On the night Allah's Apostle was taken on a night
journey (Miraj) two cups, one containing wine and the
other milk, were presented to him at Jerusalem. He looked
at it and took the cup of milk. Gabriel said, "Praise be
to Allah Who guided you to Al-Fitra (the right path); if
you had taken (the cup of) wine, your nation would have
gone astray."
I heard from Allah's Apostle a narration which none
other than I will narrate to you. The Prophet, said, "From
among the portents of the Hour are the following: General
ignorance (in religious affairs) will prevail, (religious)
knowledge will decrease, illegal sexual intercourse will
prevail, alcoholic drinks will be drunk (in abundance),
men will decrease and women will increase so much so that
for every fifty women there will be one man to look after
them."
The Prophet said, "An adulterer, at the time he is
committing illegal sexual intercourse is not a believer;
and a person, at the time of drinking an alcoholic drink
is not a believer; and a thief, at the time of stealing,
is not a believer." Ibn Shihab said: 'Abdul Malik bin Abi
Bakr bin 'Abdur-Rahman bin Al- Harith bin Hisham told me
that Abu Bakr used to narrate that narration to him on the
authority of Abu Huraira. He used to add that Abu Bakr
used to mention, besides the above cases, "And he who robs
(takes illegally something by force) while the people are
looking at him, is not a believer at the time he is
robbing (taking)
"Alcoholic drinks were prohibited at the time we could
rarely find wine made from grapes in Medina, for most of
our liquors were made from unripe and ripe dates.
'Umar stood up on the pulpit and said, "Now then,
prohibition of alcoholic drinks have been revealed, and
these drinks are prepared from five things, i.e.. grapes,
dates, honey, wheat or barley And an alcoholic drink is
that, that disturbs the mind.
I was serving Abu 'Ubaida, Abu Talha and Ubai bin Ka'b
with a drink prepared from ripe and unripe dates. Then
somebody came to them and said, "Alcoholic drinks have
been prohibited." (On hearing that) Abu Talha said, "Get
up. O Anas, and pour (throw) it out! So I poured (threw)
it out.
While I was waiting on my uncles and serving them with
(wine prepared from) dates----and I was the youngest of
them----it was said, "Alcoholic drinks have been
prohibited." So they said (to me), "Throw it away." So I
threw it away.
Allah's Apostle was asked about Al-Bit a liquor
prepared from honey which the Yemenites used to drink.
Allah's Apostle said, "All drinks that intoxicate are
unlawful (to drink)."
'Umar delivered a sermon on the pulpit of Allah's
Apostle, saying, "Alcoholic drinks were prohibited by
Divine Order, and these drinks used to be prepared from
five things, i.e., grapes, dates, wheat, barley and honey.
Alcoholic drink is that, that disturbs the mind." 'Umar
added, "I wish Allah's Apostle had not left us before he
had given us definite verdicts concerning three matters,
i.e., how much a grandfather may inherit (of his
grandson), the inheritance of Al-Kalala (the deceased
person among whose heirs there is no father or son), and
various types of Riba(1 ) (usury) ."
that he heard the Prophet saying, "From among my
followers there will be some people who will consider
illegal sexual intercourse, the wearing of silk, the
drinking of alcoholic drinks and the use of musical
instruments, as lawful. And there will be some people who
will stay near the side of a mountain and in the evening
their shepherd will come to them with their sheep and ask
them for something, but they will say to him, 'Return to
us tomorrow.' Allah will destroy them during the night and
will let the mountain fall on them, and He will transform
the rest of them into monkeys and pigs and they will
remain so till the Day of Resurrection."
Abu Usaid As-Sa'idi came and invited Allah's Apostle on
the occasion of his wedding. His wife who was the bride,
was serving them. Do you know what drink she prepared for
Allah's Apostle ? She had soaked some dates in water in a
Tur overnight.
Allah's Apostle forbade the use of (certain)
containers, but the Ansar said, "We cannot dispense with
them." The Prophet then said, "If so, then use them."
