The Book of Drinks

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Fudayl narrated to us. Abu Bakr said, from Abu Sinan; Ibn al-Muthanna said, from Dirar ibn Murrah, from Muharib, from Ibn Buraydah, from his father. Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Numayr also narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Fudayl narrated to us: Dirar ibn Murrah, Abu Sinan, narrated to us, from Muharib ibn Dithar, from Abdullah ibn Buraydah, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, I had forbidden you to make nabidh except in a waterskin. Now drink from any kind of vessel, but do not drink anything intoxicating.

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Hajjaj ibn al-Shair narrated to us: Dahhak ibn Makhlad narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Alqamah ibn Marthad, from Ibn Buraydah, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, I had forbidden you from using certain vessels. Vessels do not make anything lawful or unlawful, and every intoxicant is forbidden. The wording is vessels—or a vessel.

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Waki narrated to us, from Muarif ibn Wasil, from Muharib ibn Dithar, from Ibn Buraydah, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, I had forbidden you to drink beverages from leather vessels. Now drink from any container, but do not drink anything intoxicating.

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Ibn Abi Umar narrated to us—and this is Ibn Abi Umar wording: Sufyan narrated to us, from Sulayman al-Ahwal, from Mujahid, from Abu Iyad, from Abdullah ibn Amr, who said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited nabidh in certain vessels, they said, Not everyone can find another kind. So he granted them permission to use earthenware jars, except those coated with pitch.

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Yahya ibn Yahya said: I read to Malik, from Ibn Shihab, from Abu Salamah ibn Abd al-Rahman, from Aishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about bit. He said, Every drink that intoxicates is forbidden.

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Harmalah ibn Yahya al-Tujibi reported to me: Ibn Wahb informed us: Yunus told me, from Ibn Shihab, from Abu Salamah ibn Abd al-Rahman, who heard Aishah say: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about bit. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, Every drink that intoxicates is forbidden.

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Yahya ibn Yahya, Said ibn Mansur, Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, Amr al-Naqid, and Zuhayr ibn Harb narrated to us, all from Ibn Uyaynah. Hasan al-Hulwani and Abd ibn Humayd also narrated to us, from Yaqoub ibn Ibrahim ibn Sad: my father narrated to us, from Salih. Ishaq ibn Ibrahim and Abd ibn Humayd also narrated to us: Abd al-Razzaq informed us: Mamar informed us. All of them narrated from al-Zuhri with this chain. Sufyan and Salih narrations do not mention that he was asked about bit; Mamar narration does. In Salih narration, she heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say, Every intoxicating drink is forbidden.

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Qutaybah ibn Said and Ishaq ibn Ibrahim narrated to us—and this is Qutaybah wording: Waki narrated to us, from Shubah, from Said ibn Abi Burdah, from his father, from Abu Musa, who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me and Muadh ibn Jabal to Yemen. I said, Messenger of Allah, in our land there is a drink called mizr, made from barley, and a drink called bit, made from honey. He said, Every intoxicant is forbidden.

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Muhammad ibn Abbad narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from Amr, who heard it from Said ibn Abi Burdah, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent him and Muadh to Yemen and said to them, Give glad tidings, make things easy, teach, and do not repel people. He said, I think he also said, Cooperate with one another. When they had departed, Abu Musa returned and said, Messenger of Allah, they have a drink made from honey that is boiled until it thickens, and mizr made from barley. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, Everything that intoxicates and turns one away from prayer is forbidden.

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Ishaq ibn Ibrahim and Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Khalaf narrated to us—and this is Ibn Abi Khalaf wording: Zakariyya ibn Adi narrated to us: Ubayd Allah—namely Ibn Amr—narrated to us, from Zayd ibn Abi Unaysah, from Said ibn Abi Burdah. Abu Burdah narrated to us, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me and Muadh to Yemen and said, Call the people, give them glad tidings, do not repel them, make things easy, and do not make them difficult. I said, Messenger of Allah, give us a ruling about two drinks we make in Yemen: bit, made from honey and steeped until it becomes strong, and mizr, made from corn and barley and steeped until it becomes strong. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had been granted concise speech with comprehensive meaning. He said, I forbid every intoxicant that turns one away from prayer.

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Qutaybah ibn Said narrated to us: Abd al-Aziz—meaning al-Darawardi—narrated to us, from Umarah ibn Ghaziyyah, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir, that a man from Jayshan—and Jayshan is in Yemen—came and asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about a drink they consumed in their land, made from corn, called mizr. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked, Is it intoxicating? He said, Yes. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, Every intoxicant is forbidden. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has pledged that whoever drinks an intoxicant will be made to drink tinat al-khabal. They asked, Messenger of Allah, what is tinat al-khabal? He said, The sweat of the people of Hell—or the exudate of the people of Hell.

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Abu al-Rabi al-Ataki and Abu Kamil narrated to us: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us: Ayyub narrated to us, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, Every intoxicant is wine, and every intoxicant is forbidden. Whoever drinks wine in this world, then dies addicted to it without repenting, will not drink it in the Hereafter.

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Ishaq ibn Ibrahim and Abu Bakr ibn Ishaq narrated to us, both from Rawh ibn Ubadah: Ibn Jurayj narrated to us: Musa ibn Uqbah informed me, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, Every intoxicant is wine, and every intoxicant is forbidden.

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Salih ibn Mismar al-Sulami narrated to us: Maan narrated to us: Abd al-Aziz ibn al-Muttalib narrated to us, from Musa ibn Uqbah, with this chain, a report like it.

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Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna and Muhammad ibn Hatim narrated to us: Yahya—namely al-Qattan—narrated to us, from Ubayd Allah, who informed us, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, who said—and I only know this as coming from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)—that he said, Every intoxicant is wine, and every wine is forbidden.

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Yahya ibn Yahya said: I read to Malik, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, Whoever drinks wine in this world will be deprived of it in the Hereafter.

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Abdullah ibn Maslamah ibn Qanab narrated to us: Malik narrated to us, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, who said: Whoever drinks wine in this world and does not repent of it will be deprived of it in the Hereafter and will not be given it. Malik was asked, Did you attribute this to the Prophet? He said, Yes.

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Abdullah ibn Numayr narrated to us. Ibn Numayr also narrated to us: my father narrated to us: Ubayd Allah narrated to us, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, Whoever drinks wine in this world will not drink it in the Hereafter unless he repents.

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Ibn Abi Umar narrated to us: Hisham—meaning Ibn Sulayman al-Makhzumi—narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj: Musa ibn Uqbah informed me, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), with a report like that of Ubayd Allah.

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Ubayd Allah ibn Muadh al-Anbari narrated to us: my father narrated to us: Shubah narrated to us, from Yahya ibn Ubayd, Abu Umar al-Bahrani, who said: I heard Ibn Abbas say: Nabidh used to be steeped for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at the beginning of the night. He drank it the next morning, throughout that day and the following night, then the next day until the afternoon. If anything remained, he gave it to the servant to drink or ordered that it be poured out.