The Book of Drinks

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"Ibn Shubrumah would not drink anything except water and milk."

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"The people have invented drinks and I do not know what they are. I have not drunk anything for 20 years except water, milk and honey."

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"Talhah said to the people of Al-Kufah concerning Nabidh: 'It is a test whereby a young man may benefit but an old man may be harmed.' If there was a wedding among them, Talhah and Zubaid would offer milk and...

Sunan al-Nasa'i

Umm Sulaim had a wooden cup and she said: "I gave the Messenger of Allah all kinds of things to drink in it: Water, honey, milk and Nabidh."

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"I asked Ubayy bin Ka'b about Nabidh, and he said: 'Drink water, drink honey, drink Sawiq (barley gruel) and drink milk that you have been nourished with since childhood.' I repeated the question and he said: 'Is it wine you...

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"The people have invented new drinks and I do not know what they are. I have not drunk anything for 20 years (or he said: 40 years) except water and Sawiq (barley gruel), and he did not mention Nabidh."

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"I have never found any sound report, giving a concession on intoxicants, except the report narrated from Ibrahim."

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"I heard Abu Usamah say: 'I never saw any man more assiduous in seeking knowledge than 'Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak, not in Ash-Sham, Egypt, Yemen or the Hijaz.'"

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"There is nothing wrong with Nabidh Al-Bukhtuj."

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"I asked Ibrahim: 'We take the dregs of Khamr or Tila' (thickened grape juice) and clean them, then we soak it with raisins for three days, then we strain it and leave it until it matures, then we drink it.'...