Shurb Al-Khamr Definition: Muslim law; the crime of consuming alcoholic beverages. Shurb al-khamr is an egregious crime in Islamic law for which the punishment is considered hudud and delivered in the form of 80 lashes. Schacht defines it as: “[D]rinking wine (shurb al-khamr).... drinking wine in any quantity (or) being drunk and incapable from whatever cause....” REFERENCES: Schacht, J., An Introduction to Islamic Law (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1964), page 179 Categories & Topics: Criminal Law Dictionary Muslim Law Dictionary Find you are constantly looking up definitions? Try our search provider (works in most modern browsers) If you find an error or omission in Duhaime's Legal Dictionary, or if you have legal term suggestion, we'd love to hear from you!