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ahmad:18862 – Rawḥ > Shuʿbah > Simāk > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil from his father

I prepare it as a medicine, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: It is no medicine, but an ailment. (Using translation from Muslim 1984)  

أحمد:١٨٨٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ طَارِقَ بْنَ سُوَيْدٍ الْجُعْفِيَّ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ فَنَهَاهُ أَوْ كَرِهَ لَهُ أَنْ يَصْنَعَهَا فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا نَصْنَعُهَا لِلدَّوَاءِ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِدَوَاءٍ وَلَكِنَّهُ دَاءٌ  

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muslim:1984 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Muḥammad b. Bashhār Wa-al-Lafẓ Ibn al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil > Abīh Wāʾil al-Ḥaḍramī

I prepare it as a medicine, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: It is no medicine, but an ailment.  

مسلم:١٩٨٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَائِلٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ

أَنَّ طَارِقَ بْنَ سُوَيْدٍ الْجُعْفِيَّ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ فَنَهَا أَوْ كَرِهَ أَنْ يَصْنَعَهَا فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا أَصْنَعُهَا لِلدَّوَاءِ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِدَوَاءٍ وَلَكِنَّهُ دَاءٌ  

ahmad:18859 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Isrāʾīl > Simāk b. Ḥarb > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil al-Ḥaḍramī from his father > a man

[Machine] It is said that Suwaid bin Tariq asked the Prophet ﷺ about alcohol, and he forbade it. Suwaid then said, "I make it for medicine." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, it is a disease and not a cure."  

أحمد:١٨٨٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا

يُقَالُ لَهُ سُوَيْدُ بْنُ طَارِقٍ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ فَنَهَاهُ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَصْنَعُهَا لِلدَّوَاءِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّهَا دَاءٌ وَلَيْسَتْ بِدَوَاءٍ  

darimi:2140 – Sahl b. Ḥammād > Shuʿbah > Simāk > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil > Abīh Wāʾil

[Machine] Suwaibid bin Tarik asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about alcohol, and he prohibited him from making it. He said, "Indeed, it is a medicine." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, "Verily, it is not a medicine, but it is a disease."  

الدارمي:٢١٤٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنَ وَائِلٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَائِلٍ

أَنَّ سُوَيْدَ بْنَ طَارِقٍ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ فَنَهَاهُ عَنْهَا أَنْ يَصْنَعَهَا فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا دَوَاءٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ دَوَاءً وَلَكِنَّهَا دَاءٌ»