Sahih Muslim Hadith 116 – The Command To

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[116] 24 – ( … ) It was narrated that Abü Jamrah said: "I used to translate between Ibn 'Abbâs and These are containers that NabId/j, wine, or other drinks were made in. Ad-Dubbâ' refers to gourds; Al-Hantam is a type of earthenware vessel the description of which they differ over, and some of that appears later; An-Na qIr is date-palm section or stump, or the like, which is hollowed out; and Al-Muqayvar is from Al-Qâr which is tar or pitch, meaning a vessel coated with pitch. There are other important texts dealing with these vessels. See the Book of Drinks. the people, and a woman came to him and asked him about making NabIdh in an (earthenware) container. 11 He said: 'The delegation of 'Abdul- Qais came to the Messenger of Allah ç and the Messenger of Allah said: 'Who is this delegation?' – or: 'Who are these people?' – They said: 'RabI'ah.' He said: 'Welcome to the people' – or: 'to the delegation' – 'who were neither humiliated nor do they have any regrets.' They said: '0 Messenger of Allah, we have come to you from a far-off land, and between us and you there is this tribe of the disbelievers of Mudar. We can only come to you during the sacred months, so give us a clear command which we can tell to those whom we have left behind and by which we may enter Paradise.' He enjoined four things upon them and forbade them from four. He enjoined them to believe in Allah alone and said: 'Do you know what believing in Allah alone means?' They said: 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said: 'Testimony that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah 04 , establishing the Saldt, paying the Za/tht, fasting (during the month of) Ramadân, and giving one- The word used here is A1-Jarr or, earthenware vessel, a general term which some of them say Al-Hantam belongs to. fifth (Kijums) of the spoils of war.' And he forbade them from using Ad-Dubbâ' (gourds), Al- Hantam and Al-Muzaffat …t11 – Shu'bah (one of the narrators) said: "Perhaps he said: 'An- NaqIr" – and he said: 'Remember this, and tell it to whom you have left behind." And Abü Bakr (one of the narrators) said in his narration: "Those who are behind you." And Al-Muqayyar is not in his narration.