The Book of Drinks

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Yahya ibn Yahya al-Tamimi narrated to us: Hajjaj ibn Muhammad informed us, from Ibn Jurayj: Ibn Shihab told me, from Ali ibn Husayn ibn Ali, from his father, Husayn ibn Ali, from Ali ibn Abi Talib, who said: I received an old she-camel as part of the spoils with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at Badr, and the Messenger of Allah gave me another old she-camel. One day I made them kneel beside the door of an Ansari man. I intended to load them with idhkhir grass to sell, with the help of a jeweler from Banu Qaynuqa, so I could prepare Fatimah wedding feast. Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib was drinking in that house, with a singing woman there. She sang, O Hamza, rise for the fat-backed she-camels! Hamza sprang at the two camels with his sword, cut off their humps, slit open their flanks, and took some of their livers. I asked Ibn Shihab, And the humps? He said, He cut off both their humps and went away with them. Ibn Shihab said that Ali said: I saw a sight that horrified me. I went to the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who had Zayd ibn Harithah with him, and told him what happened. He went out with Zayd, and I went along. He entered upon Hamza and rebuked him. Hamza looked up and said, Are you anything but slaves of my fathers? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) backed away until he had left them.

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Abd ibn Humayd narrated to us: Abd al-Razzaq informed me: Ibn Jurayj informed me with this chain, a report like it.

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Abu Bakr ibn Ishaq reported to me: Said ibn Kathir ibn Ufayr Abu Uthman al-Misri informed us: Abdullah ibn Wahb narrated to us: Yunus ibn Yazid told me, from Ibn Shihab: Ali ibn Husayn ibn Ali informed me that Husayn ibn Ali told him that Ali said: I had a she-camel from my share of the spoils at Badr, and on that day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me another she-camel from the fifth. When I was about to marry Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I arranged with a jeweler from Banu Qaynuqa to travel with me so that we could gather idhkhir grass. I intended to sell it to the goldsmiths and use the proceeds for my wedding feast. While I was gathering packsaddles, sacks, and ropes for my two she-camels, which were kneeling beside the room of an Ansari man, I finished gathering my things and found that both their humps had been cut off, their flanks slit open, and parts of their livers taken. When I saw the sight, I could not hold back my tears. I asked who had done this. They said, Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib did it; he is in that house, drinking with a group of Ansar. A singing woman sang to him and his companions, O Hamza, rise for the fat-backed she-camels! Hamza stood with his sword, cut off both humps, slit open their flanks, and took parts of their livers. Ali said: I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who had Zayd ibn Harithah with him. He saw what had happened to me and asked, What is wrong? I said, Messenger of Allah, by Allah, I have never seen anything like today. Hamza attacked my two camels, cut off their humps, slit open their flanks, and he is in a house with a group of drinkers. He called for his cloak, put it on, and walked out. Zayd ibn Harithah and I followed him until he came to the door where Hamza was. He asked permission, and they let him in. There they were, drinking. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) began to rebuke Hamza for what he had done. Hamza eyes were red. He looked at the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), then raised his gaze to his knees, then to his navel, and then to his face. Hamza said, Are you anything but slaves of my father? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recognized that he was drunk, so he backed away on his heels until he went out, and we went out with him.

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Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Quhzadh reported it to me: Abdullah ibn Uthman told me, from Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak, from Yunus, from al-Zuhri, with this chain, a report like it.

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Abu al-Rabi, Sulayman ibn Dawud al-Ataki, reported to me: Hammad—meaning Ibn Zayd—informed us: Thabit informed us, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: I was serving drinks to the people at Abu Talhah house on the day wine was forbidden. Their only drink was fadhikh, made from unripe dates and ripe dates. Then a caller called out, Go out and see. I went out, and a caller was proclaiming, Wine has now been forbidden. It flowed through the streets of Medina. Abu Talhah said to me, Go out and pour it away. I poured it away. They said—or some of them said—So-and-so has been killed, so-and-so has been killed, while the wine was in their stomachs. The narrator said, I do not know whether that was part of Anas report. Then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed: There is no blame upon those who believe and do righteous deeds for what they consumed, so long as they are mindful of Allah, believe, and do righteous deeds.

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Yahya ibn Ayyub narrated to us: Ibn Ulayyah narrated to us: Abd al-Aziz ibn Suhayb informed us, who said: They asked Anas ibn Malik about fadhikh. He said, The only wine we had was this fadhikh of yours, which you call fadhikh. I was standing in our house serving it to Abu Talhah, Abu Ayyub, and some men among the companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), when a man came and said, Have you heard the news? We said, No. He said, Wine has been forbidden. Abu Talhah said, Anas, pour out these jars. He said: They did not discuss or ask about it again after the man brought the news.

