Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashriba)

Bk 23 Drinks (Kitab Al−Ashriba)
Chapter 1: FORBIDDANCE OF WINE
Bk 23, Number 4879:
'Ali b. Abu Talib reported; There fell to my lot along with
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) an old she−camel
from the spoils of Badr. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) granted me another camel. I made them kneel down one day
at the door of an Ansari, and I wanted to carry on them
Idhkhir (a kind of grass) in order to sell that. There was
with me a goldsmith of the tribe of Qainuqa'. I saught to give
a wedding feast (on the occasion of marriage with) Fatima with
the help of that (the price accrued from the sale of this
grass). And Hamza b. 'Abd al−Muttalib was busy in drinking in
that house in the company of a singing girl who was singing to
him. She said: Hamza, get up for slaughtering the fat
she−camels. Hamza attacked them with the sword and cut off
their humps and ripped their haunches, and then took out their
livers. I said to Ibn Shihab: Did he take out anything from
the hump? He said: He cut off the humps altogether. Ibn Shihab
reported 'Ali having said: I saw this (horrible) sight and it
shocked me, and I came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) and there was Zaid b, Haritha with him and communicated
to him this news. He came in the company of Zaid and I also
went along with him and he went to Hamza and he expressed
anger with him. Hamza raised his eyes and said: Are you (not)
but the servants of my father? Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) turned back on his heels (on hearing this) until he
went away from them.
Bk 23, Number 4880:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Juraij with
the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 23, Number 4881:
Husain b. 'Ali reported 'Ali having said: There fell to my lot
a she−camel out of the spoils of war on the Day of Badr, and
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) gave me (another)
she−camel on that day out of the Khums (one−fifth reserved for
Allah and His Messenger). When I made up my mind to consummate
my marriage with Fatima, the daughter of Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him), I prevailed upon a goldsmith of the
tribe of Qainuqa' to go along with me so that we might bring
Idhkhir wishing to sell that to the goldsmiths and thus I
should be able to arrange my wedding feast. While I was
arranging the equipments. i. e. litters, sacks and ropes, my
two she−camels were sitting down at the side of the apartment
of a person of the Ansar. I collected (the different articles
of equipment) and found to my surprise that their humps had
been chopped off and their haunches had been cut off and their
livers had been taken out. I could not help weeping when I saw
that plight of theirs. I said: Who has done that? They said:
Hamza b. 'Abd al−Muttalib has done this. and he is in this
house dead drunk in the company of some of the Ansair with
asinging girl singing before him and his companions. She said
in her song: O Hamza. get up and attack these falty
she−camels. Thereupon Hamza stood up with a sword (in his
hand) and cut off their humps and ripped their haunches and
tore out their livers. 'Ali said: I went away until I came to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and there was with
him Zaid b. Haritha. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
recognised from my face what I had experienced, whereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: What has
happened to you? I said: Messenger of Allah, by Allah, I have
never seen (such an unfortunate day) as this day. Hamza has
committed aggression to my she−camels, and has cut off their
humps. and ripped their haunches, and he is in a house in the
company of some drunkards. (Hearing this) Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) sent for his mantle and, putting it on
him, he proceeded, and I and Zaid b. Haritha followed him,
until he came to the door (of the house) in which there was
Hamza. He (the Holy Prophet) sought permission which they
granted him. and they were all drunk. Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) began to reprimand Hamza for what he had
done. Hamza's eyes were red. He cast a glance at Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and then looked towards his
knees. and then lifted his eyes and cast a glance at his waist
and then lifted his eyes and saw his face. And then Hamza
said: Are you anything but the slaves of my father? Alah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) came to know that he was
intoxicated, and he thus turned upon his heels, and came out,
and we also came out along with him.
Bk 23, Number 4882:
Anas b. Malik reported: I was the cup−bearer of some people in
the house of Abu Talha on the day when liquor was forbidden.
Their liquor had been prepared from dry dates or fresh dates
when the announcer made the announcement. He (Abu Talha) said
to me: Go out and find out (what the announcement is). I got
out (and found) an announcer making this announcement: Behold,
liquor has been declared unlawful. He said: The liquor (was
spilt and) flawed in the lanes of Medina. Abu Talha said to
me: Go out and Spill it, and I spilt it. They said or some of
them said: Such and such were killed, such and such were
killed for (the wine) had been in their stomachs. He (the
narrator) said. I do not know whether it is the narration
transmitted by Anas, (or by someone else). Then Allah, the
Exalted and Majestic, revealed:" There shall be no sin
(imputed) unto those who have believed and done good works for
what they may have eaten as long as they fear (Allah) and
believe and do good works" (v. 93).
Bk 23, Number 4883:
'Abd al−Aziz b. Suhaib reported: They (some persons) asked
Anas b. Malik, about Fadikh (that is, a wine prepared from
fresh dates), whereupon he said: There was no liquor with us
except this Fadikih of yours. It was only this Fadikh that I
had been serving to Abu Talha and Abu Ayyub and some persons
from amongst the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) in our house. When a person came and said:
Has the news reached you? We said, No. He said: Verily liquor
has been declared forbidden. Thereupon, Abd Talha said: Anas,
spill these large pitchers. He (the narrator) said: They then
never reverted to it, nor even asked about this after the
announcement by that person.
Bk 23, Number 4884:
Anas b. Malik reported: I was standing amongst the uncles of
my tribe serving them Fadikh while I was the youngest of them,
when a person came and said: Verily the use of liqour has been
prohibited. They said: Anas, spill it away. So I spilt it. He
(one of the narrators. Sulaiman Taimi) said that he asked Anas
what that was (the Fadikh). He said: It had been prepared from
unripe and ripe dates. Abu Bakr b. Anas said: It was their
liquor in those days. Sulaiman said: A person narrated it to
me from Anas b. Malik that he had said so.
Bk 23, Number 4885:
Anas reported: I was standing amongst the members of my
(tribe) and serving them liquor. The rest of the hadith is the
same, but with this variation that Abu Bakr b. Anas said: It
was their liquor in those days (prepared from dates), and Anas
was present there and he did not deny this (fact) Mu'tamir
reported on the authority of his father: A person who was with
me told me that he had heard Anas saying that that was their
liquor in those days.
Bk 23, Number 4886:
Anas b. Malik reported I was serving wine to Abu Talha, and
Abu Dujana. and Mu'adh b. jabal admidst a group of Ansar when
a visitor came to us and said There is a fresh news; the
(verses) concerning the prohibition of liquor have been
revealed. So we spilt it on that day; and it was a mixture of
dry dates and fresh dates. Anas b. Malik said: Whil Khamr was
declared unlawful, the common liquor of theirs was then a
mixture of dry dates and fresh dates.
Bk 23, Number 4887:
Anas b. Malik said: I was serving wine to Abu Talha, Abu
Dujana, and Suhail b. Baida' from a waterskin which contained
the mixture of unripe dates and fresh dates. The rest of the
hadith is the same.
Bk 23, Number 4888:
Anas b. Malik is reported to have said that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) had forbidden to mixture fresh dates
and unripe dates and then drinking (the wine prepared out of
it), and that was their common intoxicant when liquor was
prohibited.
Bk 23, Number 4889:
Anas b. Malik reported: I was serving drink to Abu 'Ubaida b.
jarrah, Abu Talha and Ubayy b. Ka'b prepared from unripe dates
and fresh dates when a visitor came and he said: Verily liquor
has been prohibited. Thereupon, Abu Talha said: Anas, stand up
and break this pitcher. I stool up and (took hold) of a
pointed stone and struck the pitcher with its lower part until
it broke into pieces.
Bk 23, Number 4890:
Anas b. Malik reported: Allah revealed the verse in which
Allah prohibited the use of liquor. In those days no other
liquor was drunk but that prepared from dates.
Chapter 2: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO PREPARE VINEGAR FROM KHAMR
(WINE)
Bk 23, Number 4891:
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
was asked about the use of Khamr from which vinegar is
prepared. He said: No (it is prohibited).
Chapter 3: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO USE WINE AS A MEDICINE
Bk 23, Number 4892:
Wa'il al−Hadrami reported that Tariq b. Suwaid a−Ju'fi asked
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) about liquor. He
forbade (its use) and he expressed hatred that it should be
prepared. He (Tariq) said: I prepare it as a medicine,
whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: It is no medicine, but
an ailment.
Chapter 4: THE WINE WHICH IS PREPARED FROM DATES AND GRAPES IS
ALSO KHAMR
Bk 23, Number 4893:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
having said: Wine is prepared from the (fruit) of these two
trees−date−palm and vine.
Bk 23, Number 4894:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira
through a different chain of transmitters.
Bk 23, Number 4895:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Wine comes from vine and date−palms. Abu Kuraib has
narrated it with a slight variation of words.
Chapter 5: IT IS NOT APPROVED TO PREPARE NABIDH BY MIXING DRY
DATES AND GRAPES
Bk 23, Number 4896:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah al−Ansari reported that Allah's Messenger
(may peace upon him) prohibited the mixing of grapes and fresh
dates, and dry dates and fresh dates.
Bk 23, Number 4897:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah al−Ansari reported that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) prohibited the (preparation of) Nabidh
by mixing together fresh dates and grapes, and he prohibited
the preparation of Nabidh by mixing the fresh dates and unripe
dates together.
Bk 23, Number 4898:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Do not mix fresh dates and dry dates, and
grapes and fresh dates for preparing Nabidh.
Bk 23, Number 4899:
Jabir b. Abdullah al−Ansari reported that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) Prohibited the preparation of Nabidh
by mixing grapes and fresh dates. and he forbade the
preparation of Nabidh by mixing unripe dates with fresh dates.
Bk 23, Number 4900:
Abu Sa'id reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) prohibited that fresh dates and grapes be mixed together
and that fresh dates and unripe dates be mixed together.
Bk 23, Number 4901:
Abu Sa'id reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) prohibited us to mix grapes and dry dates together and
unripe dates and dry dates (to prepare Nabidh.
Bk 23, Number 4902:
This hadith is narrated on the authority of Abi Maslama with
the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 23, Number 4903:
Abu Sa'id al−Khudri reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: He who amongst you drinks Nabidh should
drink that (prepared either from) grapes alone, or from dates
alone, or from unripe dates alone (and not by mixing them with
one another). Isma'il b. Muslim al−'Abadi reported on the
authority of the same chain of transmitters: Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) prohibited us that we should mix dry
dates with unripe dates or (mix) grapes with dry dates (and
prepare Nabidh). He also said: He who amongst you drinks−the
rest of the hadith is the same.
