Volume 7 Book 69 Hadith 507

Volume 7, Book 69, Number 507:
Narrated Abu Qatada:
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 )

Volume 7 Book 69 Hadith 524

Volume 7, Book 69, Number 524:
Narrated Sahl bin Sad:
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 Al –
lah’s Apostle placed the cup in the hand of that boy.

Volume 7 Book 69 Hadith 525

Volume 7, Book 69, Number 525:
Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah:
The Prophet and one of his companions entered upon an Ansari man. The Prophet and his com –
panion 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 wa –
ter-skin. He went to the shade and poured some water into a bowl and milked some milk from a do –
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mestic goat in it. The Prophet drank and then gave the bowl to the man who had come along with
him to drink.

Volume 7 Book 69 Hadith 493

Volume 7, Book 69, Number 493:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
‘Umar delivered a sermon on the pulpit of Allah’s Apostle, saying, “Alcoholic drinks were prohib –
ited 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) .”
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 494s:
Narrated ‘Umar:
“Alcoholic drinks are prepared from five things, i.e., raisins, dates. wheat, barley and honey.”
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 494v:
Narrated Abu ‘Amir or Abu Malik Al-Ash’ari:
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
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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.”

Volume 7 Book 69 Hadith 495

Volume 7, Book 69, Number 495:
Narrated Sahl:
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.