When the Prophet forbade the use of certain containers
(that were used for preparing alcoholic drinks), somebody
said to the Prophet . "But not all the people can find
skins." So he allowed them to use clay jars not covered
with pitch.
I asked Al-Aswad, "Did you ask 'Aisha, Mother of the
Believers, about the containers in which it is disliked to
prepare (non-alcoholic) drinks?" He said, "Yes, I said to
her, 'O Mother of the Believers! What containers did the
Prophet forbid to use for preparing (non-alcoholic)
drinks?" She said, 'The Prophet forbade us, (his family),
to prepare (nonalcoholic) drinks in Ad-Dubba and Al-Muzaffat.'
I asked, 'Didn't you mention Al Jar and Al Hantam?' She
said, 'I tell what I have heard; shall I tell you what I
have not heard?' "
Abu Usaid As Sa'idi invited the Prophet to his wedding
banquet. At that time his wife was serving them and she
was the bride. She said, ''Do you know what (kind of
syrup) I soaked (made) for Allah's Apostle? I soaked some
dates in water in a Tur (bowl) overnight. '
I asked Ibn 'Abbas about Al-Badhaq. He said, "Muhammad
prohibited alcoholic drinks before It was called Al-Badhaq
(by saying), 'Any drink that intoxicates is unlawful.' I
said, 'What about good lawful drinks?' He said,'Apart from
what is lawful and good, all other things are unlawful and
not good (unclean Al-Khabith).
While I was serving Abu Talha. Abu Dujana and Abu
Suhail bin Al-Baida' with a drink made from a mixture of
unripe and ripe dates, alcoholic drinks, were made
unlawful, whereupon I threw it away, and I was their
butler and the youngest of them, and we used to consider
that drink as an alcoholic drink in those days
The Prophet forbade the mixing of ripe and unripe dates
and also the mixing of dates and raisins (for preparing a
syrup) but the syrup of each kind of fruit should be
prepared separately. ( One may have such drinks as long as
it is fresh )
Abu Humaid, an Ansari man, came from AnNaqi carrying a
cup of milk to the Prophet. The Prophet said, "Will you
not cover it even by placing a stick across it?"
The Prophet came from Mecca with Abu Bakr. Abu Bakr
said "We passed by a shepherd and at that time Allah's
Apostle was thirsty. I milked a little milk in a bowl and
Allah's Apostle drank till I was pleased. Suraqa bin
Ju'shum came to us riding a horse (chasing us). The
Prophet invoked evil upon him, whereupon Suraqa requested
him not to invoke evil upon him, in which case he would go
back. The Prophet agreed.
Allah's Apostle said, "The best object of charity is a
she-camel which has (newly) given birth and gives plenty
of milk, or a she-goat which gives plenty of milk; and is
given to somebody to utilize its milk by milking one bowl
in the morning and one in the evening."
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: Allah's Apostle drank milk and
then rinsed his mouth and said, "It contains fat. The
Prophet added: I was raised to the Lote Tree and saw four
rivers, two of which were coming out and two going in.
Those which were coming out were the Nile and the
Euphrates, and those which were going in were two rivers
in paradise. Then I was given three bowls, one containing
milk, and another containing honey, and a third containing
wine. I took the bowl containing milk and drank it. It was
said to me, "You and your followers will be on the right
path (of Islam)."
Abu Talha had the largest number of datepalms from
amongst the Ansars of Medina. The dearest of his property
to him was Bairuha garden which was facing the (Prophet's)
Mosque. Allah's Apostle used to enter it and drink of its
good fresh water. When the Holy Verse:-- 'By no means
shall you attain righteousness unless you spend (in
charity) of that which you love.' (3.92) was revealed, Abu
Talha got up and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Allah says: By
no means shall you attain righteousness unless you spend
of that which you love,' and the dearest of my property to
me is the Bairuha garden and I want to give it in charity
in Allah's Cause, seeking to be rewarded by Allah for
that. So you can spend it, O Allah's Apostle, where-ever
Allah instructs you. ' Allah s Apostle said, "Good! That
is a perishable (or profitable) wealth" ('Abdullah is in
doubt as to which word was used.) He said, "I have heard
what you have said but in my opinion you'd better give it
to your kith and kin." On that Abu Talha said, "I will do
so, O Allah's Apostle!" Abu Talha distributed that garden
among his kith and kin and cousins.
