matters to the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and to the Imams عليه السلام

7. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘ala ibn Muhammad from al-Washsha’ from Hammad ibn ‘Uthman from Zurarah from abu Ja‘far عليه السلام who has said the following. “The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم sanctioned the compensation for a damaged eye and the blood-money for the slain person. He pronounced the consumption of Nabidh (a beverage from dates) and all intoxicants as unlawful.” A man asked the Imam عليه السلام said, “Did the Messenger of Allah sanction this law without receiving any thing (from Allah)?” the Imam عليه السلام said, “Yes, so it could be founnd out who obeys the Messenger and who disobeys him.”