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adab:795 –

'Alqama ibn Wa'il reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, "None of you should say 'kurm.' Rather use 'habala' for grape-vines."

الأدب المفرد:٧٩٥ – حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الْكَرْمَ وَقُولُوا الْحَبَلَةَ يَعْنِي الْعِنَبَ

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muslim:2248a – ʿAlī b. Khashram > ʿĪsá / Ibn Yūnus > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil from his father

Do not say al-karm (for the word vine) but say al-habala (that is grape).

مسلم:٢٢٤٨a – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ خَشْرَمٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ يُونُسَ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ تَقُولُوا الْكَرْمُ وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا الْحَبَلَةُ يَعْنِي الْعِنَبَ