I saw Allah's Apostle drinking milk. He came to my
house and I milked a sheep and then mixed the milk with
water from the well for Allah's Apostle. He took the bowl
and drank while on his left there was sitting Abu Bakr,
and on his right there was a bedouin. He then gave the
remaining milk to the bedouin and said, "The right! The
right (first)."
Allah's Apostle and one of his companions entered upon
an Ansari man and the Prophet said to him, "If you have
water kept overnight in a water skin, (give us), otherwise
we will drink water by putting our mouth in it." The man
was watering his garden then. He said, "O Allah's Apostle!
I have water kept overnight; let us go to the shade." So
he took them both there and poured water into a bowl and
milked a domestic goat of his in it. Allah's Apostle
drank, and then the man who had come along with him,
drank.
All came to the gate of the courtyard (of the Mosque)
and drank (water) while he was standing and said, "Some
people dislike to drink while standing, but I saw the
Prophet doing (drinking water) as you have seen me doing
now."
'Ali offered the Zuhr prayer and then sat down in the
wide courtyard (of the Mosque) of Kufa in order to deal
with the affairs of the people till the 'Asr prayer became
due. Then water was brought to him and he drank of it,
washed his face, hands, head and feet. Then he stood up
and drank the remaining water while he was standing. and
said, "Some people dislike to drink water while standing
thought the Prophet did as I have just done."
(daughter of Al-Harith) that she sent a bowl of milk to
the Prophet while he was standing (at 'Arafat) in the
afternoon of the Day of 'Arafat. He took it in his hands
and drank it. Narrated Abu Nadr: The Prophet was on the
back of his camel.
Milk mixed with water was brought to Allah's Apostle
while a bedouin was on his right and Abu Bakr was on his
left. He drank (of it) and then gave (it) to the bedouin
and said, 'The right" "The right (first)."
Allah's Apostle was offered something to drink. He
drank of it while on his right was a boy and on his left
were some elderly people. He said to the boy, "May I give
these (elderly) people first?" The boy said, "By Allah, O
Allah's Apostle! I will not give up my share from you to
somebody else." On that Allah's Apostle placed the cup in
the hand of that boy.
The Prophet and one of his companions entered upon an
Ansari man. The Prophet and his companion greeted (the
man) and he replied, "O Allah's Apostle! Let my father and
mother be sacrificed for you! It is hot," while he was
watering his garden. The Prophet asked him, "If you have
water kept overnight in a water skin, (give us), or else
we will drink by putting our mouths in the basin." The man
was watering the garden The man said, "O Allah's Apostle!
I have water kept overnight in a water-skin. He went to
the shade and poured some water into a bowl and milked
some milk from a domestic goat in it. The Prophet drank
and then gave the bowl to the man who had come along with
him to drink.
I was waiting on my uncles, serving them with an
alcoholic drink prepared from dates, and I was the
youngest of them. (Suddenly) it was said that alcoholic
drinks had been prohibited. So they said (to me), 'Throw
it away." And I threw it away The sub-narrator said: I
asked Anas what their drink was (made from), He replied,
"(From) ripe dates and unripe dates."
Allah's Apostle said, "When night falls (or when it is
evening), stop your children from going out, for the
devils spread out at that time. But when an hour of the
night has passed, release them and close the doors and
mention Allah's Name, for Satan does not open a closed
door. Tie the mouth of your water-skin and mention Allah's
Name; cover your containers and utensils and mention
Allah's Name. Cover them even by placing something across
it, and extinguish your lamps. "
Allah's Apostle said, "Extinguish the lamps when you go
to bed; close your doors; tie the mouths of your water
skins, and cover the food and drinks." I think he added,
". . . even with a stick you place across the container."
