Swyd bin Nsr bin Swyd سويد بن نصر بن سويد · The Book of Drinks

"I was pouring (wine) for Abu Talhah, Ubayy bin Ka'b and Abu Dujanah among a group of Ansar when a man came in and said: 'Something new has happened; the prohibition of Khamr has been revealed.' So we poured it away." He said: "The only intoxicant in those days was Fadikh, a mixture of unripe dates and dried dates." And Anas said: "Khamr was forbidden, and most of their Khamr in those days was Fadikh."

The Messenger of Allah said: "Do not soak Az-Zahuw and ripe dates together, and do not soak raisins and ripe dates together."

The Prophet forbade mixing dried dates and raisins, and Al-Busr and ripe dates.

The Messenger of Allah said: "Do not mix raisins and dried dates, nor Al-Busr and dried dates."

The Messenger of Allah forbade soaking raisins and dried dates together, and he forbade soaking Al-Busr and dried dates together.

"The Messenger of Allah forbade mixing dried dates and raisins, and dried dates and Al-Busr."

The Prophet said: "Do not soak Az-Zahuw and ripe dates, and do not soak ripe dates and raisins together."

"The Messenger of Allah forbade us to soak two things together when one is more potent than the other. I asked him about Fadikh (a drink made from fresh dates cut open) and he forbade it. He disliked the extra bit on Al-Busr, fearing that that might make it two things, so we used to cut it off."

"Anas used to tell us to cut off the extra bits."

The Prophet forbade soaking dried dates and raisins, and dried dates and Al-Busr, and he said: "Soak raisins on their own, and dried dates on their own, and Al-Busr on their own."

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Khamr comes from these two.'" Suwaid (one of the narrators) said: "From these two trees: The date palm and the grapevine."

The Prophet said: "Every intoxicant is unlawful and every intoxicant is Khamr."

"The Messenger of Allah sent me to Yemen and I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, there are drinks there which they call Al-Bit' (mead) and Al-Mizr (beer).' He said: 'What is mead (and beer)?' I said: 'A drink made from honey, and beer is made from barley.' He said: 'Every intoxicant is unlawful.'"

"I asked Al-Hasan about Nabidh made in earthenware jars - is it unlawful? He said: '(It is) unlawful. One who would not lie narrated to us that the Messenger of Allah forbade Nabidh made in Al-Hantam, Ad-Dubba' (gourds), Al-Muzaffat and An-Naqir.'"

"I entered upon 'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'As when he was in a garden of his in At-Ta'if called Al-Waht. He was walking and holding hands with a young man of Quraish who was suspected of drinking Khamr. He said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah say: Whoever drinks Khamr once, his repentance will not be accepted for 40 days, then if he repents, Allah will accept his repentance. If he does it again, his repentance will not be accepted…

The Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever drinks Khamr in this world and does not repent from that, will be denied it in the Hereafter."

'Aishah said: "Drink but do not become intoxicated."

"Khamr was forbidden in small or large amounts, as was every kind of drink that intoxicates."