[Machine] Break it with water, as its intensity and Allah knows best whether it is acidity or sweetness. It has been narrated from Naafi', the freed slave of Ibn 'Umar, that 'Umar ibn al-Khattaab asked him to go to our brothers and seek a drink from them. So he went to them and they said, "We only have this iidaawah and it has changed." So 'Umar called for it and tasted it, and his face contracted, then he called for water and poured it on it, then he drank it. Naafi' said, "By Allah, his face did not contract except that it became mild."  

اكْسِرُوهُ بِالْمَاءِ فَإِنَّمَا كَانَ اشْتِدَادُهُ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِالْحُمُوضَةِ أَوْ بِالْحَلَاوَةِ فَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ قَالَ لِيَرْفَأَ اذْهَبْ إِلَى إِخْوَانِنَا فَالْتَمِسْ لَنَا عِنْدَهُمْ شَرَابًا فَأَتَاهُمْ فَقَالُوا مَا عِنْدَنَا إِلَّا هَذِهِ الْإِدَاوَةَ وَقَدْ تَغَيَّرَتْ فَدَعَا بِهَا عُمَرُ ؓ فَذَاقَهَا فَقَبَضَ وَجْهَهُ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ شَرِبَ قَالَ نَافِعٌ وَاللهِ مَا قَبَضَ وَجْهَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهَا تَخَلَّلَتْ