Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3398
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ الأَحْوَلُ، حَدَّثَتْنَا بَنَانَةُ بِنْتُ يَزِيدَ الْعَبْشَمِيَّةُ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كُنَّا نَنْبِذُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فِي سِقَاءٍ فَنَأْخُذُ قَبْضَةً مِنْ تَمْرٍ أَوْ قَبْضَةً مِنْ زَبِيبٍ فَنَطْرَحُهَا فِيهِ ثُمَّ نَصُبُّ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ فَنَنْبِذُهُ غُدْوَةً فَيَشْرَبُهُ عَشِيَّةً وَنَنْبِذُهُ عَشِيَّةً فَيَشْرَبُهُ غُدْوَةً . وَقَالَ أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ نَهَارًا فَيَشْرَبُهُ لَيْلاً أَوْ لَيْلاً فَيَشْرَبُهُ نَهَارًا .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
ʿĀʾishah reported: We used to prepare nabīdh for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a waterskin. We would take a handful of dates or a handful of raisins, put it in the skin, and pour water over it. We would prepare it in the morning, and he would drink it in the evening; or prepare it in the evening, and he would drink it the next morning.
Abū Muʿāwiyah said: during the day and he would drink it at night, or at night and he would drink it during the day.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report describes the fruit and water being steeped in a waterskin; it does not state how long the drink could be kept beyond the morning/evening cycle.
The final timing is explicitly introduced as Abū Muʿāwiyah’s variant wording and is kept separate.
وَقَالَ أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ نَهَارًا فَيَشْرَبُهُ لَيْلاً أَوْ لَيْلاً فَيَشْرَبُهُ نَهَارًا .
The added wording attributed to Abū Muʿāwiyah restates the timing as day/night rather than morning/evening.
Is this simply a paraphrase of the preceding morning/evening schedule, or does it mark a distinct timing variant?