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ahmad:14367Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Jābir

We were with Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he asked for water. A person said: Messenger of Allah, may we not give you Nabidh to drink? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes (you may). He (the narrator) said: Then that person went out speedily and brought a cup containing Nabidh, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Why did you not cover it? - even if it is with a wood. He said that then he drank it. (Using translation from Muslim 2011a)   

أحمد:١٤٣٦٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَاسْتَسْقَى مَاءً فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَلَا أَسْقِيكَ نَبِيذًا؟ قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ فَخَرَجَ الرَّجُلُ يَسْعَى قَالَ فَجَاءَ بِإِنَاءٍ فِيهِ نَبِيذٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَلَا خَمَّرْتَهُ وَلَوْ أَنْ تَعْرُضَ عَلَيْهِ عُودًا قَالَ ثُمَّ شَرِبَ  


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muslim:2011aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʾAbū Kurayb Wa-al-Lafẓ Lʾabī Kurayb > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

We were with Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he asked for water. A person said: Messenger of Allah, may we not give you Nabidh to drink? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes (you may). He (the narrator) said: Then that person went out speedily and brought a cup containing Nabidh, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Why did you not cover it? - even if it is with a wood. He said that then he drank it.  

مسلم:٢٠١١aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لأَبِي كُرَيْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَاسْتَسْقَى فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلاَ نَسْقِيكَ نَبِيذًا فَقَالَ بَلَى قَالَ فَخَرَجَ الرَّجُلُ يَسْعَى فَجَاءَ بِقَدَحٍ فِيهِ نَبِيذٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَلاَّ خَمَّرْتَهُ وَلَوْ تَعْرُضُ عَلَيْهِ عُودًا قَالَ فَشَرِبَ  

abudawud:3734ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Jābir

We were with Prophet ﷺ and he asked for something to drink. A man from the company asked: Should we not give you nabidh (drink made from dates) to drink ? He replied : Yes . The man went quickly and bought a cup of nabidh. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Why did you not cover it up even by putting a piece of wood on it ? Abu Dawud said: Al-Asma'i's version has: "You put it on it..."  

أبو داود:٣٧٣٤حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَاسْتَسْقَى فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ أَلاَ نَسْقِيكَ نَبِيذًا قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ فَخَرَجَ الرَّجُلُ يَشْتَدُّ فَجَاءَ بِقَدَحٍ فِيهِ نَبِيذٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَلاَّ خَمَّرْتَهُ وَلَوْ أَنْ تَعْرِضَ عَلَيْهِ عُودًا  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ الأَصْمَعِيُّ تَعْرُضُهُ عَلَيْهِ