The Book of Drinks

Quraysh ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman al-Bawardi reported to us, from ʿAli ibn al-Hasan, who said: al-Husayn ibn Waqid informed us; he said: ʿAmr ibn Dinar narrated to me; he said: I heard Jabir ibn ʿAbdullah say: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade dried dates with raisins, and forbade dried dates with unripe dates when they are steeped together.

Suwayd ibn Nasr reported to us; he said: ʿAbdullah informed us, from Hisham, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from ʿAbdullah ibn Abi Qatadah, from his father, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: ‘Do not steep dates just beginning to ripen with fresh ripe dates, nor fresh ripe dates with raisins.’

Qutaybah reported to us; he said: al-Layth narrated to us, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir, from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, that he forbade steeping raisins together with unripe dates, and unripe dates together with fresh ripe dates.

Suwayd ibn Nasr reported to us; he said: ʿAbdullah informed us, from Wiqaʾ ibn Iyas, from al-Mukhtar ibn Fulful, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade us to steep two ingredients together when one might overpower the other. I asked him about fadikh, and he forbade it. He disliked the mudhannab part of unripe dates, for fear that it might make them count as two ingredients, so we used to cut it off.

Suwayd ibn Nasr reported to us; he said: ʿAbdullah informed us, from Hisham ibn Hassan, from Abu Idris, who said: I witnessed Anas ibn Malik being brought unripe dates in the mudhannab form, and he began cutting that part off.

Suwayd reported to us; he said: ʿAbdullah informed us, from Saʿid ibn Abi ʿArubah. Qatadah said: ‘Anas used to tell us to trim off the tailed portion of the dates.’

Suwayd ibn Nasr reported to us; he said: ʿAbdullah informed us, from Humayd, from Anas, who would not leave any dates that had become ripe among his fadikh; he would separate them from it.

Ismaʿil ibn Masʿud reported to us; he said: Khalid—meaning Ibn al-Harith—narrated to us; he said: Hisham narrated to us, from Yahya, from ʿAbdullah ibn Abi Qatadah, from Abu Qatadah, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: ‘Do not steep dates just beginning to ripen together with fresh ripe dates, nor unripe dates together with raisins. Steep each separately.’

Yahya ibn Durust reported to us; he said: Abu Ismaʿil narrated to us; he said: Yahya related that ʿAbdullah ibn Abi Qatadah told him, from his father, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade combining dates just beginning to ripen with dried dates, and unripe dates with dried dates. He said: ‘Steep each separately in containers whose mouths are tied shut.’

Suwayd ibn Nasr reported to us; he said: ʿAbdullah informed us, from Ismaʿil ibn Muslim al-ʿAbdi, who said: Abu al-Mutawakkil narrated to us, from Abu Saʿid al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade mixing unripe dates with dried dates, raisins with dried dates, or raisins with unripe dates. He said: ‘Whoever among you drinks them should steep each kind separately: dried dates alone, unripe dates alone, or raisins alone.’

Ahmad ibn Khalid informed me; he said: Shuʿayb ibn Harb narrated to us; he said: Ismaʿil ibn Muslim narrated to us; he said: Abu al-Mutawakkil al-Naji narrated to us; he said: Abu Saʿid al-Khudri told me that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade mixing unripe dates with dried dates, raisins with dried dates, or raisins with unripe dates. He said: ‘Whoever among you drinks them should drink each kind separately.’ Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman said: ‘Abu al-Mutawakkil’s name is ʿAli ibn Dawud.’

Suwayd ibn Nasr reported to us; he said: ʿAbdullah informed us, from ʿIkrimah ibn ʿAmmar, who said: Abu Kathir narrated to us; he said: I heard Abu Hurayrah say: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade mixing unripe dates with raisins, or unripe dates with dried dates. He said: ‘Steep each kind separately.’

Muhammad ibn ʿAbdullah ibn ʿAmmar reported to us; he said: al-Muʿafa—meaning Ibn ʿImran—informed us, from Ismaʿil ibn Muslim, from Abu al-Mutawakkil, from Abu Saʿid al-Khudri, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade steeping dried dates with raisins, and dried dates with unripe dates. He said: ‘Steep raisins by themselves, dried dates by themselves, and unripe dates by themselves.’ Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman said: ‘Abu Kathir’s name is Yazid ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman.’

Suwayd ibn Nasr reported to us; he said: ʿAbdullah informed us, from al-Awzaʿi, who said: Abu Kathir narrated to me. And Humayd ibn Masʿadah reported to us, from Sufyan ibn Habib, from al-Awzaʿi, who said: Abu Kathir narrated to us; he said: I heard Abu Hurayrah say: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: ‘Khamr comes from these two.’ Suwayd added: ‘These two trees are the date palm and the grapevine.’

Ziyad ibn Ayyub reported to us; he said: Ibn ʿUlayyah narrated to us; he said: al-Hajjaj al-Sawwaf narrated to us, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, who said: Abu Kathir narrated to me, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: ‘Khamr comes from these two trees: the date palm and the grapevine.’

Suwayd ibn Nasr reported to us; he said: ʿAbdullah informed us, from Sharik, from Mughirah, from Ibrahim and al-Shaʿbi, both of whom said: ‘Strong intoxicating drink is khamr.’

Suwayd reported to us; he said: ʿAbdullah informed us, from Sufyan, from Habib ibn Abi ʿAmrah, from Saʿid ibn Jubayr, who said: ‘Strong intoxicating drink is khamr.’

Ishaq ibn Ibrahim reported to us; he said: Jarir informed us, from Habib—namely, Ibn Abi ʿAmrah—from Saʿid ibn Jubayr, who said: ‘Strong intoxicating drink is khamr.’

Suwayd reported to us; he said: ʿAbdullah informed us, from Sufyan, from Abu Husayn, from Saʿid ibn Jubayr, who said: ‘Intoxicating drink is forbidden, and wholesome provision is lawful.’

Yaʿqub ibn Ibrahim reported to us; he said: Ibn ʿUlayyah narrated to us; he said: Abu Hayyan narrated to us; he said: al-Shaʿbi narrated to us, from Ibn ʿUmar, who said: I heard ʿUmar, may Allah be pleased with him, deliver a sermon from the pulpit in Madinah. He said: ‘People, the prohibition of khamr was revealed on the day it was revealed. It comes from five things: grapes, dates, honey, wheat, and barley. Khamr is whatever clouds the mind.’