Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 480, 481
وَعَنْ أَبِي زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَهُ لَيْلَةَ الْجِنِّ: «مَا فِي إِدَاوَتِكَ» قَالَ: قلت: نَبِيذ. فَقَالَ: «تَمْرَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ وَمَاءٌ طَهُورٌ» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَزَادَ أَحْمَدُ وَالتِّرْمِذِيُّ: فَتَوَضَّأَ مِنْهُ وَقَالَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ: أَبُو زيد مَجْهُول وَصَحَّ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: لَمْ أَكُنْ لَيْلَةَ الْجِنِّ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ
Abū Zayd reported from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd that, on the Night of the Jinn, the Prophet asked him: ‘What is in your waterskin?’ He replied: ‘Nabīdh [date infusion].’ The Prophet said: ‘A date is wholesome, and water is purifying.’ Abū Dāwūd transmitted it; Aḥmad and al-Tirmidhī add that the Prophet performed ablution from it.
Al-Tirmidhī said that Abū Zayd is unknown. It is authentically reported from ʿAlqama, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd, that he said: ‘I was not with the Messenger of Allah on the Night of the Jinn.’ Muslim transmitted this report.