Bk 23, Number 4904:
Abu Qatada, on the authority of his father, reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) having said this: Do not
prepare Nabidh by mixing nearly ripe dates and fresh dates
together, and do not prepare Nabidh by mixing grapes and dates
together, but prepare Nabidh from each (one of them)
separately.
Bk 23, Number 4905:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Yahya b. Abu
Kathir with the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 23, Number 4906:
Abu Qatada reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Do not prepare Nabidh by mixing nearly ripe and
fresh dates and do not prepare Nabidh by mixing together fresh
dates and grapes, but prepare Nabidh out of each (one of them)
separately. Yahya stated that he had met 'Abdullah b. Abu
Qatada and he narrated it on the authority of his father that
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said this. This hadith
has been narrated on the authority of Yahya b. Abu Kathir
through these two chains of transmitters but with a slight
variation of words.
Bk 23, Number 4907:
'Abdullah b. Abu Qatada, on the authority of his father,
reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) forbidding
the preparation of the mixture of ripe dates and unripe dates,
and the mixture of grapes and dates, and that of nearly ripe
dates and fresh dates but the Prophet said: Prepare the Nabidh
from each one of them separately.
Bk 23, Number 4908:
This hadith is narrated on the authority of Abu Qatada through
another chain of transmitters.
Bk 23, Number 4909:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) forbade (the preparation of Nabidh) from grapes and
dates, and unripe dates and dry dates (by mixing them
together). He (the Holy Prophet also) said: Prepare Nabidh
from each one of them separately. This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain
of transmitters.
Bk 23, Number 4910:
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) forbade the mixing of dates and grapes together, and
mixing of unripe dates and ripe dates together (for preparing
Nabidh), and he wrote to the people of Jurash (in Yemen)
forbidding them to prepare the mixture of dates and grapes.
This hadith has been narrated through another chain of
transmitters with a slight variation of words.
Bk 23, Number 4911:
Ibn Umar reported that he was forbidden to prepare Nabidh by
mixing unripe dates and fresh dates, and dates with grapes.
Bk 23, Number 4912:
Ibn 'Umar reported that they were forbidden to prepare Nabidh
by mixing dry dates and fresh dates and dates and grapes
together.
Chapter 6: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO PREPARE NABIDH IN VARNISHED JAR,
GOURD, GREEN PITCHER, AND HOLLOW STUMPS
Bk 23, Number 4913:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) forbade the preparation of Nabidh in gourd or
varnished jar.
Bk 23, Number 4914:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Do not prepare Nabidh in gourd or jar or in a
pitcher besmeared with pitch (known as green pitcher).
Bk 23, Number 4915:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) forbade (the preparation of Nabidh) in varnished jar,
pitcher besmeared with green pitch and hollow stump. It was
said to Abu Huraira: What that Hantama was? He said: It is
green pitcher (besmeared with pitch).
Bk 23, Number 4916:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) said to the group of Abd al−Qais: I forbid you (to
prepare Nabidh) in gourd. and green pitcher, hollow stump and
varnished jar and the waterskin having its upper end cut, but
(prepare it) in your small waterskin, and tie its mouth
Bk 23, Number 4917:
'Ali reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
forbade to prepare Nabidh in gourd and varnished jar. This
hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters
with a slight variation of wording.
Bk 23, Number 4918:
Ibrahim reported: I said to Aswad if he had asked the Mother
of the Believers (in which utensils) he (the Holy Prophet)
disapproved the preparation of Nabidh. He (Aswad) said: Yes. I
said: Mother of the Believers, inform me about the utensils in
which) Allah's Apostle forbade to prepare Nabidh. She (Hadrat
'A'isha) said: He forbade us, the members of his family, to
prepare Nabidh in gourd, or varnished jar. I said to him: Do
you remember green pitcher, and pitcher? He said: I narrated
to you what I have heard; should I narrate to you which I did
not hear?
Bk 23, Number 4919:
'A'isha reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
forbade (the preparation) of Nabidh in gourd and varnished
jar.
Bk 23, Number 4920:
Thumama b. Hazn Al−Qushairi reported: I met 'A'isha and asked
her (about the utensils in which) Nabidh (may be prepared).
She narrated to me that a group of 'Abd al−Qais came to
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and asked: Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) about Nabidh. He (the Holy
Prophet) forbade them to prepare Nabidh in varnished jar,
hollow stumps and gourd and green pitcher.
Bk 23, Number 4921:
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
forbidding (the preparation of Nabidh) in varnished jar, green
pitcher, gourd, and hollow stump,
Bk 23, Number 4922:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ishaq b.
Suwaid, with a slight variation of wording.
Bk 23, Number 4923:
Ishaq b. Suwaid reported through the same chain of
transmitters but for the difference that he substituted the
word" gourd" for" waterskin" (meant for preserving wine).
Bk 23, Number 4924:
Ibn 'Abbas reported that there came to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) a group of people from the tribe of 'Abd
al−Qais. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to
them: I forbid you to prepare Nabidh in gourd, in pitcher
besmeared with pitch, in hollow stump and in waterskin (meant
for preserving wine). In the hadith transmitted on the
authority of Hammad the word." gourd" has been used in place
of" waterskin".
Bk 23, Number 4925:
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) forbade the (preparation of Nabidh) in gourd in pitcher
besmeared with pitch, in varnished jar, and in hollow stumps.
Bk 23, Number 4926:
Ibn Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) forbade, the preparation of Nabidh in gourd, in varnished
jar, hollow stump and from mixing up ripe dates with nearly
ripe dates.
Bk 23, Number 4927:
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) forbade (preparation) of Nabidh in gourd, in hollow stump
and in varnished jar.
Bk 23, Number 4928:
Abu Sa'id reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) forbade (the preparation) of Nabidh in a green pitcher
(besmeared with pitch).
Bk 23, Number 4929:
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) forbade (the preparation) of Nabidh in gourd, in
pitcher besmeared with green pitch, in hollow stump and in
varnished jar.
Bk 23, Number 4930:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Qatada with
the same chain of transmitters that Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) forbade (the preparation of) Nabidh, the rest of
the hadith is the same.
Bk 23, Number 4931:
Abu Sa'id reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) forbade drinking in green pitcher, in gourd and in the
hollow stump.
Bk 23, Number 4932:
Sa'id b. Jubair reported: I bear testimony to the fact that
Ibn 'Umar and Ibn 'Abbas testified to the fact that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) forbade (the preparation) of
Nabidh in gourd in vessel besmeared with pitch and hollow
stump.
Bk 23, Number 4933:
Sa'id b. Jubair reported: I asked Ibn 'Umar about (the
preparation of) Nabidh in a green pitcher (besmeared with
pitch), whereupon he said that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) forbade the (preparation of) Nabidh in green pitcher
(besmeared with pitch). I then came to Ibn Abbas and said: Do
you hear what Ibn 'Umar has said? Thereupon he said: What does
he say? I said: He stated that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) has forbidden the (preparation of) Nabidh in a green
pitcher (besmeared with pitch), whereupon he said: Ibn 'Umar
has told the truth. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
declared unlawful the preparation of Nabidh in a green pitcher
(besmeared with pitch). I said: What is this thing, the Nabidh
of a pitcher (Nabidh prepared in a pitcher)? Thereupon, he
said: Everything that is prepared in earthen pitcher.
Bk 23, Number 4934:
Ibn 'Umar reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
addressed people in one of his expeditions. Ibn 'Umar said: I
went forward to him but he went away before I reached him. I
asked (the people present there): What did he say? They said
that he (the Holy Prophet) had forbidden the preparation of
Nabidh in gourd and varnished jar.
Bk 23, Number 4935:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Ibn 'Umar
with different chains of transmitters but they have not
mentioned:" In one of his expeditions" except Malik and Usama.
Bk 23, Number 4936:
Thabit reported: I said to Ibn 'Umar that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) had forbidden the preparation of
Nabidh in the green pitcher (besmeared with pitch). He said:
This is what they stated. I said: Did Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) forbid this? He said: They said so.
Bk 23, Number 4937:
A person asked Ibn 'Umar if the Apostle of Allah (may peace be
upon him) forbade the preparation of Nabidh in a green pitcher
(besmeared with pitch). He said: Yes. Then Tawus said: By
Allah, I heard it from him.
Bk 23, Number 4938:
Ibn 'Umar reported that a person came to him and said: Did
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) forbid the preparation
of Nabidh in a green pitcher (besmeared with pitch and) in
varnished jar? He said: Yes.
Bk 23, Number 4939:
Ibn 'Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) forbade (the preparation) of Nabidh in a green pitcher
(besmeared with pitch) and in varnished jar.
Bk 23, Number 4940:
Ibrahim b. Maisarah reported that he heard Tawus as saying: I
was sitting with Ibn 'Umar when a man came to him, and said:
Did Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) forbid the
preparation of Nabidh in a green pitcher (besmeared with
pitch), in varnished jar and in gourd? Thereupon he said: Yes.
Bk 23, Number 4941:
Muharib b. Dithar reported: I heard Ibn 'Umar say: Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) forbade (the preparation of
Nabidh) in a pitcher besmeared with pitch, in gourd, in
varnished jar. He said, I heard it from him more than once.
Bk 23, Number 4942:
Muharib b. Dithar reported a hadith like this on the authority
of Ibn 'Umar through a different chain of transmitters. He
(the narrator) said: I think he also made a mention of hollow
stump.
Bk 23, Number 4943:
'Uqba b. Huraith said: I heard Ibn 'Umar saying: The Messenger
of Allah (may peace be upon him) forbade (the preparation of
Nabidh) in a green pitcher (besmeared with pitch), in
varnished jar, and in gourd, and he said: Prepare Nabidh in
small waterskins.
Bk 23, Number 4944:
Jabalah reported: I heard Ibn 'Umar narrating that Allah's
messenger (may peace be upon him) had forbidden (the
preparation of Nabidh) in the pitcher besmeared with pitch. I
said to him: What is Huntama? He said: It is a pitcher
(besmeared with pitch).
