Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 5730
أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدٌ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قِرَاءَةً أَخْبَرَنِي عَطَاءٌ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، يَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ مَا تُحِلُّ النَّارُ شَيْئًا وَلاَ تُحَرِّمُهُ . قَالَ ثُمَّ فَسَّرَ لِي قَوْلَهُ لاَ تُحِلُّ شَيْئًا لِقَوْلِهِمْ فِي الطِّلاَءِ وَلاَ تُحَرِّمُهُ .
Suwayd narrated to us: ʿAbdullah informed us, from Ibn Jurayj—recited to him—who said: ʿAtaʾ informed me: I heard Ibn ʿAbbas say: “By Allah, fire neither makes anything lawful nor makes anything unlawful.” He then explained his words, “It does not make anything lawful,” in reference to what people say about tila, and “nor make it unlawful.”
Translation notes
Tila is a drink made by boiling grape juice. The final clause is elliptical in the source.