Sunan Ibn Majah: Chapters on Drinks

‘My close friend (ﷺ) advised me: ‘Do not drink wine, for it is the key to all evils.’”

“I heard Khabbab bin Arat narrating that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Beware of wine! For its sins overwhelm other sins, just as the grapevine overwhelms other trees.’”

“Whoever drinks wine in this world, he will not drink it in the Hereafter, unless he repents.”

“Whoever drinks wine in this world, he will not drink it in the Hereafter.”

“The one who is addicted to wine is like one who worships idols.”

“No one who is addicted to wine will enter Paradise.”

“Whoever drinks wine and gets drunk, his prayer will not be accepted for forty days, and if he dies he will enter Hell, but if he repents, Allah will accept his repentance. If he drinks wine again and gets drunk, his prayer will not be accepted for forty days, and if he dies he will enter Hell, but if he repents, Allah will accept his repentance. If he drinks wine again and gets drunk, his prayer will not be accepted for forty days, and if he dies he will enter Hell, but if he repents Allah will accept his repentance. But if he does it again, then Allah will most certainly make him drink of the mire of the puss or sweat on the Day of Resurrection.” They said: “O Messenger of Allah, what is the mire of the pus or sweat? He said: “The drippings of the people of Hell.”

“Wine comes from these two trees: The date palm and the grapevine.”

“From wheat comes wine, from barley comes wine, from raisins comes wine, from dates comes wine and from honey comes wine.”

“Wine is cursed from ten angles: The wine itself, the one who squeezes (the grapes etc), the one for whom it is squeezed, the one who sells it, the one who buys it, the one who carries it, the one to whom it is carried, the one who consumes its price, the one who drinks it and the one who pours it.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed ten with regard to wine: The one who squeezes (the grapes etc.), the one who asks for it to be squeezed, the one for whom it is squeezed, the one who carries it, the one to whom it is carried, the one who sells it, the one for whom it is brought, the one who pours it, the one for whom it is poured, until he counted ten like this.”

“When the Verses at the end of Surat Al-Baqarah concerning usury were revealed, the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) went out and forbade dealing in wine.”

Umar heard that Samurah had sold some wine, and he said: “May Allah ruin Samurah! Does he not know that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘May Allah curse the Jews, for animal fat was forbidden to them, so they melted it down and sold it.’”

“Night and day will not cease until a group among my nation drinks wine, calling it by some other name.”

“People among my nation will drink wine, under some other name that they will give it.”

“Every drink that causes intoxication is unlawful.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Every intoxicant is unlawful.’”

“Every intoxicant is unlawful.”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘Every intoxicant is unlawful for every believer.’”

“Every intoxicant is Khamr (wine) and every Khamr is unlawful.”

“Every intoxicant is unlawful.”

“Every intoxicant is unlawful and whatever causes intoxication in large amounts, a small amount of it is (also) unlawful.”

“Whatever causes intoxication in large amounts, a small amount of it is (also) unlawful.”

“Whatever causes intoxication in large amounts a small amount of it is (also) unlawful.”

It was narrated from Jabir bin ‘Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade making Nabidh* with dates and raisins together, or with unripe dates and fresh dates together.”

Another chain reports the same.

‘Do not make Nabidh with dried dates and unripe dates together, make Nabidh with each of them on its own.”

“Do not combine fresh dates and unripe dates, or raisins and dates; rather make Nabidh with each one of them on its own.”*

“We used to make Nabidh for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in a water skin. We would take a handful of dates or a handful of raisins, and put them in it, then pour water over it. We would make that in the morning and he would drink it in the evening, or we would make it in the evening and he would drink it in the morning.”

“Nabidh would be made for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he would drink it on the same day, or the next day, or the third day, and if there was any left he would throw it away or give orders that it was to be thrown away.”

“Nabidh would be made for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in a vessel of stone.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade making Nabidh in Naqir, Muzaffat, Dubba’, and Hantamah. And he said: ‘Every intoxicant is unlawful.”*

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade making Nabidh in Muzaffat or a gourd.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade drinking from Hantam, Dubba’ and Naqir.

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade Dubba’ and Hantam.”

