Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)

Ziyad ibn Yahya al-Hassani told us: Abu Bahr told us: Attab ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Himmani told us: Safiyyah bint Atiyyah told me: I went with some women from Abd al-Qays to Aishah, and we asked her about dates and raisins. She said, “I used to take a handful of dates and a handful of raisins, put them in a vessel, mash them together, and then give it to the Prophet to drink.”

Muhammad ibn Bashshar told us: Muadh ibn Hisham told us: My father told me, from Qatadah, from Jabir ibn Zayd and Ikrimah, that they disliked using unripe dates by themselves, and had learned this from Ibn Abbas. Ibn Abbas said, “I fear this may be the muzza that Abd al-Qays were forbidden.” I asked Qatadah, “What is muzza?” He replied, “Nabidh made in hantam and muzaffat vessels.”

Isa ibn Muhammad told us: Damrah told us, from al-Saybani, from Abdullah ibn al-Daylami, from his father, who said: We came to the Messenger of Allah and said, “Messenger of Allah, you know who we are and where we come from, so to whom do we belong?” He replied, “To Allah and His Messenger.” We said, “Messenger of Allah, we have grapes; what should we do with them?” He said, “Make them into raisins.” We asked, “What should we do with the raisins?” He replied, “Prepare them in the morning and drink them in the evening, and prepare them in the evening and drink them in the morning. Prepare them in leather waterskins, not in large earthen jars, for if they remain too long after pressing, they will turn to vinegar.”

Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna told me: Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Majid al-Thaqafi told me, from Yunus ibn Ubayd, from al-Hasan, from his mother, from Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, who said: A nabidh was prepared for the Messenger of Allah in a leather waterskin whose top was tied shut and which had a small opening. It was prepared in the morning for him to drink in the evening, and in the evening for him to drink in the morning.

Musaddad told us: al-Mutamir said: I heard Shabib ibn Abd al-Malik relate, from Muqatil ibn Hayyan, who said: My paternal aunt Amrah told me, from Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, that she used to prepare a drink for the Prophet in the morning. In the evening, when he had supper, he drank it with his meal. If any remained, I poured it out—or emptied it. Then I prepared a drink for him at night. In the morning, when he had breakfast, he drank it with his meal. She said, “We washed the waterskin in the morning and evening.” My father asked her twice in one day? She said, “Yes.”

Makhlad ibn Khalid told us: Abu Muawiyah told us, from al-Amash, from Abu Umar Yahya al-Bahrani, from Ibn Abbas, who said: A nabidh of raisins was prepared for the Prophet. He drank it that day, the next day, and the day after, until the evening of the third day. Then he ordered that it be given to the servants to drink or poured away. Abu Dawud said: The meaning of giving it to the servants to drink is that they hastened to use it before it spoiled. Abu Dawud said: Abu Umar was Yahya ibn Ubayd al-Bahrani.

Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hanbal told us: Hajjaj ibn Muhammad said: Ibn Jurayj said, from Ata, that he heard Ubayd ibn Umayr say: I heard Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, wife of the Prophet, report that the Prophet used to stay with Zaynab bint Jahsh and drink honey at her house. Hafsah and I agreed that whichever of us the Prophet visited, she would say to him, “I smell maghafir on you.” He visited one of them, and she said that to him. He replied, “No, I drank honey at Zaynab bint Jahsh, and I will not do that again.” Then the verses were revealed, from “Why do you forbid what Allah has made lawful to you, seeking…” through “If you both turn in repentance to Allah”—concerning Aishah and Hafsah, may Allah be pleased with them. And the verse, “When the Prophet confided a statement to one of his wives,” was revealed because he said, “Rather, I drank honey.”