Allah's Apostle forbade drinking directly from the
mouth of a water skin or other leather containers. and
forbade preventing one's neighbor from fixing a peg in
(the wall of) one's house.
Allah's Apostle said, "When you drink (water), do not
breath in the vessel; and when you urinate, do not touch
your penis with your right hand. And when you cleanse
yourself after defecation, do not use your right hand."
While Hudhaita was at Mada'in, he asked for water. The
chief of the village brought him a silver vessel. Hudhaifa
threw it away and said, "I have thrown it away because I
told him not to use it, but he has not stopped using it.
The Prophet forbade us to wear clothes of silk or Dibaj,
and to drink in gold or silver utensils, and said, 'These
things are for them (unbelievers) in this world and for
you (Muslims) in the Hereafter.' "
The Prophet said, "Do not drink in gold or silver
utensils, and do not wear clothes of silk or Dibaj, for
these things are for them (unbelievers) in this world and
for you in the Hereafter."
Allah's Apostle ordered us to do seven things and
forbade us from seven. He ordered us to visit the sick, to
follow funeral processions, (to say) to a sneezer, (May
Allah bestow His Mercy on you, if he says, Praise be to
Allah), to accept invitations, to greet (everybody), to
help the oppressed and to help others to fulfill their
oaths. He forbade us to wear gold rings, to drink in
silver (utensils), to use Mayathir (silken carpets placed
on saddles), to wear Al-Qissi (a kind of silken cloth), to
wear silk, Dibaj or Istabraq (two kinds of silk).
that the people were in doubt whether the Prophet was
fasting on the Day of 'Arafat or not, so a (wooden)
drinking vessel full of milk was sent to him, and he drank
it.
An Arab lady was mentioned to the Prophet so he asked
Abu Usaid As-Sa'idi to send for her, and he sent for her
and she came and stayed in the castle of Bani Sa'ida. The
Prophet came out and went to her and entered upon her.
Behold, it was a lady sitting with a drooping head. When
the Prophet spoke to her, she said, "I seek refuge with
Allah from you." He said, "I grant you refuge from me."
They said to her, "Do you know who this is?" She said,
"No." They said, "This is Allah's Apostle who has come to
command your hand in marriage." She said, "I am very
unlucky to lose this chance." Then the Prophet and his
companions went towards the shed of Bani Sa'ida and sat
there. Then he said, "Give us water, O Sahl!" So I took
out this drinking bowl and gave them water in it. The
sub-narrator added: Sahl took out for us that very
drinking bowl and we all drank from it. Later on Umar bin
'Abdul 'Aziz requested Sahl to give it to him as a
present, and he gave it to him as a present.
I saw the drinking bowl of the Prophet with Anas bin
Malik, and it had been broken, and he had mended it with
silver plates. That drinking bowl was quite wide and made
of Nadar wood, Anas said, "I gave water to the Prophet in
that bowl more than so-and-so (for a long period)." Ibn
Sirin said: Around that bowl there was an iron ring, and
Anas wanted to replace it with a silver or gold ring, but
Abu Talha said to him, "Do not change a thing that Allah's
Apostle has made." So Anas left it as it was.
I was with the Prophet and the time for the 'Asr prayer
became due. We had no water with us except a little which
was put in a vessel and was brought to the Prophet . He
put his hand into it and spread out his fingers and then
said, "Come along! Hurry up! All those who want to perform
ablution. The blessing is from Allah.'' I saw the water
gushing out from his fingers. So the people performed the
ablution and drank, and I tried to drink more of that
water (beyond my thirst and capacity), for I knew that it
was a blessing. The sub-narrator said: I asked Jabir, "How
many persons were you then?" He replied, "We were
one-thousand four hundred men." Salim said: Jabir said,
1500.