Bk 23, Number 4945:
Zadhan reported: I said to Ibn 'Umar: Tell me in your own
language and then explain it to me in any language because
your language is different from our language (about the
vessels) in which Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) has
forbidden (us) to drink. He said: Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) has forbidden (the preparation) of Nabidh in
Hantama and that is a pitcher (besmeared with pitch), in gourd
and that is pumpkin, in the varnished jar, in hollow stump and
in wooden vessels. This Naqir is the wood of date−palm from
which the vessel is fashioned out or hollowed out, but he
commanded us to prepare Nabidh in waterskins.
Bk 23, Number 4946:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with
the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 23, Number 4947:
Sa'id b. Musayyib reported: I heard 'Abdullah b 'Umar saying
this near the pulpit while pointing towards the pulpit of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him): A group of the
tribe of 'Abd al−Qais came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) and asked him about (vessels) which might (be used
for preparing Nabidh and) drinking in them. He (the Holy
Prophet) forbade them (to use) gourd, hollow stump, vessel
besmeared with pitch. I said to him: Abu Muhammad, (what
about) varnished jar? and we think he had forgotten to mention
the word 'varnished jar". Thereupon he said: I did not hear it
from him on that day, i. e. from 'Abdullah b. 'Umar, and he
hated that (i. e. preparation of Nabidh in gourd).
Bk 23, Number 4948:
It is reported on the authority of Jabir and Ibn Umar that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) forbade (the
preparation) of Nabidh in hollow stump and varnished jar and
gourd.
Bk 23, Number 4949:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) forbade (the preparation) of Nabidh in green
pitcher, in varnished jar, in hollow stump, and when Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) did not find anything to
prepare Nabidh in that (i. e. waterskin), it was prepared for
him in a big bowl made of stone.
Bk 23, Number 4950:
This hadith is reported on the authority of Jabir b. Abdullah
that Nabidh was prepared for him in a big bowl of stone.
Bk 23, Number 4951:
Jabir reported that Nabidh was prepared for Allan's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) in a waterskin, but if they did not
find waterskin it was prepared in a big bowl of stone. One of
the persons and I had heard from Abu Zubair that it was Biram
(a vessel made of stone).
Bk 23, Number 4952:
'Abdullah b. Buraida, on the authority of his father, reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I had
forbidden you from the preparation of Nabidh except in a
waterskin. But now you may drink in all vessels, but do not
drink what is intoxicant.
Bk 23, Number 4953:
Ibn Buraida, on the authority of his father, reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I had forbidden
you (from the preparation of Nabidh) and drinking it in
certain vessels, (but now you may do so if you like) for it is
not vessels or a vessel that makes a thing lawful or unlawful.
It is every intoxicant that is unlawful.
Bk 23, Number 4954:
Ibn Buraida, on the authority of his father, reported Allah's
Messenger (may Peace be upon him) as saying: I had forbidden
you from the drinking (and preparation of) Nabidh in the
vessels made out of leather, but (now) you may drink in all
vessels, but you do not drink an intoxicant.
Bk 23, Number 4955:
'Abdullah b. 'Amr reported that when Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) forbade (the preparation) of Nabidh in
vessels, they said all the people cannot (afford to have)
them. He (the Holy Prophet) then granted them permission (to
prepare) Nabidh in a green pitcher, but not in those besmeared
with pitch.
Chapter 7: EVERY INTOXICANT IS KHAMR AND EVERY KHAMR IS
FORBIDDEN
Bk 23, Number 4956:
'A'isha reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
was asked about Bit, whereupon he said: Every drink that
causes intoxication is forbidden.
Bk 23, Number 4957:
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) was asked about it, whereupon he said that everything
that causes intoxication is forbidden.
Bk 23, Number 4958:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Zuhri with
this chain of transmitters but in the hadith transmitted on
the authority of Sufyan and Salih (these words are not found)"
she was asked about Bit". (These words are found in the
hadith) transmitted on the authority of Ma'mar and in the
hadith transmitted on the authority of Salih (only these words
are found) that she (Hadrat 'A'isha) had heard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) say: Every intoxicating
drink is forbidden.
Bk 23, Number 4959:
Abu Musa reported: Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
sent me and Mu'adh b. Jabal to Yemen. I said: Allah's
Messenger, there is prepared in our land a wine out of barley
which is known as Mizr (beer of our times) and a wine from
honey which is known as Bit, (are these also forbidden? ),
whereupon he said: Every intoxicant is forbidden.
Bk 23, Number 4960:
Abu Burda reported on the authority of his grandfather that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) sent him and Mu'adh
b. Jabal to Yemen and said to them: Give good tidings to the
(people). and make things easy (for them), teach (them), and
do not repel (them) ; and I think he also said: Cooperate
cheerfully with each other. When he (the Holy Prophet) turned
his back, Abu Musa returned to him and said: Allah's
Messenger, they (the people of Yemen) have a drink which is
(made) from honey and which is prepared by cooking it until it
coagulates, and Mizr is prepared from barley, whereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Every
intoxicant that detains you from prayer is forbidden.
Bk 23, Number 4961:
Abu Burda reported on the authority of his father: Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) sent me and Mu'adh to Yemen
saying: Call people (to the path of righteousness) and give
good tidings to the (people), and do not repel them, make
things easy for them and do not make things difficult. I
(Burda) said: Allah's Messenger, give us a religious verdict
about two kinds of drinks which we prepare in Yemen. One is
Bit' which is prepared from honey; it is a fermented Nabidh
and is strong and turns into wine, and (the second is) Mizr
which is prepared from millet and barley. Thereupon, Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him), who had been gifted with
the most eloquent and pithy expressions, said: I forbid you
from every intoxicant that keeps you away from prayer.
Bk 23, Number 4962:
Jabir reported that a person came from Jaishan, a town of
Yemen, and he asked Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
about the wine which was drunk in their land and which was
prepared from millet and was called Mizr. Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) asked whether that was intoxicating.
He said: Yes. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: Every intoxicant is forbidden. Verily Allah the
Exalted and Majestic, made a covenant to those who drank
intoxicants to make their drink Tinat al−Khabal. They said:
Allah's Messenger, what is Tinat a]−Khabal? He said: It is the
sweat of the denizens of Hell or the discharge of the denizens
of Hell.
Bk 23, Number 4963:
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Every intoxicant is Khamr and every intoxicant is
forbidden. He who drinks wine in this world and dies while he
is addicted to it, not having repented, will not be given a
drink in the Hereafter.
Bk 23, Number 4964:
Ibn 'Umar, through another chain of transmitters; reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) having said this:
Every intoxicant is Khamr and every intoxicant is forbidden.
Bk 23, Number 4965:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Musa b. Uqba
with the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 23, Number 4966:
Nafi' reported Ibn 'Umar as saying: I do not know this but
from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) who said: Every
intoxicant is Khamr and every Khamr is forbidden.
Bk 23, Number 4967:
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: He who drank (wine) in this world would be deprived
of it in the Hereafter.
Bk 23, Number 4968:
Ibn 'Umar said: He who drank wine in the world and did not
repent would be deprived of it (the pure drink) in the
Hereafter. It was said to Malik: Is this hadith Marfu'? He
said: Yes.
Bk 23, Number 4969:
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: He who drank wine in this world will not be
provided with pure drink in the Hereafter, except in case he
repents.
Bk 23, Number 4970:
Ibn 'Umar reported this hadith from Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) through another chain of transmitters.
Chapter 8: PERMISSIBILITY TO USE NABIDH WHICH IS NOT B AND HAS
NOT TURNED INTO INTOXICANT
Bk 23, Number 4971:
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Nabidh was prepared for Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) in the beginning of the
night and he would drink it in the morning and the following
night and the following day and the night after that up to the
afternoon. If anything was left out of that he gave it to his
servant, or gave orders for it to be poured out.
Bk 23, Number 4972:
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Nabidh was prepared for Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) in the waterskin, Shu'ba
said: It was the night of Monday. He drank it on Monday and on
Tuesday up to the afternoon, and If anything was left out of
it he gave it to his servant or poured it out.
Bk 23, Number 4973:
Ibn Abbas reported that raisins were steeped in water for the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) and he would drink
it on that day and on the next day and on the following day
until the evening of the third day. He would then order it to
be drunk by (other people) or to be thrown away.
Bk 23, Number 4974:
Ibn Abbas reported that Nabidh was prepared from raisins for
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) in the waterskin and
he would drink it on that day and on the next day and the day
following and when It was the evening of the third day, and he
would drink it and give it to (his Companions) and if
something was left over, he threw that away.
Bk 23, Number 4975:
Yahya Abu 'Umar al−Nakhai reported that some people asked Ibn
Abbas about the sale and purchase of wine and its commerce. He
asked (them): Are you Muslims? They said, Yes. Thereupon he
said: Its sale and purchase and its trade are not permissible.
They then asked him about Nabidh and he said: Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) went out on a journey and
then came back and some persons amongst his Companions
prepared Nabidh for him in green pitcher, hollow stump and
gourd. He commanded it to be thrown away, and it was done
accordingly. He then ordered them (to prepare it.) in a
waterskin and it was prepared in that by steeping raisins in
water, and it was prepared in the night. In the morning he
drank out of that and on that day and then the next night, and
then on the next day until the evening. He drank and gave
others to drink. When it was morning (of the third night) he
commanded what was left of that to be thrown away.
Bk 23, Number 4976:
Thumama (i. e. Ibn Hazn al−Qushairi) reported: I met 'A'isha
and asked her about Nabidh (that was served to the Holy
Prophet). 'A'isha called an Abyssinian maid (servant) and
said: Ask her (about it) for it was he, who prepared the
Nabidh for the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him). The
Abyssinian (maid−servant) said: I prepared Nabidh for him in a
waterskin in the night and tied its mouth and then suspended
it; and when it was morning he (the Holy Prophet) drank from
it.
Bk 23, Number 4977:
'A'isha reported: We prepared Nabidh for Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) in a waterskin, the upper part of
which was tied and it (the waterskin) had a hole (in its lower
part). We prepared the Nabidh in the morning and he drank it
in the evening and we prepared the Nabidh in the night, and he
would drink it in the morning.
Bk 23, Number 4978:
Sahl b. Sa'd reported that Abu Usaid al−Sa'idi invited Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) to his wedding feast, and
his wife had been serving them on that day while yet a bride.
Sahl said ' Do you know what she served as a drink to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him)? She steeped the dates in
water during the night in a big bowl, and when he (the Holy
Prophet) had eaten food she served him this drink.
