Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3418
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ عَنِ اخْتِنَاثِ الأَسْقِيَةِ أَنْ يُشْرَبَ مِنْ أَفْوَاهِهَا .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade drinking by putting one’s mouth to the openings of waterskins.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic names the practice of ikhthināth and explains it as drinking from the mouths or openings of waterskins.
قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ عَنِ اخْتِنَاثِ الأَسْقِيَةِ أَنْ يُشْرَبَ مِنْ أَفْوَاهِهَا .
Ikhthināth is a rare term, explained in the report as drinking from the mouths of waterskins; the exact manner of drinking is not further described.
Does the term refer to drinking directly from the waterskin opening without pouring it into a cup?