Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 5719
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ سَعِيدًا مَا الشَّرَابُ الَّذِي أَحَلَّهُ عُمَرُ رضى الله عنه قَالَ الَّذِي يُطْبَخُ حَتَّى يَذْهَبَ ثُلُثَاهُ وَيَبْقَى ثُلُثُهُ .
Translation
Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us: Ibn Abi ʿAdi narrated to us, from Dawud, who said: I asked Saʿid, “What is the drink that ʿUmar, may Allah be pleased with him, declared permissible?” He said: “The one boiled until two-thirds of it evaporates and one-third remains.”
Translation notes
The report refers to a boiled grape drink.