SUNAN ABU DAWUD

BOOK 26: DRINKS (KITAB

AL-ASHRIBAH)

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Book 26, Number 3662:

Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab:

When the prohibition of wine (was yet to be) declared, Umar said: O Allah, give us a satisfactory
explanation about wine.

So the following verse of Surat al-Baqarah revealed; "They ask thee concerning wine and
gambling. Say: In them is great sin...." Umar was then called and it was recited to him.

He said: O Allah, give us a satisfactory explanation about wine.

Then the following verse of Surat an-Nisa' was revealed: "O ye who believe! approach not prayers
with a mind befogged...." Thereafter the herald of the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) would
call when the (congregational) prayer was performed: Beware, one who is drunk should not come to
prayer. Umar was again called and it was recited to him).

He said: O Allah, give us a satisfactory explanation about wine. This verse was revealed: "Will ye
not then abstain?" Umar said: We abstained.

Book 26, Number 3663:

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib:

A man of the Ansar called him and AbdurRahman ibn Awf and supplied them wine before it was
prohibited. Ali then led them in the evening prayer, and he recited; "Say: O ye who reject faith." He
was confused in it. Then the following verse came down: "O ye who believe! approach not prayers
with a mind befogged until you can understand all that ye say.

Book 26, Number 3665:

Narrated Anas ibn Malik:

I was serving wine to the people in the house of AbuTalhah when it was prohibited and that day
our wine was made from unripe dates. A man entered upon us and said: The wine has been prohib-
ited, and the herald of the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) made an announcement. We then
said: This is the herald of the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)

Book 26, Number 3666:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:

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The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Allah has cursed wine, its drinker, its server, its seller, its
buyer, its presser, the one for whom it is pressed, the one who conveys it, and the one to whom it is
conveyed.

Book 26, Number 3668:

Narrated An-Nu'man ibn Bashir:

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: from grapes wine is made, from dried dates wine is made,
from honey wine is made, from wheat wine is made, from barley wine is made.

Book 26, Number 3669:

Narrated An-Nu'man ibn Bashir:

I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: Wine is made from grape-syrup, raisins,
dried dates, wheat, barley, millet, and I forbid you from every intoxicant.

Book 26, Number 3672:

Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas:

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Every intoxicant is khamr (wine) and every intox-
icant is forbidden. If anyone drinks wine, Allah will not accept prayer from him for forty days, but if
he repents, Allah will accept his repentance. If he repeats it a fourth time, it is binding on Allah that
He will give him tinat al-khabal to drink.

He was asked: What is tinat al-khabal, Apostle of Allah? He replied: Discharge of wounds, flowing
from the inhabitants of Hell. If anyone serves it to a minor who does not distinguish between the
lawful and the unlawful, it is binding on Allah that He will give him to drink the discharge of
wounds, flowing from the inhabitants of Hell.

Book 26, Number 3673:

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If a large amount of anything causes intoxication, a small
amount of it is prohibited.

Book 26, Number 3675:

Narrated Daylam al-Himyari:

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I asked the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: Apostle of Allah! we live in a cold land in which
we do heavy work and we make a liquor from wheat to get strength from if for our work and to
stand the cold of our country. He asked: Is it intoxicating? I replied: Yes. He said: You must avoid it. I
said: The people will not abandon it. He said: If they do not abandon it, fight with them.

Book 26, Number 3677:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:

The Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade wine (khamr), game of chance (maysir), drum (kubah),
and wine made from millet (ghubayrah), saying: Every intoxicant is forbidden.

Book 26, Number 3678:

Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin:

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade every intoxicant and everything which pro-
duces languidness.

Book 26, Number 3679:

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:

I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: Every intoxicant is forbidden; if a faraq of
anything causes intoxication, a handful of it is forbidden.

Book 26, Number 3680:

Narrated AbdurRahman ibn Ghanam:

Malik ibn AbuMaryam said: AbdurRahman ibn Ghanam entered upon us and we discussed tila'
and he said: AbuMalik al-Ash'ari told me that he heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say:
Some of my people will assuredly drink wine calling it by another name.

Book 26, Number 3685:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

In the story of the deputation of AbdulQays Ibn Abbas said: They (the people) asked: In which
should we drink, Prophet of Allah? The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: You should use those skin
vessels that are tied at their mouths.

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Book 26, Number 3686:

Narrated Qays ibn an-Nu'man:

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Do not drink from hollowed stumps, vessel smeared with
pitch, pumpkins, and green jars, but drink from a skin which is tied with string. If the drink fer -
ments, lighten it by infusing water. If you are helpless, then pour it away.