Al-Hasan ibn Ali told us: Abu Usamah told us, from Hisham, from his father, from Aishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah liked sweet foods and honey. The narrator then mentioned part of the earlier report. The Prophet found it difficult for an odor to be detected from him. In this report, Sawdah said, “But you ate maghafir.” He replied, “No, I drank honey. Hafsah gave it to me.” I said, “Its bees must have grazed on urfut.” Abu Dawud said: Maghafir is a maqla, which is a gum. Jarasat means grazed, and urfut is a plant on which bees feed.

Hisham ibn Ammar told us: Sadaqah ibn Khalid told us: Zayd ibn Waqid told us, from Khalid ibn Abd Allah ibn Husayn, from Abu Hurairah, who said: I knew that the Messenger of Allah used to fast, so I waited until the time for him to break his fast and brought him a nabidh I had prepared in a gourd. It was bubbling when I brought it to him. He said, “Throw this against the wall, for this is the drink of one who does not believe in Allah and the Last Day.”

Muslim ibn Ibrahim told us: Hisham told us, from Qatadah, from Anas, that the Messenger of Allah forbade a man to drink while standing.

Musaddad told us: Yahya told us, from Misa r ibn Kidam, from Abd al-Malik ibn Maysarah, from al-Nazzal ibn Sabrah, that Ali called for water and drank it while standing. Then he said, “Some men dislike doing this, but I saw the Messenger of Allah do just as you have seen me do.”

Musa ibn Ismail told us: Hammad told us: Qatadah informed us, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah forbade drinking from the mouth of a waterskin and riding al-jallalah and al-mujaththamah. Abu Dawud said: Al-jallalah is an animal that eats excrement.

Musaddad told us: Sufyan told us, from al-Zuhri, who heard Ubaydullah ibn Abd Allah relate, from Abu Said al-Khudri, that the Messenger of Allah forbade inverting the mouths of waterskins to drink from them.

Nasr ibn Ali told us: Abd al-Ala told us: Ubaydullah ibn Umar told us, from Isa ibn Abdullah, a man from the Ansar, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah called for a small leather waterskin on the day of Uhud and said, “Turn back the mouth of the waterskin.” Then he drank from its opening.

Ahmad ibn Salih told us: Abdullah ibn Wahb told us: Qurrah ibn Abd al-Rahman informed me, from Ibn Shihab, from Ubaydullah ibn Abd Allah ibn Utbah, from Abu Said al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah forbade drinking from a chipped part of a cup and blowing into a drink.

Hafs ibn Umar told us: Shubah told us, from al-Hakam, from Ibn Abi Layla, who said: Hudhayfah was in al-Mada in and asked for water. A Persian landowner brought him a silver vessel, and Hudhayfah flung it back at him. He said, “I only threw it at him because I had forbidden him, but he did not stop. The Messenger of Allah forbade silk and brocade, and drinking from vessels of gold and silver. He said, They are for them in this world and for you in the Hereafter.”

Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah told us: Yunus ibn Muhammad told us: Fulayh told me, from Said ibn al-Harith, from Jabir ibn Abd Allah, who said: The Prophet and one of his Companions came to a man from the Ansar as he was moving water around his garden. The Messenger of Allah said, “If you have water that spent the night in a leather waterskin, we will drink it; otherwise, we will drink directly from the water.” The man said, “I do have water that spent the night in a waterskin.”

Muslim ibn Ibrahim told us: Shubah told us, from Abu al-Mukhtar, from Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa, that the Prophet said, “The one who serves the people drinks last.”

Al-Qanabi Abdullah ibn Maslamah told us, from Malik, from Ibn Shihab, from Anas ibn Malik, that the Prophet was brought milk diluted with water. A Bedouin was on his right, and Abu Bakr was on his left. He drank, then handed it to the Bedouin and said, “The one on the right first, then the one on the right.”

Muslim ibn Ibrahim told us: Hisham told us, from Abu Isam, from Anas ibn Malik, that whenever the Prophet drank, he would pause to breathe three times and say, “It is more wholesome, more satisfying, and healthier.”