51/13. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 5563 — Avoiding Potent Drink Mixtures
Mentioning the Reason Why These Mixtures are Forbidden, Which is That One of Them is Mor
Hadith About Two Potent Things in Nabidh
Sunan an-Nasai : 5563
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 5563
أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ وِقَاءِ بْنِ إِيَاسٍ، عَنِ الْمُخْتَارِ بْنِ فُلْفُلٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ نَجْمَعَ شَيْئَيْنِ نَبِيذًا يَبْغِي أَحَدُهُمَا عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ . قَالَ وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْفَضِيخِ فَنَهَانِي عَنْهُ قَالَ كَانَ يَكْرَهُ الْمُذَنَّبَ مِنَ الْبُسْرِ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَكُونَا شَيْئَيْنِ فَكُنَّا نَقْطَعُهُ .
Anas bin Malik Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade us to soak two things together when one is more potent than the other. I asked him about Fadikh (a drink made from fresh dates cut open) and he forbade it. He disliked the extra bit on Al-Busr, fearing that that might make it two things, so we used to cut it off.
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 5563In-book reference : Book 51, Hadith 24English translation : Vol. 6, Book 51, Hadith 5565
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 5563
This Hadith gives a wider wording about nabidh mixtures. Anas bin Malik said that the Messenger of Allah forbade them from soaking two things together when one is more potent than the other. Anas also asked about Fadikh, a drink made from fresh dates cut open, and the Prophet forbade it. The narration then mentions that the extra bit on Al-Busr was disliked because it might make the drink count as two things, so they used to cut it off. The lesson stays close to the text: avoid combining drink ingredients in a way that creates the kind of mixture the Prophet warned against.
What we learn from this hadith
- Two things should not be combined in nabidh when one is more potent than the other.
- Fadikh was forbidden in this narration.
- Anas and others acted carefully by cutting off the extra bit on Al-Busr.