Bk 23, Number 4979:
Sahl reported that Abu Usaid al−Sa'idi came to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) ; the rest of the hadith is
the same, but he did not mention this: when he had eaten (the
food) she gave him this to drink".
Bk 23, Number 4980:
Sahl b. Sa'd reported (this hadith through another chain of
transmitters) and he said (these words):" In a big bowl of
stone, and when Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had
taken the food, she drenched the dates and served (this)
especially to him."
Bk 23, Number 4981:
Sahl b. Sa'd reported: An Arab woman was mentioned before
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). He commanded Abu
Usaid to send a message to her and he (accordingly) sent a
message to her. She came and stayed in the fortresses of Banu
Sa'idah. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) went out
until he came to her while she was (at that time) sitting with
her head downcast. When Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) talked to her, she said: I seek refuge with Allah from
you. Thereupon he said: I (have decided to) keep you away from
me. They (the people near her) said: Do you know who he is?
She said: No. They said: He is the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him). He came to you in order to give you the
proposal of marriage. She said: Then I am the most unfortunate
woman because of this (i. e. my defiance). Sahl said: Allah's.
Messenger (may peace be upon him) then set forth on that day
until he sat in the Saqifa of Banu Sa'idah along with his
Companions. He then said to Sahl: Serve us drink. He (Sahl)
said: I brought out for them this bowl (containing drink) and
served them this. Abu Hazim said: Sahl brought out this cup
for us and we also drank from that. Then 'Umar b. 'Abd
al−'Aziz asked him to give that (cup) as a gift to him and he
gave (it to) him as a gift. In the narration of Abu Bakr b.
Ishaq (the words) are:" Sahl, serve us drink."
Bk 23, Number 4982:
Anas reported: I served drink to Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) in this cup of mine: honey, Nabidh, water and
milk.
Chapter 9: IT IS GOOD TO DRINK MILK
Bk 23, Number 4983:
Abu Bakr Siddiq reported: As we went along with Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) from Mecca to Medina, we
passed by a shepherd and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) was feeling thirsty. He (Abu Bakr Siddiq) said: I milked
for him a small quantity of milk (from his goat) and brought
it to him (the Holy Prophet), and he drank it and I was very
happy.
Bk 23, Number 4984:
Al−Bara' reported: When Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) went forth from Mecca to Medina, Suraqa b. Malik b.
Ju'shum pursued him. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
invoked curse upon him, and his horse sank (in the desert). He
(Suraqa) said: (Allah's Messenger), invoke blessings for me
and I will do no harm to you. He (the Holy Prophet) then
supplicated Allah. (At that time) he (the Holy Prophet) felt
thirsty, and they happened to pass by a shepherd. Abu Bakr
Siddiq said: I took hold of a bowl and milked some milk into
it for Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and gave it
to him. He drank it and I was pleased.
Bk 23, Number 4985:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) was presented two cups at Bait al−Maqdis on the night of
Heavenly Journey, one containing wine and the other containing
milk. He looked at both of them, and be took the one
containing milk, whereupon Gabriel (peace be upon him) said:
Praise is due to Allah Who guided you to the true nature; had
you taken the one containing wine, Your Umma would have gone
astray.
Bk 23, Number 4986:
This hadith is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira
through another chain of transmitters, but he did not mention
Aelia (Capitolina. i. e. Bait al−Maqdis).
Chapter 10: COMMAND PERTAINING TO THE COVERING OF VESSELS, AND
TIGHTENING (THE MOUTHS) OF WATERSKINS, ETC.
Bk 23, Number 4987:
Abu Humaid Sa'idi reported: I came to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) with a cup of milk from Naqi' which had no
cover over it, whereupon he said: Why did you not cover it? −
even if you had covered it only with a stick. Abu Humaid said
that he had been ordered that waterskins be tied during the
night, and the doors be closed during the night.
Bk 23, Number 4988:
Abu Humaid Sa'idi reported through another chain of
transmitters that he brought to Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) a cup containing milk, but there is no mention of
the word" in the night
Bk 23, Number 4989:
Jabir b 'Abdullah reported: We were with Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) and lie asked for water. A person
said: Allah's Messenger, may we not give you Nabidh to drink?
He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes (you may). He (the narrator)
said: Then that person went out speedily and brought a cup
containing Nabidh, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: Why did you not cover it? − even if it is with
a wood. He said that then he drank it.
Bk 23, Number 4990:
Jabir reported that a person who was known as Abu Humaid
brought for him (the Holy Prophet) a cup of milk from
al−Naqi'. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to
him: Why did you not cover it even with a wood across it?
Bk 23, Number 4991:
Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: Cover vessels, waterskins, close the doors and
extinguish the lamps, for the Satan does not loosen the
waterskin, does not open the door and does not uncover the
vessels. And if one amongst you fails to find (something) to
cover it well, he should cover it by placing (a piece of) wood
across it. Qutaiba did not mention the closing of the doors in
the hadith transmitted by him.
Bk 23, Number 4992:
This hadith is reported on the authority of Jabir but with a
slight change of wording, and he did not mention the words:"
Putting a stick across the vessel."
Bk 23, Number 4993:
Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: Shut the doors; the rest of the hadith is the same but
with a slight variation of wording: Cover the utensils, and
further said: It (the mouse) may set fire to the clothes of
the residents of the house.
Bk 23, Number 4994:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Jabir
through another chain of transmitters but with a slight
variation of words:" The mouse may set the house on fire over
its inhabitants."
Bk 23, Number 4995:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) having said: When the wings of the night (spread) or
it is night, restrain your children (from going out), for the
Satan is abroad at that time, and when a part of the night is
passed, free them and shut the doors. making mention of God's
name, for the Satan does not open a closed door; and tighten
the (mouths of waterskins and mention the name of Allah, cover
your utensils and mention the name of Allah even though you
should just put something on them, and extinguish your lamps.
Bk 23, Number 4996:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jabir b.
Abdullah through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 23, Number 4997:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn
Juraij.
Bk 23, Number 4998:
Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: Do not let your animals and children go out when the
sun sets until the first and the darkest part of the night is
over, for the Satan is let loose with the sinking of the sun
until the darkest part of the night is over.
Bk 23, Number 4999:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported this hadith through another chain
of transmitters,
Bk 23, Number 5000:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Cover the vessels and tie the waterskin,
for there is a night in a year when pestilence descends, and
it does not pass an uncovered vessel or an untied waterskin
but some of that pestilence descending into it.
Bk 23, Number 5001:
This hadith is reported on the authority of Laith b. Sa'd with
the same chain of transmitters, but with a slight variation in
wording (and that is that) he (the Holy Prophet) said: There
is a day in a year when descends the pestilence; at the end of
the hadith Laith said that the non Arabs save themselves from
it in Kanun Awwal (this is the month of December).
Bk 23, Number 5002:
Salim, on the authority of his father, reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) having said: Do not leave
the fire burning in your houses when you go to sleep.
Bk 23, Number 5003:
Abu Musa reported that a house was burnt down in Medina during
the night over its inhabitants. When their matter was reported
to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), he said; This
fire is an enemy of yours. So when you go to sleep, extinguish
it.
Chapter 11: ETIQUETTE RELATING TO EATING AND DRINKING
Bk 23, Number 5004:
Hudhaifa reported: When we attended a dinner along with the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) we did not lay our
hands on the food until Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) had laid his hand and commenced eating (the food). Once
we went with him to a dinner when a girl came rushingly as it
someone had been pursuing her. She was about to lay her hand
on the food, when Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
caught her hand. Then a desert Arab came there (rushingly) as
if someone had been pursuing him. He (the Holy Prophet) caught
his hand; and then Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: Satan considers that food lawful on which Allah's name
is not mentioned. He had brought this girl so that the food
might be made lawful for him and I caught her hand. And he had
brought a desert Arab so that (the food) might be lawful for
him. So I caught his hand. By Him, in Whose hand is my life,
it was (Satan's) hand that was in my hand along with her hand.
Bk 23, Number 5005:
Hudhaifa b. al−Yaman reported: When we were invited to a
dinner with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) ; the
rest of hadith is the same but there is a slight variation of
wording (and the variation is) that in that hadith the desert
Arab precedes the arrival of that girl, and at the conclusion
there is an addition (to this effect):" He (the Holy Prophet)
then mentioned the name of Allah and ate." This hadith is
reported on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of
transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
Bk 23, Number 5006:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: When a person enters his house and
mentions the name of Allah at the time of entering it and
while eating the food, Satan says (addressing himself: You
have no place to spend the night and no evening meal; but when
he enters without mentioning the name of Allah, the Satan
says: You have found a place to spend the night, and when he
does not mention the name of Allah while eating food, he (the
Satan) says: You have found a place to spend the night and
evening meal. This hadith has been narrated on the authority
of Jabir b. Abdullah through the same chain of transmitters
but with a slight variation of wording.
Bk 23, Number 5007:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) having said: Do not eat with your left hand, for the
Satan eats with his left hand.
Bk 23, Number 5008:
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: When any one of you intends to eat (meal), he
should eat with his right hand. and when he (intends) to drink
he should drink with his right hand, for the Satan eats with
his left hand and drinks with his left hand.
Bk 23, Number 5009:
This hadith is reported by Zuhri on the authority of Sufyan
with a different chain of transmitters.
Bk 23, Number 5010:
Salim, on the authority of his father, reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: None of you
should eat with his left hand and drink with that (left hand),
for the Satan eats with left hand and drinks with that (hand).
Nafi' has made this addition in that:" Do not take up anything
with that (left hand) and do not give anything with that" ;
and in the narration transmitted on the authority of Abu Tahir
there is a slight variation of wording.
Bk 23, Number 5011:
Salama b. Akwa' reported on the authority of his father that a
person ate in the presence of Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) with his left hand, whereupon he said: Eat with your
right hand. He said: I cannot do that, whereupon he (the Holy
Prophet) said: May you not be able to do that. It was vanity
that prevented him from doing it, and he could not raise it
(the right hand) up to his mouth.
Bk 23, Number 5012:
'Umar b. Abu Salama reported: I was under the care of Allah's
Messenger (way peace be upon him), and as my hand used to roam
about in the dish he said to me: Boy, mention the name of
Allah, and eat with your right hand and eat from what is near
to you.
Bk 23, Number 5013:
Umar b. Abu Salama reported: I (had the opportunity) one day
to dine with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), and I
picked up flesh from around the dish. Thereupon Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Eat from that which is
near to you.
