Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)

Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Nufayli told us: Ibn Uyaynah told us, from Abd al-Karim, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah forbade breathing into a vessel or blowing into it.

Hafs ibn Umar told us: Shubah told us, from Yazid ibn Khumayr, from Abdullah ibn Busr, one of Banu Sulaym, who said: The Messenger of Allah came to my father and stayed with him. My father served him food, including hays. Then he brought him a drink. The Prophet drank and handed it to the person on his right. He ate dates and placed the pits on the backs of his index and middle fingers. When he stood to leave, my father stood and took hold of the bridle of his mount. He said, “Pray to Allah for me.” The Prophet said, “O Allah, bless for them what You have provided them, forgive them, and have mercy on them.”

Musaddad told us: Hammad—meaning Ibn Zayd—told us. And Musa ibn Ismail told us: Hammad—meaning Ibn Salamah—told us, from Ali ibn Zayd, from Umar ibn Harmalah, from Ibn Abbas, who said: I was in the house of Maymunah when the Messenger of Allah entered with Khalid ibn al-Walid. Two roasted dhab lizards, each on a piece of thumam, were brought in. The Messenger of Allah spat. Khalid said, “I think you find it repugnant, Messenger of Allah.” He replied, “Yes.” Then milk was brought to the Messenger of Allah, and he drank it. He said, “When one of you eats food, let him say: O Allah, bless it for us and provide us with better food. When he is given milk to drink, let him say: O Allah, bless it for us and give us more of it, for no food or drink sustains like milk.” Abu Dawud said: This is the wording of Musaddad.

Ahmad ibn Hanbal told us: Yahya told us, from Ibn Jurayj: Ata informed me, from Jabir, from the Prophet, who said, “Close your door and mention the name of Allah, for Satan does not open a closed door. Extinguish your lamp and mention the name of Allah. Cover your vessel, even with a stick laid across it, and mention the name of Allah. Tie the opening of your waterskin and mention the name of Allah.”

Abdullah ibn Maslamah al-Qanabi told us, from Malik, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir ibn Abd Allah, from the Prophet, with this report but not all of it. He said, “Satan does not open a closed door, untie a waterskin, or uncover a vessel. The little mouse sets the house of people on fire”—or he said, “their houses.”

Musaddad and Fudayl ibn Abd al-Wahhab al-Sukkari told us: Hammad told us, from Kathir ibn Shinzdir, from Ata, from Jabir ibn Abd Allah, attributing it to the Prophet, who said, “Keep your children indoors at nightfall.” Musaddad said, “In the evening.” “For the jinn spread out and snatch.”

Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah told us: Abu Muawiyah told us: al-Amash told us, from Abu Salih, from Jabir, who said: We were with the Prophet, and he asked for a drink. A man among the group said, “Shall we bring you nabidh to drink?” He replied, “Yes.” The man went quickly and brought a cup containing nabidh. The Prophet said, “Why did you not cover it, even if only by laying a stick across it?” Abu Dawud said: Al-Asmai narrated it as: “You lay it across it.”

Saʿid ibn Mansur, ʿAbd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Nufayli, and Qutaybah ibn Saʿid narrated to us: ʿAbd al-ʿAziz ibn Muhammad narrated to us, from Hisham, from his father, from ʿAishah, may Allah be pleased with her: The Prophet ﷺ would have water brought for him from the dwellings of al-Suqya. Qutaybah said: It is a spring two days journey from Medina.