He used to say, "I would not regard drinking wine and worshipping this pillar instead of Allah as any different."
أخبرنا واصل بن عبد الأعلى عن ابن فضيل عن وائل بن بكر
أنه كان يقول ما أبالي شربت الخمر أو عبدت هذه السارية من دون الله عز وجل
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Its isnad is sahih, mawquf. It is in Kubra, hadith no. 5173.In all the manuscripts it reads "Waail ibn Bakr," but the correct reading is "Waail Abu Bakr," who is the son of Dawud, as stated in Tuhfat Ashraf and Jami al-Masanid wal-Sunan by Ibn Kathir, 14/660.