Bk 23, Number 5014:
Abu Sa'id (Khudri) reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) forbade from turning the waterskins upside down
and drinking from its mouth.
Bk 23, Number 5015:
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that Allah's, Messenger (may peace
he upon him) forbade from turning the waterskins upside down
and drinking from their mouths.
Bk 23, Number 5016:
This hadith has been reported from Zuhri with the same chain
of transmitters, but he also said that Ikhtinath means that
its head (i. e., of the waterskin) be turned upside down and
then (water) be drank from that.
Chapter 12: DISAPPROVAL OF DRINKING WATER WHILE STANDING
Bk 23, Number 5017:
Anas reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
disapproved the drinking of water while standing.
Bk 23, Number 5018:
Anas reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
forbade that a person should drink while standing. Qatada
reported: We said to him: What about eating? Thereupon he
(Anas) said: That is even worse and more detestable
(abominable).
Bk 23, Number 5019:
This hadith is reported on the authority of Anas with a
different chain of transmitters, but no mention is mane of the
words of Qatada.
Bk 23, Number 5020:
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) warned against drinking while standing.
Bk 23, Number 5021:
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported this hadith through another chain of
transmitters but with a slight, variation of wording.
Bk 23, Number 5022:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: None of you should drink while standing; and if
anyone forgets, he must vomit.
Chapter 13: PERMISSIBILITY OF DRINKING ZAMZAM (WATER) WHILE
STANDING
Bk 23, Number 5023:
Ibn Abbas reported: I served. (water of) Zamzam to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him), and he drank it while
standing.
Bk 23, Number 5024:
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) drank (water) from Zamzam in a bucket while he was
standing.
Bk 23, Number 5025:
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) drank (water) from Zamzam while he was standing.
Bk 23, Number 5026:
Ibn 'Abbas reported: I served (water from) Zamzam to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him), and he drank while
standing, and he asked for it while he was near the House (i.
e. House of Allah−Ka'ba).
Bk 23, Number 5027:
This hadith is reported on the authority of Shu'ba with the
same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of
wording.
Chapter 14: IT IS REPUGNANT TO BREATHE IN A VESSEL AND
APPRECIABLE TO BREATHE THREE TIMES OUTSIDE THE VESSEL IN
COURSE OF DRINKING
Bk 23, Number 5028:
Abu Qatada reported on the authority of his father that
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) forbade breathing in a
vessel.
Bk 23, Number 5029:
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
used to breathe three times in the course of a drink (i. e. he
drank in three gulps).
Bk 23, Number 5030:
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
breathed three times (outside the vessel) in the course of a
drink and said: It is more thirst− quenching, healthier and
more wholesome. Anas said: So I also breathe three times in
the course of a drink.
Bk 23, Number 5031:
This hadith is reported on the authority of Anas with a slight
variation of wording.
Chapter 15: IT IS DESIRABLE TO CIRCULATE WATER OR MILK (IN AN
ASSEMBLY) FROM THE RIGHT−HAND SIDE OF THE ONE WHO SERVES
Bk 23, Number 5032:
Anas b. Malik reported that there was brought to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) a cup of milk mixed with
water, while there was on his right a desert Arab and on his
left Abu Bakr. He (the Holy Prophet) drank; he then gave it to
the desert Arab and said: (Give to one) who is on the right,
then again who is on the right.
Bk 23, Number 5033:
Anas reported: The Apostle of Allah (may peace he upon him)
came to Medina when I was ten years old and he died when I was
twenty years old. My mother exhorted me to serve him. He (the
Holy Prophet) came to our house, and we ruined a flabby goat
for him and mixed it (the milk) with water from the well of
the house. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) drank
that. Umar and Abu Bakr on his left side said to him: Allah's
Messenger, give it to Abu Bakr, but he (the Holy Prophet) gave
it to the desert Arab who was on his right. Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: He who is on the right, then he
who is on the right.
Bk 23, Number 5034:
Anas b. Malik reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) came to our house and he asked for a drink. We milked a
goat for him and then mixed it (the milk) with the water of
this well of mine. I gave it to Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) and he drank it, while Abu Bakr was on his left
and 'Umar was in front of him, and a desert Arab was on his
right. When Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had
finished the drink, Umar said: Allah's Messenger, here is Abu
Bakr, give him to drink; but Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) gave it to the desert Arab and he left out Abu Bakr
and Umar. And Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
Those on the right, those on the right, those on the right
(deserve preference). Anas said: This is the Sunnah, this is
the Sunnah, this is the Sunnah.
Bk 23, Number 5035:
Sahl b. Sa'd Sa'idi reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) was given a drink, and he drank from that, and
there was on his right side a boy. and on his left some old
men. He said to the boy: Do you permit me to give it to them
(the old men), but that boy said: by God. I will not give
preference at your hand over me in my share. He (the narrator)
said that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) then gave
it in his hand.
Bk 23, Number 5036:
This hadith is reported on the authority of Sahl b. Sa'd with
a slight variation of wording.
Chapter 16: THE MERIT OF LICKING THE FINGERS AFTER TAKING FOOD
AND WIPING THE DISH (WITH FINGERS) AND EATING OF THE FALLEN
MOUTHFUL AFTER REMOVING THE DIRT STICKING TO IT
Bk 23, Number 5037:
Ibn 'Abbas reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him.)
as saying: When any one of you eats food he should not wipe
his hand until he has licked it himself or has given it to
someone else to lick.
Bk 23, Number 5038:
Ibn 'Abbas reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: When any one of you eats food he should not wipe
his hand until he has licked it or got it licked by (someone
else).
Bk 23, Number 5039:
Ibn Ka'b b. Malik reported on the authority of his father that
he saw Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) licking his
three fingers (after having finished the food). Ibn Hatim made
no mention of" three". This hadith is also narrated through
another chain of transmitters.
Bk 23, Number 5040:
Ibn Ka'b b. Malik reported on the authority of his father that
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) used to eat
(food) with three fingers and he licked his hand before wiping
it (with towel).
Bk 23, Number 5041:
'Abdullah b. Ka'b reported that his father Ka'b narrated to
him that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) used to eat
with three fingers and when he had finished (eating), he
licked them.
Bk 23, Number 5042:
A hadith like this has been reported on the authority of Ka'b
b. Malik through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 23, Number 5043:
Jabir reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
commanded the licking of fingers and the dish, saying: You do
not know in what portion the blessing lies."
Bk 23, Number 5044:
Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: When any one of you drops a mouthful he should pick it
up and remove any of the filth on it, and then eat it, and
should not leave it for the Satan, and should not wipe his
hand with towel until he has licked his fingers, for he does
not know in what portion of the food the blessing lies.
Bk 23, Number 5045:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sufyan with
the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of
wording.
Bk 23, Number 5046:
Jabir reported: I heard Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) as saying: The Satan is present with any one of you in
everything he does; he is present even when he eats food; so
if any one of you drops a mouthful he should remove away
anything filthy on it and eat it and not leave for the devil;
and when he finishes (food) he should lick his fingers, for he
does not know in what portion of his food the blessing lies.
Bk 23, Number 5047:
This hadith is reported on the authority of A'mash with the
same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of
words but no mention is made of the first part of the hadith,
i. e. the Satan is present with any one of you.
Bk 23, Number 5048:
Jabir reported from Allah's Messenger. (may peace be upon him)
about mentioning the licking (of fingers) and the (falling of)
the mouthful.
Bk 23, Number 5049:
Anas reported that when Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) ate food he licked his three fingers, and he said: When
any one of you drops a mouthful he should remove anything
filthy from it and then eat it, and should not leave it for
the Satan. He also commanded us that we should wipe the dish
saying: You do not know in what portion of your food the
blessing lies.
Bk 23, Number 5050:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: When any one of you cats food he should lick his
fingers, for hen does not know in what part of the food
sticking to his fingers the blessing lies. This hadith has
been reported on the authority of Hammad with the same chain
of transmitters, but with a slight variation of wording.
Chapter 17: WHAT SHOULD THE GUEST DO IF AN UNINVITED PERSON
ACCOMPANIES HIM AND THE MERIT OF INVITING THAT PERSON TO FEAST
Bk 23, Number 5051:
Abu Mas'ud Ansari reported that a person from the Ansar who
was called Abu Shu'aib had a slave who was a butcher (by
profession). He (Abu Mas'ud) saw Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) and found signs of hunger on his face. He said to
the servant: 0 ye, prepare for us food sufficient for five
persons, for I intend to invite Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) who would be the fifth amongst the five. He (the
narrator) reported that he then prepared the food and came to
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and invited all the
five (including him) who was the fifth amongst them to the
feast. A man followed him and when Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) reached the door, he said: This man has followed
us; if you like you may permit him (to join the meal) and if
you like he can go back. Thereupon the person said: Allah's
Messenger, I permit him.
Bk 23, Number 5052:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu Mas'ud
Ansari through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 23, Number 5053:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Jabir
also.
Bk 23, Number 5054:
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
had a neighbour who was Persian (by descent), and he was
expert in the preparation of soup. He prepared (soup) for
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and then came to him
to invite him (to that feast). He (Allah's Messenger) said:
Here is 'A'isha also (and you should also invite her to the
food). He said: No. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) also said: No (then I cannot join the feast). He
returned inviting him, and Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: She is also there (i. e. 'A'isha should also
be invited). He said: No. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) also said: No (and declined his offer). He
returned again to invite him and Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) again said: She is also there. He (the host)
said:" Yes" for the third time. Then he accepted his
invitation, and both of them set out until they came to his
house.
Chapter 18: PERMISSIBILITY OF A PERSON'S TAKING ANYONE ALONG
WITH HIM WHERE THE HOST IS VERY INTIMATE WITH THE GUEST
Bk 23, Number 5055:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) went out (of his house) one day or one night, and there
he found Abu Bakr and 'Umar also. He said: What has brought
you out of your houses at this hour? They said: Allah's
Messenger, it is hunger. Thereupon he said: By Him in Whose
Hand is my life, what has brought you out has brought me out
too; get up. They got up along with him. and (all of them)
came to the house of an Ansari, but he was not at home. When
his wife saw him she said: Most welcome, and Allah's Messenger
(may peace be Upon him) said to her: Where is so and so? She
said: He has gone to get some fresh water for us. When the
Ansari came and he saw Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) and his two Companions, he said: Praise be to Allah, no
one has more honourable guests today than I (have). He then
went out and brought them a bunch of ripe dates, dry dates and
fresh dates, and said: Eat some of them. He then took hold of
his long knife (for slaughtering a goat or a sheep). Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to him: Beware of
killing a milch animal. He slaughtered a sheep for them and
after they had eaten of it and of the bunch and drank, and
when they had taken their fill and had been fully satisfied
with the drink, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said
to Abu Bakr and Umar: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, you
will certainly be questioned about this bounty on the Day of
judgment. Hunger brought you out of your house, then you did
not return until this bounty came to you.
