The Book of Drinks

Muhammad ibn Hatim reported to me: Yahya ibn Said narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj. Ishaq ibn Ibrahim and Muhammad ibn Rafi also narrated to us—and this is Ibn Rafi wording: Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us: Ibn Jurayj informed us, who said: Ata told me, I heard Jabir ibn Abdullah say that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, Do not combine ripe and unripe dates, or raisins and dates, when making nabidh.

Qutaybah ibn Said narrated to us: Layth narrated to us. Muhammad ibn Rumh also narrated to us: al-Layth informed us, from Abu al-Zubayr al-Makki, the client of Hakim ibn Hizam, from Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari, from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that he prohibited steeping raisins and dates together, and prohibited steeping unripe and ripe dates together.

Yahya ibn Yahya narrated to us: Yazid ibn Zuray informed us, from al-Taymi, from Abu Nadrah, from Abu Said, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited mixing dates with raisins, and mixing dates with unripe dates.

Yahya ibn Ayyub narrated to us: Ibn Ulayyah narrated to us: Said ibn Yazid Abu Maslamah narrated to us, from Abu Nadrah, from Abu Said, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited us from mixing raisins with dates, and from mixing unripe dates with dates.

Nasr ibn Ali al-Jahdami narrated to us: Bishr—meaning Ibn al-Mufaddal—narrated to us, from Abu Maslamah, with this chain, a report like it.

Qutaybah ibn Said narrated to us: Waki narrated to us, from Ismail ibn Muslim al-Abdi, from Abu al-Mutawakkil al-Naji, from Abu Said al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, If any of you drinks nabidh, let him drink it from raisins alone, or dates alone, or unripe dates alone.

Abu Bakr ibn Ishaq reported it to me: Rawh ibn Ubadah narrated to us: Ismail ibn Muslim al-Abdi narrated to us with this chain. He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited us from mixing unripe dates with dates, raisins with dates, or raisins with unripe dates. He also said, Whoever among you drinks it, with a report like that of Waki.

Yahya ibn Ayyub narrated to us: Ibn Ulayyah narrated to us: Hisham al-Dastawai informed us, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Abdullah ibn Abi Qatadah, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, Do not steep fresh ripe dates with unripe dates together, nor raisins with dates together. Steep each kind separately.

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Bishr al-Abdi narrated to us, from al-Hajjaj ibn Abi Uthman, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, with this chain, a report like it.

Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us: Uthman ibn Umar informed us: Ali—meaning Ibn al-Mubarak—informed us, from Yahya, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Qatadah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, Do not steep early ripe dates and ripe dates together, nor ripe dates and raisins together. Rather, steep each kind separately. Yahya claimed that he met Abdullah ibn Abi Qatadah, who narrated this from his father, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), with a report like it.

Abu Bakr ibn Ishaq reported it to me: Rawh ibn Ubadah narrated to us: Husayn al-Muallim narrated to us: Yahya ibn Abi Kathir narrated to us with these two chains, except that he said: ripe dates, early ripe dates, dates, and raisins.

Abu Bakr ibn Ishaq reported to me: Affan ibn Muslim narrated to us: Aban al-Attar narrated to us: Yahya ibn Abi Kathir narrated to us: Abdullah ibn Abi Qatadah told me, from his father, that the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited mixing dates with unripe dates, raisins with dates, and early ripe dates with ripe dates. He said, Steep each kind separately.

Abu Salamah ibn Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, from Abu Qatadah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), a report like this.

Zuhayr ibn Harb and Abu Kurayb narrated to us—and this is Zuhayr wording: Waki narrated to us, from Ikrimah ibn Ammar, from Abu Kathir al-Hanafi, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited combining raisins with dates, and unripe dates with dates. He said, Steep each kind separately.

Zuhayr ibn Harb reported it to me: Hashim ibn al-Qasim narrated to us: Ikrimah ibn Ammar narrated to us: Yazid ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Udhaynah—Abu Kathir al-Ghubari—narrated to us: Abu Hurayrah told me, with a report like it from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Ali ibn Mushir narrated to us, from al-Shaybani, from Habib, from Said ibn Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited mixing dates with raisins, and unripe dates with dates. He wrote to the people of Jurash, prohibiting them from mixing dates with raisins.

Wahb ibn Baqiyyah reported it to me: Khalid—meaning al-Tahhan—informed us, from al-Shaybani, with this chain concerning dates and raisins. He did not mention unripe dates and dates.

Muhammad ibn Rafi reported to me: Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us: Ibn Jurayj informed us: Musa ibn Uqbah told me, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, who used to say: It had been prohibited to steep unripe dates with ripe dates together, and dates with raisins together.

Abu Bakr ibn Ishaq reported to me: Rawh narrated to us: Ibn Jurayj narrated to us: Musa ibn Uqbah informed me, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, who said: It had been prohibited to steep unripe dates and ripe dates together, and dates and raisins together.

Qutaybah ibn Said narrated to us: Layth narrated to us, from Ibn Shihab, from Anas ibn Malik, who informed him that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited steeping nabidh in gourd vessels or pitch-coated jars.