Sunan an-Nasai 5755 — Avoiding Unknown Drinks

Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 5755

This report from Ibn Mas'ud is about caution toward newly introduced drinks. He said people had invented new drinks and he did not know what they were. Then he said that for twenty years, or perhaps forty years, he had not drunk anything except water and sawiq. The narration also notes that he did not mention nabidh. For readers searching for hadith about drinks in Islam or avoiding unknown drinks, this text gives a simple example of restraint. It does not claim that every new drink is the same. It shows Ibn Mas'ud's personal caution when he did not know what the drinks were. His answer points toward simple and known choices.