51/48. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 5687 — Badhaq and the Rule of Intoxication
Reports Used by Those Who Permit the Drinking of Intoxicants
Hadith About Badhaq: Whatever Intoxicates Is Unlawful
Sunan an-Nasai : 5687
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 5687
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْجُوَيْرِيَةِ الْجَرْمِيِّ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ وَهُوَ مُسْنِدٌ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ عَنِ الْبَاذَقِ، فَقَالَ سَبَقَ مُحَمَّدٌ الْبَاذَقَ وَمَا أَسْكَرَ فَهُوَ حَرَامٌ . قَالَ أَنَا أَوَّلُ الْعَرَبِ سَأَلَهُ .
Abu Al-Juwairiyah Al-Jarmi Narrated from:
I asked Ibn 'Abbas, when he was leaning back against the Ka'bah, about Badhaq (a drink made from the juice of grapes slightly boiled). He said: 'Muhammad came before Badhaq (i.e., it was not known during his time), but everything that intoxicates in unlawful.'" He said: "I was the first of the 'Arabs to ask him."
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 5687In-book reference : Book 51, Hadith 149English translation : Vol. 6, Book 51, Hadith 5690
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 5687
Abu Al-Juwairiyah asked Ibn Abbas about Badhaq, a drink made from grape juice that was slightly boiled. Ibn Abbas answered that Muhammad came before Badhaq, meaning the name was not known in his time, but the rule had already come: everything that intoxicates is unlawful. This hadith about Badhaq is useful because it deals with a drink name that appeared later. The answer does not depend on whether the name is old or new. It depends on the effect. If a drink intoxicates, Ibn Abbas gives the same ruling. The narration teaches that changing the label does not change the warning about intoxication.
What we learn from this hadith
- New drink names do not remove the rule about intoxication.
- The answer focuses on the drink's effect, not only its label.
- A drink made from grapes is not allowed if it intoxicates.
