51/48. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 5693 — Bubbling Nabidh Warning
Reports Used by Those Who Permit the Drinking of Intoxicants
Hadith About Nabidh That Bubbles and Settles
Sunan an-Nasai : 5693
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 5693
أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدٌ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ هُنَانٍ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ قُلْتُ إِنَّ لِي جُرَيْرَةً أَنْتَبِذُ فِيهَا حَتَّى إِذَا غَلَى وَسَكَنَ شَرِبْتُهُ . قَالَ مُذْ كَمْ هَذَا شَرَابُكَ قُلْتُ مُذْ عِشْرُونَ سَنَةً أَوْ قَالَ مُذْ أَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً . قَالَ طَالَمَا تَرَوَّتْ عُرُوقُكَ مِنَ الْخَبَثِ . وَمِمَّا اعْتَلُّوا بِهِ حَدِيثُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ .
Qais bin Wahban Narrated from:
I asked Ibn 'Abbas: 'I have a small jar in which I make Nabidh and when it has bubbled and settled down again, I drink it.' He said: 'For how long you have been drinking that?' He said: 'For twenty years'" - or he said: 'for forty years.' He said: 'For a long time you have been quenching your thirst with something forbidden.'"
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 5693In-book reference : Book 51, Hadith 155English translation : Vol. 6, Book 51, Hadith 5696
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 5693
Qais bin Wahban asked Ibn Abbas about a small jar in which he made Nabidh. He described waiting until it bubbled and then settled down before drinking it. Ibn Abbas asked how long he had been drinking it. The man answered twenty years, or perhaps forty years. Ibn Abbas then told him that for a long time he had been quenching his thirst with something forbidden. This hadith about Nabidh that bubbles and settles gives a sharp warning. The narration does not praise long habit as proof of safety. Instead, Ibn Abbas treats the drink as forbidden and tells the man that his long practice was not a valid excuse.
What we learn from this hadith
- A long habit does not make a forbidden drink acceptable.
- Bubbling and settling are mentioned as part of the man's drink practice.
- Ibn Abbas gave a direct warning instead of approving the man's custom.
