Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 5541

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ - عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ، أَنَّ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، أَخْبَرَهُمْ قَالَ بَيْنَا أَنَا قَائِمٌ، عَلَى الْحَىِّ وَأَنَا أَصْغَرُهُمْ، سِنًّا عَلَى عُمُومَتِي إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا قَدْ حُرِّمَتِ الْخَمْرُ‏.‏ وَأَنَا قَائِمٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَسْقِيهِمْ مِنْ فَضِيخٍ لَهُمْ فَقَالُوا اكْفَأْهَا‏.‏ فَكَفَأْتُهَا فَقُلْتُ لأَنَسٍ مَا هُوَ قَالَ الْبُسْرُ وَالتَّمْرُ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَنَسٍ كَانَتْ خَمْرُهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَلَمْ يُنْكِرْ أَنَسٌ‏.‏

Translation

Suwayd ibn Nasr reported to us; he said: ʿAbdullah—meaning Ibn al-Mubarak—informed us, from Sulayman al-Taymi, that Anas ibn Malik related to them: While I was standing among my people and paternal uncles, the youngest of them, a man came and said, ‘Wine has been forbidden.’ I was standing over them, serving them their fadikh, a drink made from dates. They said, ‘Pour it out,’ so I poured it out. I asked Anas, ‘What was it?’ He said, ‘Unripe dates and dried dates.’ Abu Bakr ibn Anas said, ‘That was their wine at the time,’ and Anas did not object.

Translation notes
  • Fadikh was a fermented drink made from dates.