Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 5754
أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدٌ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ ذَرِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أُبَىَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ عَنِ النَّبِيذِ، فَقَالَ اشْرَبِ الْمَاءَ وَاشْرَبِ الْعَسَلَ وَاشْرَبِ السَّوِيقَ وَاشْرَبِ اللَّبَنَ الَّذِي نُجِعَتْ بِهِ . فَعَاوَدْتُهُ فَقَالَ الْخَمْرَ تُرِيدُ الْخَمْرَ تُرِيدُ .
Suwayd reported to us: ʿAbdullah informed us, from Sufyan, from Salamah ibn Kuhayl, from Dharr ibn ʿAbdullah, from Saʿid ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Abza, from his father, who said: I asked Ubayy ibn Kaʿb about nabidh. He said: ‘Drink water, drink honey, drink sawiq, and drink the milk that nourished you.’ I asked him again, and he said: ‘Are you seeking wine? Are you seeking wine?’
Translation notes
Sawiq is a drink made from roasted grain or flour. Nabidh is a fruit infusion.