Bk 23, Number 5056:
Abu Huraira reported: One day while Abu Bakr was sitting and
there was with him Umar also there came to them Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and he said: What makes you
stay here? They said: It is hunger that has brought us out
from our houses. By Him Who has stint you with Truth; the rest
of the hadith is the same.
Bk 23, Number 5057:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: When the ditch was dug, I saw
Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) feeling very hungry.
I came to my wife and said to her: Is there anything with you?
I have seen Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) feeling
extremely hungry. She brought out a bag of provisions which
contained a sa', of barley. We had also with us a lamb. I
slaughtered it. She ground the flour. She finished (this work)
along with me. I cut it into pieces and put it in the earthen
pot and then returned to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) (for inviting him). She said: Do not humiliate me in the
presence of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and
those who are with him. When I came to him I whispered to him
saying: Allah's Messenger, we have slaughtered a lamb for you
and she has ground a sa' of barley which we had with us. So
you come along with a group of people with you. Thereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said loudly: O
people of the ditch, Jabir has arranged a feast for you, so
(come along). Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
Do not remove your earthen pot from the hearth and do not bake
the bread from the kneaded flour until I come. So I came and
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) came and he was
ahead of the people; and I came to my wife and she said (to
me): You will be humbled. I said: I did what you had asked me
to do. She (his wife) said: I brought out the kneaded flour
and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) put some saliva
of his in that and blessed It. He then put saliva in the
earthen pot and blessed it and then said. Call another baker
who can bake with you. and bring out the soup from it, but do
not remove it from the hearth, and the guests were one
thousand. (Jabir said): I take an oath by Allah that all of
them ate (the food to their fill) until they left it and went
away and our earthen pot was brimming over as before, and so
was the case with our flour, or as Dahhak (another narrator)
said: It (the flour) was in the same condition and loaves had
been prepared from that.
Bk 23, Number 5058:
Anas b. Malik reported that Abu Talha said to Umm Sulaim: I
felt some feebleness in the voice of Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) and perceived that it was due to hunger; so
have you anything with you? She said: Yes. She brought out
barley loaves, then took out a head−covering of hers, in a
part of which she wrapped those loaves and then put them
beneath my mantle and covered me with a part of it. She then
sent me to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). I set
forth and found Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
sitting in the mosque in the company of some persons. I stood
near them, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: Has Abu Talha sent you? I said, Yes. He said: Is it for
a feast? I said. Yes. Thereupon Allah's messenger (may peace
be upon him) said to'those who were with him to get up He went
forth and so I did before them, until I came to Abu Talha and
informed him. Abu Talba said: Umm Sulaim, here comes Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) along with people and we do
not have enough (food) to feed them. She said: Allah and His
Messenger know best. Abu Talha went out (to receive him) Until
he met Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) came forward along with him
until they both (Allah's Messenger, along with Abu Talha) came
in. Then Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Umm
Sulaim. bring forth that which you have with you. She brought
the bread. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) commanded
that the bread be broken into small pieces, and when Umm
Sulaim had squeezed a small waterskin and put seasoning on it,
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) recited something
regarding it what Allah wished him to say. He then said: Allow
ten (guests to come in and have their meals). He permitted
them; they ate until they had their fill. They then went out.
He (the Holy Prophet) again said: Permit ten (more) and he
(the host gave permission to them. They ate until they had
enough. Then they went out. he again said: Permit ten (more)
until all the people had eaten to their fill, and they were
seventy or eighty persons.
Bk 23, Number 5059:
Anas b. Malik reported: Abu Talha sent me to Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) in order to invite him (for meal). She
had prepared a meal. So I came and found Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) along with some people. He looked at
me, and I felt shy and said: Accept the invitation of Abu
Talha. He (the Holy Prophet) asked the people to get up.
Thereupon Abu Talha said: Allah's Messenger, I have prepared
something for you. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
touched (the food) and invoked blessings upon it, and then
said: Let ten persons from my Companions enter (the house). He
then said: Eat, and (in the meanwhile) brought out something
from between his fingers for them. They then began to eat
until they had their fill and then went out. He then asked ten
more men (to have the meal) and they ate to their fill, and
the ten persons went on getting in (and eating the food) and
then getting out until none was left amongst them who had not
got in and eaten to his fill. He then collected (the remaining
part of the food) and it (the quantity of the food) was the
same (as it had been prior to the serving of guests).
Bk 23, Number 5060:
Anas b Malik reported: Abu Talha sent me to Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) ; the rest of the hadith is the same,
but 'there is a slight variation of wording that he said at
the end (The Holy Prophet) took what was left (of the food)
and collected it and then invoked blessings upon it and it
returned to its original state. He (the Holy Prophet) then
said Take this.
Bk 23, Number 5061:
Anas b. Malik reported: Abu Talha ordered Umm Sulaim to
prepare a meal specially for Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him). He then sent me to him (to the Holy Prophet) ; the
rest of the hadith is the same (but there is a slight
variation of wording):" Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) placed his hand and mentioned the name of Allah upon
that, and then said: Admit ten men. He (Abu Talha) admitted
them and they got in. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Eat while
mentioning the name of Allah upon it (the meal). They ate
until eighty persons had taken the food. Then Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) had his meal and so the members of the
household, and still they left some food."
Bk 23, Number 5062:
Anas b. Malik reported this incident pertaining to the feast
given by Abu Talha to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
with the addition of these words:" Abu Talha stood at the door
(to welcome the honourable guest) until Allah's Messenger (may
peacec be upon him) came there, He (Abu Talha) said to him:
Allah's Messenger, the thing (we intend to offer you as a
meal) is small in quantity. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet)
said: Bring that, for Allah will soon bless it (and increase
it).
Bk 23, Number 5063:
Anas b. Malik reported this hadith (with a slight variation of
wording) Then AlIah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) ate
and the people of his house also ate. but (still) there was
left a surplus, which they sent to their neighbours.
Bk 23, Number 5064:
Anas b. Malik reported: Abu Talha saw Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) lying down upon his belly in the mosque. He
came to Umm Sulaim and said: I saw Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) lying down upon the belly in the mosque,
and I think he is hungry. The rest of the hadith is the same
(but with the addition of these words) that Allah's messenger
(may peace be upon him) ate (the food) and so did Abu Talha,
Umm Sulaim and Anas b. Malik, but there was left some. thing
which we presented to our neighbours.
Bk 23, Number 5065:
Anas b. Malik reported: I visited Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) one day and found him sitting in the company of
his Companions and talking to them, and he had tied his belly
with a bandage. Usama said: I am in doubt whether there was
stone on that (his belly) or not. I asked some of his
Companions why Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had
bandaged his belly. They said: (He has done that to relieve)
his hunger. I went to Abu Talha, the husband of Umm Sulaim,
the daughter of Milhan, and said to him: Father, I saw Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) having bandaged his belly. I
asked some of his Companions (the reason of it) and they said
that it was due to hunger. Abu Talha came to mv mother and
said: Is there anything? She said: Yes, I have some pieces of
bread with me and some dates. If Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) comes to us alone we can feed him to his fill,
but if someone comes along with him this would be insufficient
for them. The rest of the hadith is the same.
Bk 23, Number 5066:
Anas b. Malik reported this hadith pertaining to the
entertainment of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) by
Abu Talha through another chain of transmitters.
Chapter 19: PERMISSIBILITY OF EATING SOUP AND MERIT OF EATING
PUMPKIN
Bk 23, Number 5067:
Anas b. Malik reported: A tailor invited Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) to a meal which he had prepared. Anas
b. Malik said: I went along with Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) to that feast. He presented to Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) barley bread and soup containing
pumpkin, and sliced pieces of meat. Anas said: I saw Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) going after the pumpkin
round the dish, so I have always liked the pumpkin since that
day.
Bk 23, Number 5068:
Anas b. Malik reported that a person invited Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) to a meal. I also went along with him.
He brought soup containing pumpkin. Allah's 'messenger (may
peace be upon him) ate that pumpkin with relish. He (Anas)
said: When I saw that I began to place it before him, and did
not eat it (myself). Anas said: It was since then that pumpkin
was always my favourite (food).
Bk 23, Number 5069:
Anas b. Malik rdported that a tailor invited Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) to a feast. There has been an addition
to this that Thabit said: I heard Anas saying that any meal
that was prepared for me after that I tried that it should
contain pumpkin.
Chapter 20: DESIRABILITY OF EXTRACTING STONES FROM THE DATES
AND OF THE GUEST'S INVOKING BLESSING FOR THE HOST
Bk 23, Number 5070:
'Abdullah b. Busr reported: AUah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) came to my father and we brought to him a meal and a
preparation from dates, cheese and butter. He ate out of that.
He was then given dates which he ate but he placed their
stones between his fingers, and he joined his forefinger and
middle finger. Shu'ba reported: I think that this hadith God's
willing also contains (these words): Putting of date stones
between two fingers. Then a drink was brought for him and he
drank it, and then gave it to one who was on his right side.
He (the narrator) said: My father took hold of the rein of his
riding animal and requested him to supplicate for us.
Thereupon he said: O Allah. bless them in what Thou hast
provided them as a sustenance; and forgive them and have mercy
upon them.
Bk 23, Number 5071:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with
the same chain of transmitters and they did not doubt about
keeping the dates between his fingers (as is expressed in the
previous hadith).
Chapter 21: EATING CUCUMBER WITH DATES
Bk 23, Number 5072:
'Abdullah b. Ja'far reported: I saw Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) eating cucumber with fresh dates.
Chapter 22: ONE SHOULD SHOW MODESTY WHILE EATING AND THE WAY
HOW ONE SHOULD SIT
Bk 23, Number 5073:
Anas b. Malik reported: I saw Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) squatting and eating dates.
