51/54. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 5729 — Fire Does Not Make Haram Halal
What Kind of Juices are Permissible to Drink and What Kinds are Not
Fire Does Not Make Haram Halal: Hadith About Juice
Sunan an-Nasai : 5729
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 5729
أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدٌ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ السَّلَمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ الثَّعْلَبِيِّ، قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْعَصِيرِ، فَقَالَ اشْرَبْهُ مَا كَانَ طَرِيًّا . قَالَ إِنِّي طَبَخْتُ شَرَابًا وَفِي نَفْسِي مِنْهُ . قَالَ أَكُنْتَ شَارِبَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَطْبُخَهُ قَالَ لاَ . قَالَ فَإِنَّ النَّارَ لاَ تُحِلُّ شَيْئًا قَدْ حَرُمَ .
Abu Thabit Ath-Tha'labi Narrated from:
I was with Ibn 'Abbas when a man came to him and asked him about juice. He said: 'Drink that which is fresh.' He said: 'I cooked a drink on the fire and I am not sure about it.' He said: 'Did you drink it before you cooked it?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Fire does not make permissible something that is forbidden.'" (Sahih Mawquf)
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 5729In-book reference : Book 51, Hadith 191English translation : Vol. 6, Book 51, Hadith 5732
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 5729
This narration reports a question asked to Ibn Abbas about juice. He told the man to drink it while it was fresh. The man then said that he had cooked a drink on the fire and felt unsure about it. Ibn Abbas asked whether he would have drunk it before cooking it. When the man said no, Ibn Abbas answered that fire does not make permissible something that has become forbidden. The core topic is drink permissibility. For searches like fire does not make haram halal hadith or hadith about juice, the main lesson is clear: cooking alone does not change a forbidden drink into a permissible one.
What we learn from this hadith
- Fresh juice was treated differently from a doubtful cooked drink in this report.
- Ibn Abbas asked a careful question before answering.
- Cooking by fire was not treated as a way to make a forbidden drink permissible.
