Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 5757
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شُبْرُمَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ طَلْحَةُ لأَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ فِي النَّبِيذِ فِتْنَةٌ يَرْبُو فِيهَا الصَّغِيرُ وَيَهْرَمُ فِيهَا الْكَبِيرُ قَالَ وَكَانَ إِذَا كَانَ فِيهِمْ عُرْسٌ كَانَ طَلْحَةُ وَزُبَيْرٌ يَسْقِيَانِ اللَّبَنَ وَالْعَسَلَ . فَقِيلَ لِطَلْحَةَ أَلاَ تَسْقِيهِمُ النَّبِيذَ قَالَ إِنِّي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَسْكَرَ مُسْلِمٌ فِي سَبَبِي .
Ishaq ibn Ibrahim reported to us: Jarir informed us, from Ibn Shubrumah, who said: Talhah said to the people of Kufa: ‘In nabidh there is a tribulation in which the young grow up and the old grow feeble.’ He said: Whenever they held a wedding among them, Talhah and al-Zubayr would serve milk and honey. Talhah was asked: ‘Why do you not serve them nabidh?’ He said: ‘I dislike a Muslim becoming intoxicated because of me.’
Translation notes
The phrase about the young and old is rendered literally while preserving its rhetorical force. Nabidh is a fruit infusion.