Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 7172
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْعَقَدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي قَالَ، بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَبِي وَمُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ عَلَى الْيَمَنِ فَقَالَ " يَسِّرَا وَلاَ تُعَسِّرَا، وَبَشِّرَا وَلاَ تُنَفِّرَا، وَتَطَاوَعَا ". فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو مُوسَى إِنَّهُ يُصْنَعُ بِأَرْضِنَا الْبِتْعُ. فَقَالَ " كُلُّ مُسْكِرٍ حَرَامٌ " . وَقَالَ النَّضْرُ وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ وَوَكِيعٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Abū Mūsā reported that the Prophet sent him and Muʿādh ibn Jabal to Yemen and said, “Make things easy, do not make them difficult; give glad tidings, do not drive people away; and cooperate.”
Abū Mūsā said to him, “In our land, bitʿ is made.” The Prophet said, “Every intoxicant is forbidden.”
Al-Naḍr, Abū Dāwūd, Yazīd ibn Hārūn, and Wakīʿ transmitted it from Shuʿba, from Saʿīd, from his father, from his grandfather, from the Prophet.
Translation notes
Bitʿ is a honey-based fermented drink; I retain its name because the source uses the local term. The final sentence records another chain that includes the grandfather and attributes the report to the Prophet.