Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 5727
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدٌ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ طُفَيْلٍ الْجَزَرِيِّ، قَالَ كَتَبَ إِلَيْنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ أَنْ لاَ، تَشْرَبُوا مِنَ الطِّلاَءِ حَتَّى يَذْهَبَ ثُلُثَاهُ وَيَبْقَى ثُلُثُهُ وَكُلُّ مُسْكِرٍ حَرَامٌ .
Translation
Suwayd narrated to us: ʿAbdullah informed us, from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Tufayl al-Jazari, who said: ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAziz wrote to us: “Do not drink tila until two-thirds has gone and one-third remains. Every intoxicant is forbidden.”
Translation notes
Tila is a drink made by boiling grape juice.