Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 5746
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدٌ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، قَالَ إِنَّمَا سُمِّيَتِ الْخَمْرُ لأَنَّهَا تُرِكَتْ حَتَّى مَضَى صَفْوُهَا وَبَقِيَ كَدَرُهَا . وَكَانَ يَكْرَهُ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ يُنْبَذُ عَلَى عَكَرٍ .
Translation
Suwayd reported to us: ʿAbdullah informed us, from Shuʿbah, from Qatadah, from Saʿid ibn al-Musayyib, who said: ‘Khamr was so named because it is left until its clear part has gone and its turbid part remains.’ He used to disapprove of anything steeped over sediment.
Translation notes
The report uses a wordplay/explanation of khamr and describes leaving a drink until the clear portion is gone and the sediment remains.