Muwatta Malik

Book 42, Hadith 10

Arabic hadith text
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم سُئِلَ عَنِ الْغُبَيْرَاءِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ خَيْرَ فِيهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَنَهَى عَنْهَا ‏.‏ قَالَ مَالِكٌ فَسَأَلْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَسْلَمَ مَا الْغُبَيْرَاءُ فَقَالَ هِيَ الأُسْكَرْكَةُ ‏.‏
Translation

Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibnYasar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, was asked about al-Ghubayra. He said, "There is no good in it,"and forbade it. Malik said, "I asked Zayd ibn Aslam, 'What is al-Ghubayra?' He said, 'It is an intoxicant.' "