The Book of Drinks

It was narrated from 'Umar that: When the prohibition of Khamr was revealed, 'Umar said: "O Allah, give us a clear ruling on Khamr," and the Verse in Al-Baqarah was revealed. 'Umar was called and it was recited to him. Then 'Umar said: "O Allah, give us a clear ruling on Khamr," and the Verse in An-Nisa' was revealed: "O you who believe! Approach not As-Salah (the prayer) when you are in a drunken state". And when the Iqamah for prayer was said, the caller of the Messenger of Allah [SAW] would cry out: "O you who believe! Approach not As-Salah (the prayer) when you are in a drunken state." 'Umar was called and this was recited to him. Then he said: "O Allah, give us a clear ruling on Khamr." Then the Verse in Surat Al-Ma'idah was revealed, and 'Umar was called, and it was recited to him. When he reached the words, "So, will you not then abstain?," 'Umar said: "We have abstained, we have abstained."

Anas bin Malik said: "While I was taking care of a group of people, including my paternal uncles, and I was the youngest of them, a man came and said: 'Khamr has been forbidden.' I was taking care of them, and was pouring Fadikh (date-wine) for them. They said: 'Pour it away.' So I poured it away." I (the narrator) said to Anas: "What is that?" He said: "Unripe dates and dried dates." Abu Bakr bin Anas said: "That was their wine in those days." And Anas did not deny that.

It was narrated that Anas said: "I was pouring (wine) for Abu Talhah, Ubayy bin Ka'b and Abu Dujanah among a group of Ansar when a man came in and said: 'Something new has happened; the prohibition of Khamr has been revealed.' So we poured it away." He said: "The only intoxicant in those days was Fadikh, a mixture of unripe dates and dried dates." And Anas said: "Khamr was forbidden, and most of their Khamr in those days was Fadikh."

It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said: "When Khamr was forbidden, their drink was (made from) unripe dates and dried dates."

It was narrated that Jabir - meaning bin 'Abdullah - said: "Unripe dates and dried dates are Khamr."

Jabir bin 'Abdullah said: "Unripe dates and dried dates are Khamr." Al-A'mash narrated it in Marfu' form.

It was narrated from Jabir that: The Prophet [SAW] said: "Raisins and dried dates are Khamr."

It was narrated from Ibn Abi Laila, from one of the Companions of the Prophet [SAW], that: The Prophet [SAW] forbade (mixtures of) Al-Balh and dried dates, and of raisins and dried dates.

It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said: "The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade Ad-Dubba', Al-Hantam, Al-Muzaffat, and An-Naqir, and (he forbade) mixing Al-Balh with Az-Zahuw."

It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said: "The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade Ad-Dubba', Al-Muzaffat," - and on one occasion he added: "An-Naqir," - "and (he forbade) mixing At-Tamr (dried dates) with raisins, and Az-Zahuw with At-Tamr."

It was narrated that Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri said: "The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade (mixing) Az-Zahuw and At-Tamr, and raisins and dried dates (At-Tamr)."

'Abdullah bin Abi Qatadah narrated from his father that: The Prophet [SAW] said: "Do not combine dried dates with raisins, nor Az-Zahuw with ripe dates."

It was narrated from Abu Qatadah that: The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: "Do not soak Az-Zahuw and ripe dates together, and do not soak raisins and ripe dates together."

It was narrated that Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri said: "The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade mixing dried dates and raisins, and mixing Az-Zahuw and dried dates, and Az-Zahuw and Al-Busr."

'Ata' narrated from Jabir that: The Prophet [SAW] forbade mixing dried dates and raisins, and Al-Busr and ripe dates.

It was narrated from Jabir, that : The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: "Do not mix raisins and dried dates, nor Al-Busr and dried dates."

It was narrated from Jabir that: The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade soaking raisins and dried dates together, and he forbade soaking Al-Busr and dried dates together.

It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said: "The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade Ad-Dubba', Al-Hantam, Al-Muzaffat, and An-Naqir, and that Al-Busr be mixed with dried dates, and that raisins be mixed with dried dates, and he wrote to the people of Hajar saying: 'Do not mix raisins and dried dates together.'"

It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said: "Al-Busr on their own are unlawful and with dried dates they are unlawful."

It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said: "The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade mixing dried dates and raisins, and dried dates and Al-Busr."

Jabir bin 'Abdullah said: "The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade dried dates and raisins, and he forbade dried dates and Al-Busr, if they are soaked together."

It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin Abi Qatadah, from his father, that: The Prophet [SAW] said: "Do not soak Az-Zahuw and ripe dates, and do not soak ripe dates and raisins together."

It was narrated from Jabir that : The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade soaking raisins and Al-Busr together, and he forbade soaking Al-Busr and ripe dates together.

It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said: "The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade us to soak two things together when one is more potent than the other. I asked him about Fadikh (a drink made from fresh dates cut open) and he forbade it. He disliked the extra bit on Al-Busr, fearing that that might make it two things, so we used to cut it off."

It was narrated that Abu Idris said: "I saw Anas bin Malik when some Busr which had extra bits were brought to him, and he started to cut them off."

Qatadah said: "Anas used to tell us to cut off the extra bits."

It was narrated that : Anas would not leave any dates that had become ripe but he would remove them from his Fadikh.

It was narrated from Abu Qatadah that: The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: "Do not soak Az-Zahuw and ripe dates together, nor Al-Busr and raisins together. Soak each one of them on its own."

Yahya narrated that 'Abdullah bin Abi Qatadah said to him from his father, that: The Prophet [SAW] forbade mixing Az-Zahuw and dried dates, and mixing Al-Busr and dried dates, and he said: "Soak each one of them on its own in vessels that are tied shut."

It was narrated that Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri said: "The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade mixing Al-Busr with dried dates, or raisins with dried dates, or raisins with Al-Busr, and he said: 'Whoever among you (wants to) drink them, let him drink each one of them on its own: dried dates on their own, or Al-Busr on their own, or raisins on their own."