Sahih Bukhari 5602 — Preparing Drinks Separately

Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5602

This hadith about mixing dates and raisins explains a practical rule for preparing fruit syrup. Abu Qatada narrates that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم forbade mixing ripe and unripe dates, and also mixing dates and raisins, when making a drink. The hadith then gives the safer way: each kind should be prepared separately. The translation notes that such drinks may be used as long as they are fresh. The key idea is care and separation in preparation. This does not say every fruit drink is unlawful. It points to a specific practice that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told people to avoid. Search terms like nabidh hadith, mixing dates and raisins hadith, and syrup drink hadith all connect strongly to this narration.