وَ رَوَى اِبْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ أَصْلَحَكَ اَللَّهُ شُرْبُ اَلْخَمْرِ شَرٌّ أَمْ تَرْكُ اَلصَّلاَةِ قَالَ "شُرْبُ اَلْخَمْرِ" ثُمَّ قَالَ "أَ وَ تَدْرِي لِمَ ذَلِكَ" قَالَ لاَ قَالَ "لِأَنَّهُ يَصِيرُ فِي حَالٍ لاَ يَعْرِفُ فِيهَا رَبَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ".
Ibn Abi Umayr narrated from Isma'il ibn Salim, who reported from Abu Abdillah (a.s) that a man asked him: "May Allah (swt) rectify you, is drinking alcohol worse or abandoning prayer?" Imam (a.s) replied: "Drinking alcohol." Then Imam (a.s) said: "Do you know why that is?" The man replied: "No." Imam (a.s) said: "Because it leads a person to a state where he no longer recognizes his Lord (azj), the Mighty and Majestic."