Bk 23, Number 5074:
Anas reported that there were brought to Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) dates. He distributed them in the
state that he had been sitting upright (in an easy posture)
and he had also been eating them a (bit) quickly.
Chapter 23: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO EAT TWO DATES OR TWO MORSELS
SIMULTANEOUSLY
Bk 23, Number 5075:
Jabala b. Suhaim reported: Ibn Zubair used to provide us with
dates during the time that the people were hard pressed
because of famine (Once) as we were busy in eating there
happened to appear before us Ibn 'Umar. He said: Don't eat two
dates together, for Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
forbade eating them together but only after seeking permission
from his brother (partner). Shu'ba said: I do not think these
words pertaining to seeking permission but from the words of
Ibn 'Urnar.
Bk 23, Number 5076:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Shu'ba with
the same chain of transmitters but these words of his (are not
found):" The people were hard pressed because of the famine
during those days."
Bk 23, Number 5077:
Jabala b. Suhaim reported: I heard Ibn 'Umar as saying that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) forbade anyone
taking two dates together without seeking the consent of his
companions.
Chapter 24: IT IS PERMISSIBLE TO STORE DATES AND CORN FOR THE
SUSTENANCE OF ONE'S CHILDREN
Bk 23, Number 5078:
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: A family which has dates will not be hungry.
Bk 23, Number 5079:
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: 'A'isha a family which has no dates (in their house)
its members will be hungry; (or) 'A'isha the family which has
no dates its members may be hungry. He said this twice or
thrice.
Chapter 25: EXCELLENCE OF THE DATES OF MEDINA
Bk 23, Number 5080:
Amir b. Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas, on the authority of his father,
reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) having
said: He who ate seven dates (of the land situated) between
these two lava plains in the morning, no poison will harm him
until it is evening.
Bk 23, Number 5081:
'Amir b. Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas reported Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: He who ate seven 'ajwa' dates in
the morning, poison and magic will not harm him on that day.
Bk 23, Number 5082:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Ibn Hashim
with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight
variation of wording.
Bk 23, Number 5083:
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: The 'ajwa' dates of 'Aliya' contain heating effects
and these are antidote in the early morning.
Chapter 26: EXCELLENCE OF TRUFFLES AND THEIR USE AS A MEDICINE
FOR THE EYES
Bk 23, Number 5084:
Sa'id b. Zaid b. 'Amr b. Nufail reported: I heard Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: Truffles are a kind
of 'Manna' and their juice is a medicine for the eyes.
Bk 23, Number 5085:
Sa'id b. Zaid reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: Truffles are a kind of blessing and
their juice is a medicine for the eyes. Shu'ba said: When
Hakam narrated this hadith to me, I did not deem it as a
Munkar hadith because of the narration of Abd al−Malik.
Bk 23, Number 5086:
Sa'id b. Zaid b. 'Amr b. Nufail reported Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying: Truffles are a kind of
'Manna' which Allah the Glorious and Exalted, sent down upon
the people of Israil, and its juice is a medicine for the
eyes.
Bk 23, Number 5087:
Sa'id b. Zaid reported Allal a Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Truffles are a kind of 'Manna' which Allah
sent down upon Moses and their juice is a medicine for the
eyes.
Bk 23, Number 5088:
Sa'id b. Zaid reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Truffles are 'Manna' which Allah, the Exalted
the Majestic, sent to the people of Israil, and its juice is a
medicine for the eyes.
Bk 23, Number 5089:
Sa'id b. Zaid reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Truffles are 'Manna' and its juice is the
medicine for the eyes.
Chapter 27: THE MERIT OF THE FRUIT OF ARAK TREE
Bk 23, Number 5090:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported: We were with the Apostle of Allah
(may peace be upon him) at Marr az−Zahran, and we were
plucking the fruit of the Arak tree, whereupon Allah's
Messenger (may peace he upon him) said: Pluck only its black
ones (for they are the most pleasant). We said: Allah's
Messenger, it seems you shepherded the flock. He said: Yes.
Has there been a prophet who did not shepherd it (or some
words like it)?
Chapter 28: THE MERIT OF VINEGAR AS A CONDIMENT
Bk 23, Number 5091:
'A'isha reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as
saying: The best of condiments or condiment is vinegar.
Bk 23, Number 5092:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Sulaiman b.
Bilal with the same chain of transmitters and he is reported
to have said:" The best condiment." And he did not doubt
(about this word).
Bk 23, Number 5093:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) asked his family for condiment. They (the members of
his household) said: We have nothing with us but vinegar. He
asked for it, he began to eat it, and then said: Vinegar is a
good condiment, vinegar is a good condiment.
Bk 23, Number 5094:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) took hold of my hand one day (and led me) to his
residence. There was presented to him some pieces of bread,
whereupon he said: Is there no condiment? They (the members of
his household) said: No, except some vinegar. He (the Holy
Prophet) said: Vinegar is a good condiment. Jabir said: I have
always loved vinegar since I heard it trom Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him). Talha said: I have always loved
vinegar since I heard about it from Jabir.
Bk 23, Number 5095:
This hadith is reported on the authority of Jabir b. 'Abdullah
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) took hold of
his hand and led him to his residence as narrated above up to
the words:" Vinegar is a good condiment." But in the hadith
transmitted through this chain of transmitters, there is no
mention of the subsequent part.
Bk 23, Number 5096:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: While I was sitting in my house
there happened to pass by me Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him). He made a gesture to me and I stood up for him. He
took hold of my hand until we came to one of the apartments of
his wives. He entered and then asked me to get in. So I
entered and there was hanging a curtain beside her. He (the
Holy Prophet) said: Is there any food (with you)? They (the
members of the household) said: Yes And then there were
brought three loaves of bread for him (the Holy Prophet) and
placed in the basket of palm leaves. Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) picked up one loaf and placed that before
him, and then picked up another one and placed it before me.
He then picked up the third one and broke it into two parts,
and kept the one−half before him and the other half before me,
and then said: Is there any condiment? They (the members of
the household) said: There is nothing (in the form of
condiment) but some vinegar only. He said: Bring that, for
vinegar is a good condiment.
Chapter 29: PERMISSIBILITY OF EATING GARLIC, BUT AVOIDING IT
WHEN ONE INTENDS TO TALK TO EMINENT PERSONS
Bk 23, Number 5096:
Abd Ayydb Ansari reported that when food was brought to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) he ate out of that,
and sent the remaining part to me, and one day he sent to me
the left−over; (I found that he) had not taken from it at all
for it included garlic. I asked him whether that was
forbidden, whereupon he said: No, but I do not like it because
of its odour. He (Abu Ayyub Ansiri) said: Then I also do not
like what you do not like.
Bk 23, Number 5098:
This Hadith is narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with the
same chain of transmitters.
Bk 23, Number 5099:
Aflah, the freed slave of Abu Ayyub Ansiri, reported: Allah's
Messnger (may peace be upon him) had alighted in his house
(viz. of Abu Ayyub Ansari at the time of his emigration to
Medina) and he occupied the lower storey, whereas Abu Ayyub
Ansari lived in the upper storey. One night, Abu Ayyub Ansari
got up and said (to himself): (How unfortunate it is) that we
walk above the head of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him), so they went aside and spent the night in a nook and
then told Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) about it
whereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: The
lower storey is more comfortable (for me). but he (Abu Ayyub
Ansari) said: We (would not live) over the roof under which
you live. So Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) shifted
to the upper storey, whereas Abu Ayyub Ansari shifted to the
lower storey; and he (Abu Ayyub Ansari) used to prepare food
for Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) ; and when it was
brought (back) to him he asked (to locate) the part, where his
fingers had touched (the food), and he followed his fingers on
that part where his fingers (those of the Holy Prophet) had
touched it. (One day) he prepared food which contained garlic,
and when it was returned to him he asked (to locate) the part
which the fingers of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
had touched. It was said to him that he had not eaten (the
food). He (Abd Ayyub Ansari) was distressed and went up to him
(to the Holy Prophet) and said: Is it forbidden? But Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: No, (it is not
forbidden), but I do not like it. and he (Abu Ayyub Ansari)
said: I also do not like what you do not like or which you did
not like. He (Abu Ayyub Ansari) said: (The Holy Prophet did
not eat garlic) as Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) was
visited (by angels) and brought him the message of Allah.
Chapter 30: SHOWING HONOUR TO THE GUEST AND THE MERIT OF
MAKING OF SACRIFICE FOR HIM
Bk 23, Number 5100:
Abu Huraira reported that a person came to Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) and said: I am hard pressed by hunger.
He sent (message) to one of his wives (to procure food for
him). but she said: By Him Who has sent you with Truth, thrre
is nothing with me (to serve him) but only water. He (the Holy
Prophet) then sent the (same) message to another, and she gave
the same reply, until all of them gave the same reply: By Him
Who has sent thee with the Truth, there is nothing with me but
only water, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Allah would
show mercy to him who will entertain this guest tonight. A
person from the Ansar stood up and said: Messenger of Allah, I
(am ready to entertain). He took him to his house and said to
his wife: Is there anything with you (to serve the gdest)? She
said: No, but only a subsistence for our children. He said:
Distract their attention with something, and when the guest
enters extinguish the lamp and give him the impression that we
are eating. So they sat down. and the guest had his meal. When
it was morning he went to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) who said: Allah was well pleased with what you both did
for your guest this night.
Bk 23, Number 5101:
Abu Huraira reported that a guest spent the night with a
person from the Ansar who had nothing with him but food
(sufficient) for his own self and his children. He said to his
wife: (Lull) the children to sleep, and put out the lamp, and
serve the guest with what you have with you. It was on this
occasion that this verse was revealed:" Those who prefer the
needy to their own selves in spite of the fact that they are
themselves in pressing need" (Lix. 9).
Bk 23, Number 5102:
Abu Huraira reported that a man came to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) so that he should entertain him as a guest,
but he had nothing with which he could entertain him. He,
therefore, asked if there was any person who would entertain
him (assuring the audience) that Allah would show mercy to
him. A person from the Ansar who was called Abu Talha stood up
and he took him to his house. The rest of the hadith is the
same and mention is (also) made in that about the revelation
of the verse as narrated by Waki'.
