~c. 1-2 AH, around the time of Badr
Allah revealed the first of three verses addressing alcohol and gambling, indicating there was harm in both while not yet issuing an explicit prohibition.
The first phase of the gradual prohibition of alcohol in Islam, encouraging believers to avoid it before it was later forbidden outright.
Other events recorded around the same time. Their order within the year is not established; use the storyline above for the sequence.
Nothing recorded for this event yet.
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِ ۖ قُلْ فِيهِمَا إِثْمٌ كَبِيرٌ وَمَنَافِعُ لِلنَّاسِ وَإِثْمُهُمَا أَكْبَرُ مِن نَّفْعِهِمَا ۗ وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنفِقُونَ قُلِ الْعَفْوَ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمُ الْآيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ
“They ask you about gambling and drinking, tell them it has a lot of harm and some good; and the harm far outweighs the good”
First of three revelations gradually prohibiting alcohol.