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Yahya ibn Ayyub narrated to us: Ibn Ulayyah narrated to us: Sulayman al-Taymi informed us: Anas ibn Malik narrated to us, who said: I was standing among my people, serving my paternal uncles from their fadhikh, and I was the youngest of them. A man came and said, Wine has been forbidden. They said, Anas, pour it out. I poured it out. I asked Anas, What was it? He said, Unripe dates and ripe dates. Abu Bakr ibn Anas said, That was their wine at the time. Sulayman said: A man told me, from Anas ibn Malik, that he also said that.

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Muhammad ibn Abd al-Ala narrated to us: al-Mutamir narrated to us, from his father, who said: Anas said, I was standing among my people, serving them, with a report like that of Ibn Ulayyah, except that he said: Abu Bakr ibn Anas said, That was their wine at the time. Anas was present and did not object to that. Ibn Abd al-Ala said: al-Mutamir narrated to us, from his father, who said: Someone who was with me told me that he heard Anas say, That was their wine at the time.

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Yahya ibn Ayyub narrated to us: Ibn Ulayyah narrated to us: Said ibn Abi Arubah informed us, from Qatadah, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: I was serving Abu Talhah, Abu Dujanah, and Muadh ibn Jabal among a group of Ansar when someone came in and said, News has arrived: wine has been forbidden. That day we poured it out. It was a mixture of unripe dates and dates. Qatadah said: Anas ibn Malik also said that wine had been forbidden, and most of their wine at the time was a mixture of unripe dates and dates.

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Abu Ghassan al-Mismai, Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna, and Ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Muadh ibn Hisham informed us: my father told me, from Qatadah, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: I was serving Abu Talhah, Abu Dujanah, and Suhayl ibn Bayda from a waterskin containing a mixture of unripe dates and dates, with a report similar to that of Said.

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Abu al-Tahir, Ahmad ibn Amr ibn Sarh, reported to me: Abdullah ibn Wahb informed us: Amr ibn al-Harith told me that Qatadah ibn Diamah told him that he heard Anas ibn Malik say: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited mixing dates with ripe dates and then drinking it. That was the most common kind of wine among them on the day wine was forbidden.

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Abu al-Tahir reported to me: Ibn Wahb informed us: Malik ibn Anas told me, from Ishaq ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Talhah, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: I was serving Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah, Abu Talhah, and Ubayy ibn Kab a drink made from fadhikh and dates. Someone came to them and said, Wine has been forbidden. Abu Talhah said, Anas, get up and break this jar. I went to our stone mortar and struck it with the bottom until it broke.

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Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us: Abu Bakr—meaning al-Hanafi—narrated to us: Abd al-Hamid ibn Jafar told me that he heard Anas ibn Malik say: Allah revealed the verse in which He prohibited wine, while the only drink consumed in Medina was made from dates.

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Yahya ibn Yahya narrated to us: Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi informed us. Zuhayr ibn Harb also narrated to us: Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, from Sufyan, from al-Suddi, from Yahya ibn Abbad, from Anas, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about making wine into vinegar. He said, No.

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Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna and Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us—and this is Ibn al-Muthanna wording: Muhammad ibn Jafar narrated to us: Shubah narrated to us, from Simak ibn Harb, from Alqamah ibn Wail, from his father Wail al-Hadrami, that Tariq ibn Suwayd al-Jufi asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about wine. He forbade—or disapproved of—making it. Tariq said, I make it only as medicine. He said, It is not medicine; rather, it is a disease.

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Zuhayr ibn Harb reported to me: Ismail ibn Ibrahim narrated to us: al-Hajjaj ibn Abi Uthman informed us: Yahya ibn Abi Kathir told me that Abu Kathir narrated to him, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, Wine comes from these two trees: the date palm and the grapevine.

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Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Numayr narrated to us: my father narrated to us: al-Awzai narrated to us: Abu Kathir narrated to us, who said: I heard Abu Hurayrah say, I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say, Wine comes from these two trees: the date palm and the grapevine.

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Zuhayr ibn Harb and Abu Kurayb narrated to us: Waki narrated to us, from al-Awzai, Ikrimah ibn Ammar, and Uqbah ibn al-Tawam, from Abu Kathir, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, Wine comes from these two trees: the grapevine and the date palm. In Abu Kurayb narration, it is: grapes and dates.

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Shayban ibn Farrukh narrated to us: Jarir ibn Hazim narrated to us: I heard Ata ibn Abi Rabah say: Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari narrated to us that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited mixing raisins with dates, and unripe dates with dates.

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Qutaybah ibn Said narrated to us: Layth narrated to us, from Ata ibn Abi Rabah, from Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari, from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that he prohibited steeping dates and raisins together, and prohibited steeping ripe dates and unripe dates together.