Bk 23, Number 5103:
Miqdad reported: I and two of my companions were so much
afflicted by hunger that we had lost our power of seeing and
hearing. We presented ourselves (as guests) to the Companions
of the Holy Prophet (may peace be upon him), but none amongst
them would entertain us. So we came to Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him), and he took us to his residence and there
were three goats. Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
said: Milk these for us. So we milked them and every person
amongst us drank his share and we set aside the share of
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him). (It was his habit) to
come during the night and greet (the people present there) in
a manner that would not wake up one in sleep but make one who
was awake hear it. He would then go to the mosque and say
prayer, then go to the milk and drink it. Miqdad added: One
night the Satan came to me when I had taken my share, and he
said: Muhammad has gone to the Ansar, who would offer him
hospitality and he would get what is with them, and he has no
need for this draught (of milk). So I took (that milk) and
drank it, and when it had penetrated deeply in my stomach and
I was certain that there was no way out (but to digest it),
the Satan aroused (my sense of) remorse and said: Woe be to
thee! what have you done? You have taken the drink reserved
for Muhammad! When he would come and he would not find it, he
would curse you, and you would be ruined, and thus there would
go (waste) this world and the Hereafter (for) you. There was a
sheet over me; as I placed (pulled) it upon my feet, my head
was uncovered and as I placed it upon my head, my feet were
uncovered, and I could not sleep, but my two companions had
gone to sleep for they had not done what I had done. There
came Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), and he greeted
as he used to greet (by saying as−Salamu 'Alaikum). He then
came to the mosque and observed prayer and then came to his
drink (milk) and uncovered it, but did not find anything in
it. He raised his head towards the sky, and I said (to myself)
that he (the Holy Prophet) was going to invoke curse upon me
and I would be thus ruined; but he (the Holy Prophet) said:
Allah, feed him who fed me and give drink to him who provided
me drink. I held tight the sheet upon myself (and when he had
supplicated), I took hold of the knife and went to the goats
(possessed by the Holy Prophet) so that I may slauhter one for
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) which was the
fattest amongst them, and in fact all of them were milch
goats; then I took hold of the vessel which belonged to the
family of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) in which
they used to milk and drink therefrom, and milked them in that
until it swelled up with foam. I came to Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) and he said: Have you taken your share
of the milk during the night? I said: Drink it. and he drank
it; he then handed over (the vessel) to me and I said: Allah's
Messenger, drink it, and he drank it and handed over (the
vessel) to me again, I then perceived that Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) had been satiated and I had got his
blessings. I burst into laughter (so much) so that I fell upon
the ground, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: Miqdad, it must be one of your mischiefs. I said:
Allah's Messenger, this affair of mind is like this and this.
and I have done so. Thereupon. Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) said: This is nothing but a mercy from Allah. Why is
it that you did not give me an opportunity so that we should
have awakened our two friends and they would have got their
share (of the milk)? I said: By Him Who has sent you with
Truth. I do not mind whatever you give (to them), and whatever
the (other) people happen to get, when I had got it along with
you from among the people.
Bk 23, Number 5104:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Mughira with
the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 23, Number 5105:
'Abd al−Rahman b. Abu Bakr reported: We were one hundred and
thirty (persons) with Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him).
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: Does any one of
You possess food? There was a person with (us) who had a sa'
of flour or something about that, and it was kneaded. Then a
tall polytheist with dishevelled hair came driving his flock
of sheep. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
said: Would you like to sell it (any one of these goats) or
offer it as a gift or a present? He said: No, (I am not
prepared to offer as a gift), but I would sell it. He (the
Holy Prophet) bought a sheep from him, and it was slaughtered
and its meat was prepared, and Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) commanded that its liver should be roasted. He (the
narrator) said: By Allah, none among one hundred and thirty
persons was left whom Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) had not given a part out of her liver; if anyone was
present he gave it to him. but if he was absent it was set
aside for him. And he (the Holy Prophet) filled two bowls (one
with soup and the other with mutton) and we all ate out of
them to our hearts' content, but (still) some part was (left)
in (those) two bowls, and I placed it on the camel− (or words
to the same effect).
Bk 23, Number 5106:
'Abd al−Rabman b. Abu Bakr reported that the people of Suffa
were very poor. Once the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon
him) said (to his Companions): He who amongst you has food for
two persons should take three (guests with him). and he who
has with him food for four persons should take five or six
(guests with him for entertaining them). It was (in accordance
with these instructions of the Holy Prophet) that Abu Bakr
brought three persons, and the Apostle of Allah (may peace be
upon him) brought ten persons (as guests to their respective
houses). Abu Bakr had brought three persons (he himself, and
myself), my father and my mother (along with therm). He (the
narrator) said: I do not know whether he also said: My wife
and one servant who was common between our house and that of
Abu Bakr. Abu Bakr had had his evening meal with Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him). He stayed here until night
prayer had been offered. He then came back (to the house of
Allah's Apostle) and stayed there until Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) felt drowsy and (Abu Bakr) then came (back
to his own house) when (a considerable) part of the night had
been over, as Allah had desired. His wife said to him: What
held you back from your guests? He said: Oh! have you not
served them the evening meal (by this time)? She said: It was
in fact served to them. but they refused to eat until you
came. He ('Abd al−Rahman) said: I slunk away and bid myself.
He (Abu Bakr) said: O, you stupid fellow, and he reprimanded
me, and said to the guests: Eat, though it may not be pleasant
now. He said: By Allah. I will never eat it He ('Abd
al−Rahman) said: By Allah. we did not take a morsel when from
beneath that (there appeared) more until they had eaten to
their fill, and lo! it was more than what it was before. Abu
Bakr saw that and found that it was so or more than that. He
said to his wife: Sister of Band Firis, what is th−is? She
said: By the coolness of my eyes. it is in excess by three
times over the previous one. Then Abu Bakr ate saying: That
was from the Satan (viz. his vow for not eating the food). He
then took a morsel out of that and then took it (the rest) to
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him), and it was
kept there until morning, and during (those days) there was a
covenant between us and some other people, and the period of
covenant was over, and we had appointed twelve officials with
every person amongst them. It is Allah only Who knows as to
how many people were there with each of them. He sent (this
food to them) and all of them ate out of it.
Bk 23, Number 5107:
'Abd al−Rahman b. Abd Bakr reported: There came to our house
some guests. It was a common practice with my father to (go)
and talk to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) during
the night. While going he said: 'Abd al−Rahman, entertain the
guests. When it was evening we served the food to them, but
they refused saying: So long as the owner of the house does
not come and join us, we would not take the meal. I said to
them: He ('Abd Bakr) is a stern person, and if you would not
do that (if you do not take the food). I fear, I may be harmed
by him, but they refused. As he (my father) came, the first
thing he asked was: Have you served the guests? They (the
peopleof the household) said: We have not served them sofar.
He said: Did I not command 'Abd al−Rahman (to do this)? He
('Abd al−Rahman) said: I slunk away and kept myself away by
that time. He again said: O stupid fellow, I ask you on oath
that In case you hear my voice you come to me. I came and
said: By Allah, there is no fault of mine. These are your
guests; you may ask them. I provided them with food but they
refused to eat until you came. He said to them: Why is it that
you did not accept our food? By Allah, I shall not even take
food tonight (as you have not taken). They said: By Allah, we
would not take until you join us. Thereupon he Abu Bakr) said:
I have never seen a more unfortunate night than this. Woe be
to thee! that you do not accept from us food prepared for you.
He again said: What I did first (that is the taking of vow for
not eating the food) was prompted by the Satan. Bring the
food. The food was brought, and he ate by reciting the name of
Allah and they also ate, and when it was morning he came to
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and said: Allah's
Messenger, their oath (that of the guests) came to be true,
but mine was not true, and after that he informed him of the
whole incident. He said: Your oath came to be the most true
and you are the best of them. He (the narrator) said. I do not
know whether he made an atonement for it.
Chapter 31: EXCELLENCE OF SHARING THE SMALL FOOD
Bk 23, Number 5108:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Food for two persons suffices three persons and
food for three persons suffices four persons.
Bk 23, Number 5109:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: I heard Allah'. s Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: Food for one person suffices two
persons and food for two persons suffices four persons, and
food for four persons suffices eight persons; and in the
tradition transmitted on the authority of Ishaq there is no
mention of the fact that he heard it directly (from the Holy
Prophet).
Bk 23, Number 5110:
A hadith like this is reported on the authority of Jabir but
with a different chain of transmitters.
Bk 23, Number 5111:
Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: Food for one suffices two and food for two suffices
for tour.
Bk 23, Number 5112:
Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: Food for one (person) sqffices two, and food for two
(persons) suffices four persons and food for four persons
suffices eight persons.
Chapter 32: A BELIEVER RATS IN ONE INTESTINE WHEREAS A
NON−BELIEVER EATS IN SEVEN INTESTINES
Bk 23, Number 5113:
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying that a non−Muslim eats in seven intestines whereas a
Muslim eats in one intestine.
Bk 23, Number 5114:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Ibn 'Umar
but with a different chain oi transmitters.
Bk 23, Number 5115:
Nafi' reported that Ibn 'Umar saw a poor man. He placed food
before him and he ate much. He (Ibn 'Umar) said: He should not
come to me. for I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying that the non−Muslim eats in seven intestines.
Bk 23, Number 5116:
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: A believer eats in one intestine, whereas a
non−believer eats in seven intestines.
Bk 23, Number 5117:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Jabir.
Bk 23, Number 5118:
Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: A believer eats in one intestine, whereas a
non−believer eats in seven intestines.
Bk 23, Number 5119:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira
with a different chain of transmitters.
Bk 23, Number 5120:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) invited a non−Muslim. Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) commanded that a goat be milked for him. It was
milked and he drank its milk. Then the second one was milked
and he drank its milk, and then the other one was milked and
he drank its milk. till he drank the milk of seven goats. On
the next morning he embraced Islam. And Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) commanded that a goat should be milked for
him and he drank its milk and then another was milked but he
did not finish it, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: A believer drinks In one intestine whereas a
non−believer drinks in seven intestines.
Chapter 33: DON'T FIND FAULT WITH FOOD (SERVED TO YOU)
Bk 23, Number 5121:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) never found fault with food (served to him). If he liked
anything, he ate it and if he did not like it he left it.
Bk 23, Number 5122:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash with
the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 23, Number 5123:
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of
A'mash.
Bk 23, Number 5124:
Abu Huraira reported: I never saw Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) finding fault with food (served to him) ; if he
liked it he ate it, and if did not like it he kept silent.
Bk 23, Number 5125:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira
through a different chain of transmitters.