“I used to forbid you to use certain vessels, but now make Nabidh in them, but avoid all intoxicants.”

“I used to forbid you from making Nabidh in certain vessels, but a vessel does not make something unlawful. All intoxicants are unlawful.”

“Is anyone of you incapable of taking a water skin from the skin of her sacrifice each year?” Then she said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade making Nabidh in (earthenware) jars, and in such and such, and such and such, except for vinegar.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade making Nabidh in (earthenware) jars.”

“Some Nabidh from an (earthenware) jar was brought to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and it was bubbling. He said: ‘Throw this against the wall, for this is the drink of one who does not believe in Allah and the Last Day.’”

“Cover your vessels, tie your water skins, extinguish your lamps and lock your doors, for Satan does not untie a water skin, open a door or uncover a vessel. If a person cannot find anything but a stick with which to cover his vessel and mention the Name of Allah, then let him do so. And the mouse could set fire to the house with its people inside.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded us to cover our vessels, tie up our water skins and turn over our vessels.”

“I used to prepare three covered vessels for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) at night: A vessel for his water for purification, a vessel for his tooth stick and a vessel for his drink.”

“The one who drinks from a silver vessel is swallowing Hell-fire into his belly.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade drinking from vessels of gold and silver. He said: “They are for them in this world and for you in the Hereafter.’”

“Whoever drinks from a silver vessel, it is as if he is swallowing Hell-fire into his belly.”

It was narrated from Anas that he used to drink from a vessel in three draughts, and Anas said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to drink from a vessel in three draughts.

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Prophet (ﷺ) drank, and took two breaths while doing so.

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade tipping up water skins in order to drink from their mouths.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade tipping up water skins. After the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had forbidden that, a man got up at night and tipped up a water skin, and a snake fell out of it onto him.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade drinking (directly) from the mouth of a water skin.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade drinking (directly) from the mouth of a water skin.”

“I drew water from Zamzam for the Prophet (ﷺ) and he drank standing up.”

It was narrated from ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Abi ‘Amrah, from a grandmother of his who was called Kabshah Al-Ansariyyah, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered upon her, and there was a water skin hanging there. He drank from it while standing, and she cut off the mouth of the water skin, seeking the blessing of the place where the mouth of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had been.

It was narrated from Anas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade drinking while standing up.

“Pass it around to the right.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was brought some milk. On his right was Ibn ‘Abbas and on his left was Khalid bin Walid. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Ibn ‘Abbas: ‘Will you permit me to give Khalid to drink?’ Ibn ‘Abbas said: ‘I would not like to give preference to anyone over myself when it comes to the leftover drink of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). So Ibn ‘Abbas took it and drank some, then Khalid drank some.”

“When anyone of you drinks, let him not breathe into the vessel. If he wants to continue drinking, let him move the vessel away (in order to breathe) then bring it back, if he wants.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade breathing into the vessel.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade blowing into the vessel.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not blow into his drinks.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade us to drink while (lying) on our bellies, lapping up water, and he forbade us to drink from one hand only. He said: ‘None of you should lap up water as a dog does, and he should not drink water from one hand as the people with whom Allah is angry do, and he should not drink from a vessel at night without stirring it first, unless the vessel was covered. Whoever drinks from his hand when he is able to drink from a vessel, with the intention of humility, Allah will record good deeds equivalent to the number of fingers for him. It (i.e., the hand) is the vessel of ‘Eisa bin Maryam, (as) when he threw away the cup and said: ‘Ugh! That belongs to this world.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered upon a man among the Ansar when he was watering his garden. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him: ‘If you have any water that has been kept overnight in a water skin, then give us some to drink, otherwise we will drink by putting out mouths in the basin.’ He said: ‘I have water that has been kept in a water skin. So he went and we went with him, to the shelter, where he milked a sheep for him and (mixed it with) the water that had been kept overnight in a water skin. He drank from it, then he did likewise for his Companion who was with him.”

“We passed by a pond and we started to lap up water from it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Do not lap up the water, rather wash your hands then drink from them, for there is no better vessel than the hand.’”

“The oen who serves water to others should be the last one to drink from it.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had a glass cup from which he would drink.”