51/48. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 5680 — No Intoxicant Is Permitted
Reports Used by Those Who Permit the Drinking of Intoxicants
Hadith About Intoxicants: Aishah's Clear Answer on Nabidh
Sunan an-Nasai : 5680
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 5680
أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ قُدَامَةَ الْعَامِرِيِّ، أَنَّ جَسْرَةَ بِنْتَ دَجَاجَةَ الْعَامِرِيَّةَ، حَدَّثَتْهُ قَالَتْ، سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ، سَأَلَهَا أُنَاسٌ كُلُّهُمْ يَسْأَلُ عَنِ النَّبِيذِ، يَقُولُ نَنْبِذُ التَّمْرَ غُدْوَةً وَنَشْرَبُهُ عَشِيًّا وَنَنْبِذُهُ عَشِيًّا وَنَشْرَبُهُ غُدْوَةً . قَالَتْ لاَ أُحِلُّ مُسْكِرًا وَإِنْ كَانَ خُبْزًا وَإِنْ كَانَتْ مَاءً . قَالَتْهَا ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ .
Jasrah bint Dijajah Al-'Amiriyyah Narrated from:
I heard 'Aishah when some people asked her about Nabidh, saying we soak dates in the morning and drink it in the evening, or we soak them in the evening and drink them in the morning. She said: 'I do not permit any intoxicant even if it were bread or even if it were water.' She said that three times.
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 5680In-book reference : Book 51, Hadith 142English translation : Vol. 6, Book 51, Hadith 5683
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 5680
Aishah was asked about Nabidh made by soaking dates in the morning to drink in the evening, or soaking them in the evening to drink in the morning. Her answer did not center on the clock, the fruit, or the method. She said she would not permit any intoxicant, even if it were bread or even if it were water, and she repeated this three times. The main lesson of this hadith about intoxicants is simple: the concern is intoxication itself. A drink may look ordinary, and its ingredients may seem harmless, but if it intoxicates, it is not treated as a normal drink in this narration.
What we learn from this hadith
- The ruling in the narration focuses on intoxication, not only on the name of the drink.
- A drink made from dates is not automatically safe if it becomes intoxicating.
- Repeating the answer three times shows how firm Aishah was in this warning.
