Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 5722
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدٌ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَسَأَلَهُ، أَعْرَابِيٌّ عَنْ شَرَابٍ، يُطْبَخُ عَلَى النِّصْفِ فَقَالَ لاَ حَتَّى يَذْهَبَ ثُلُثَاهُ وَيَبْقَى الثُّلُثُ .
Translation
Suwayd narrated to us: ʿAbdullah informed us, from Sufyan, from Yaʿla ibn ʿAtaʾ, who said: I heard Saʿid ibn al-Musayyab when a Bedouin asked him about a drink boiled down by half. He replied: “No; not until two-thirds of it has gone and one-third remains.”
Translation notes
The report refers to a boiled grape drink.