Book 26, Number 3688:

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib:

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade us the use of pumpkins, green jars, hollow
stumps and wine made from barley.

Book 26, Number 3689:

Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib:

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: I forbade you three things, and now I command (permit)
you for them. I forbade you to visit graves, now you may visit them, for in visiting them there is ad -
monition. I forbade you drinks except from skin vessels, but now you may drink from any kind of
vessels, but do not drink an intoxicant. I forbade you to eat the meat of sacrificial animals after three
days, but now you may eat and enjoy it during your journeys.

Book 26, Number 3696:

Narrated A man:

A man from among the Companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The Prophet (peace
be upon him) forbade (mixing) unripe dates and dried dates, and (mixing) raisins and dried dates.

Book 26, Number 3697:

Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin:

Kabshah, daughter of AbuMaryam, asked Umm Salamah (Allah be pleased with her): What did the
Prophet (peace be upon him) prohibit? She replied: He forbade us to boil dates so much so that the
kernels are spoiled, and to mix raisins and dried dates.

Book 26, Number 3698:

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:

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Raisins were steeped for the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) and then dried dates were in-
fused in them, or dried dates were steeped and then raisins were infused in them.

Book 26, Number 3699:

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:

Safiyyah, daughter of Atiyyah, said: I entered upon Aisha with some women of AbdulQays, and
asked her about mixing dried dates and raisins (for drink). She replied: I used to take a handful of
dried dates and a handful or raisins and put them in a vessel, and then crush them (and soak in wa-
ter). Then I would give it to the Prophet (peace be upon him) to drink.

Book 26, Number 3701:

Narrated Ad-Daylami:

We came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said to him: Apostle of Allah, you know who we
are, from where we are and to whom we have come. He said: To Allah and His Apostle. We said:
Apostle of Allah, we have grapes; what should we do with them? He said: Make them raisins. We
then asked: What should we do with raisins? He replied: Steep them in the morning and drink in the
evening, and steep them in the evening and drink in the morning. Steep them in skin vessels and do
not steep them in earthen jar, for it it is delayed in pressing, it becomes vinegar.

Book 26, Number 3703:

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:

Amrah said on the authority of Aisha that she would steep dates for the Apostle of Allah (peace be
upon him) in the morning. When the evening came, he took his dinner and drank it after his dinner.
If anything remained, she poured it out. She then would steep for him at night. When the morning
came, he took his morning meal and drank it after his morning meal. She said: The skin vessel was
washed in the morning and in the evening. My father (Hayyan) said to her: Twice a day? She said:
Yes.

Book 26, Number 3707:

Narrated AbuHurayrah:

I knew that the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to keep fast. I waited for the day when
he did not fast to present him the drink (nabidh) which I made in a pumpkin. I then brought it to

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him while it fermented. He said: Throw it to this wall, for this is a drink of the one who does not be-
lieve in Allah and the Last Day.

Book 26, Number 3708:

Narrated Anas ibn Malik:

The Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade that a man should drink while standing.

Book 26, Number 3712:

Narrated A man of the Ansar:

The Prophet (peace be upon him) called for a skin-vessel on the day of the battle of Uhud. He then
said: Invert the head of the vessel and he drank from its mouth.

Book 26, Number 3716:

Narrated Abdullah ibn AbuAwfa:

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The supplier of the people is the last (man) to drink.

Book 26, Number 3719:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade blowing or breathing into a vessel.

Book 26, Number 3721:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

I was in the house of Maymunah. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) accompanied by Khal -
id ibn al-Walid entered. Two roasted long-tailed lizards (dabb) placed on the sticks were brought to
him. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) spat. Khalid said: I think that you abominate it,
Apostle of Allah. He said: Yes. Then the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) was brought milk, and
he drank (it). The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) then said: When one of you eats food, he
should say: O Allah, bless us in it, and give us food (or nourishment) better than it. When he is given
milk to drink he should say: O Allah! bless us in it and give us more of it, for no food or drink satis -
fies like milk.

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Book 26, Number 3722:

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Shut your door and make mention of Allah's name, for the
devil does not open a door which has been shut; extinguish your lamp and make mention of Allah's
name, cover up your vessel even by a piece of wood that you just put on it and make mention of Al-
lah's name, and tie up your water-skin mentioning Allah's name.

Book 26, Number 3726:

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:

The water from as-Suqya' was considered sweetest by the Prophet (peace be upon him). Qutaybah
said: it was a well on two days' journey from Medina.

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