Foods

Aisha reported: Water was brought for the Prophet ﷺ from al-Suqya so that it would be cool and pleasant. It was said that this was a spring two days journey from Medina. Abu Dawud transmitted it.

Ibn Umar reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Whoever drinks from a vessel of gold or silver, or from a vessel containing any of either, is swallowing the fire of Hell into his belly.” Al-Daraqutni transmitted it.

Anas reported: I served the Messenger of Allah ﷺ all of these drinks in this cup of mine: honey, nabidh, water, and milk. Muslim transmitted it.

Aisha reported: We would prepare nabidh for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a waterskin whose top was tied and which had a small opening. We prepared it in the morning, and he drank it in the evening; or we prepared it in the evening, and he drank it the following morning. Muslim transmitted it.

Ibn Abbas reported: Nabidh would be prepared for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at the beginning of the night. He would drink it the next morning, that day, the following night, the next day, the next night, and until the afternoon of the third day. If any remained, he would give it to a servant to drink or order it to be poured away. Muslim transmitted it.

Jabir reported: Nabidh would be prepared for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in his waterskin. If no waterskin was available, it would be prepared for him in a stone vessel. Muslim transmitted it.

Ibn Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade nabidh from being prepared in a gourd, a hantam vessel, an al-mirfat vessel, or a hollowed palm trunk, and instructed that it be prepared in leather waterskins. Muslim transmitted it.

Burayda reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “I had forbidden you from using certain vessels, but no vessel makes anything lawful or unlawful. Every intoxicant is forbidden.” Another version says, “I had forbidden you from making drinks except in leather vessels. Now drink from any vessel, but do not drink anything intoxicating.” Muslim transmitted it.

Abu Malik al-Ashari heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “Some people of my community will surely drink wine, calling it by another name.” Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade nabidh made in green earthenware jars. I asked, “May we drink from white jars?” He replied, “No.” Bukhari transmitted it.

Jabir reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “When night begins, keep your children indoors, for devils spread out at that time. After some of the night has passed, let them go, close the doors, and mention the name of Allah, for Satan does not open a closed door. Tie the mouths of your waterskins and mention the name of Allah. Cover your vessels and mention the name of Allah, even by laying something across them, and extinguish your lamps.” A version from Bukhari says: “Cover the vessels, tie the waterskins, close the doors, and keep your children indoors at nightfall, for jinn spread out or snatch things then. Extinguish the lamps when going to sleep, for a small creature may drag a wick and burn the people of the house.” A version from Muslim says: “Cover the vessel, tie the waterskin, close the doors, and extinguish the lamp, for Satan does not untie a waterskin, open a door, or uncover a vessel. If one of you can only lay a stick across his vessel, let him do so while mentioning the name of Allah, for a small creature may set the house of its people ablaze.” Another version says: “Do not let your livestock or children out after sunset until the dark of night has passed, for Satan sets out at sunset until the dark of night has passed.” Another version says: “Cover the vessels and tie the waterskins, for there is a night in the year when a plague descends. It does not pass by an uncovered vessel or an untied waterskin without descending into it.”

Abu Humayd, a man from the Ansar, came from al-Naqi with a vessel of milk for the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ said, “Why did you not cover it, even if only by laying a stick across it?”

Ibn Umar reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Do not leave a fire burning in your homes when you go to sleep.”

Abu Musa reported: A house in Medina caught fire at night with its occupants inside. When the Prophet ﷺ was told about it, he said, “This fire is your enemy. When you go to sleep, extinguish it.”

Jabir reported: I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, “When you hear dogs barking and donkeys braying at night, seek refuge in Allah from Satan the accursed, for they see what you do not see. Reduce your going out when people have settled down, for Allah, Mighty and Majestic, releases of His creation during the night whatever He wills. Close the doors and mention the name of Allah over them, for Satan does not open a door that has been closed with the name of Allah mentioned over it. Cover the jars, turn the vessels upside down, and tie the waterskins.” It is transmitted in Sharh al-Sunna.

Ibn Abbas reported: A mouse dragged a wick and dropped it in front of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ onto the small prayer mat on which he was sitting. It burned an area about the size of a dirham. He said, “When you go to sleep, extinguish your lamps, for Satan may guide a creature like this to something like that and burn you.” Abu Dawud transmitted it.