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ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ الْخَمْرِ الَّذِي كَانَ النَّاسُ يَشْرَبُونَهَا قَبْلَ تَحْرِيمِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا إِيَّاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ

ibnhibban:5358Zayd b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Abū Jābir Bi-al-Mawṣil > ʿĪsá b. ʿAbdullāh al-ʿAsqalānī > al-Firyābī > Yūnus b. Abū Isḥāq > Abū Ḥayyān > al-Shaʿbī > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] Umar ibn Al-Khattab delivered a sermon on the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . He praised and glorified Allah and then said, "As for what follows, indeed the prohibition of alcohol was revealed on the day of its revelation, and it is made from five substances: grapes, dates, honey, wheat, and barley. And wine is whatever intoxicates the mind."  

ابن حبّان:٥٣٥٨أَخْبَرَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ أَبُو جَابِرٍ بِالْمَوْصِلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْعَسْقَلَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفِرْيَابِيُّ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

خَطَبَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ عَلَى مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ الْخَمْرَ نَزَلَ تَحْرِيمُهَا يَوْمَ نَزَلَ وَهِيَ مِنْ خَمْسٍ مِنَ الْعِنَبِ وَالتَّمْرِ وَالْعَسَلِ وَالْحِنْطَةِ وَالشَّعِيرِ وَالْخَمْرُ مَا خَامَرَ الْعَقْلَ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī
bukhari:4619Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥanẓalī > ʿĪsá And Ibn Idrīs > Abū Ḥayyān > al-Shaʿbī > Ibn ʿUmar > ʿUmar

I heard ʿUmar while he was on the pulpit of the Prophet ﷺ saying, "Now then O people! The revelation about the prohibition of alcoholic drinks was revealed; and alcoholic drinks are extracted from five things: Grapes, dates, honey, wheat and barley. And the alcoholic drink is that which confuses and stupefies the mind."  

البخاري:٤٦١٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى وَابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ ؓ عَلَى مِنْبَرِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَمَّا بَعْدُ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّهُ نَزَلَ تَحْرِيمُ الْخَمْرِ وَهْىَ مِنْ خَمْسَةٍ مِنَ الْعِنَبِ وَالتَّمْرِ وَالْعَسَلِ وَالْحِنْطَةِ وَالشَّعِيرِ وَالْخَمْرُ مَا خَامَرَ الْعَقْلَ  

bukhari:5581Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Abū Ḥayyān > ʿĀmir > Ibn ʿUmar Qām ʿUmar > al-Minbar

ʿUmar stood up on the pulpit and said, "Now then, prohibition of alcoholic drinks have been revealed, and these drinks are prepared from five things, i.e.. grapes, dates, honey, wheat or barley And an alcoholic drink is that, that disturbs the mind.  

البخاري:٥٥٨١حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَامِرٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ قَامَ عُمَرُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ

أَمَّا بَعْدُ نَزَلَ تَحْرِيمُ الْخَمْرِ وَهْىَ مِنْ خَمْسَةٍ الْعِنَبِ وَالتَّمْرِ وَالْعَسَلِ وَالْحِنْطَةِ وَالشَّعِيرِ وَالْخَمْرُ مَا خَامَرَ الْعَقْلَ  

muslim:3032aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAlī b. Mushir > Abū Ḥayyān > al-Shaʿbī > Ibn ʿUmar

Now coming to the point. Behold I when the command pertaining to the prohibition of wine was revealed, it was prepared from five things: from wheat, barley, date, grape, honey; and wine is that which clouds the intellect; and O people, I wish Messenger of Allah ﷺ could have explained to us in (more) detail the laws pertaining to the inheritance of the grandfather, about one who dies leaving no issue, and some of the problems pertaining to interest.  

مسلم:٣٠٣٢aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

خَطَبَ عُمَرُ عَلَى مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ أَلاَ وَإِنَّ الْخَمْرَ نَزَلَ تَحْرِيمُهَا يَوْمَ نَزَلَ وَهْىَ مِنْ خَمْسَةِ أَشْيَاءَ مِنَ الْحِنْطَةِ وَالشَّعِيرِ وَالتَّمْرِ وَالزَّبِيبِ وَالْعَسَلِ وَالْخَمْرُ مَا خَامَرَ الْعَقْلَ وَثَلاَثَةُ أَشْيَاءَ وَدِدْتُ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا فِيهَا الْجَدُّ وَالْكَلاَلَةُ وَأَبْوَابٌ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الرِّبَا  

muslim:3032bAbū Kurayb > Ibn Idrīs > Abū Ḥayyān > al-Shaʿbī > Ibn ʿUmar

I heard 'Umar b. Khattab delivering sermon on the pulpit ol Messenger of Allah ﷺ and saying': Now, coming to the point, O people, there was revealed (the command pertaining to the prohibition of wine) and it was prepared (at that time) out of five things: grape, date, honey, wheat, barley, and wine is that which clouds the intellect, and, O people, I wish Messenger of Allah ﷺ had explained to us in greater detail three things: the inheritance of the grandfather, of one who dies without leaving any issue, and some of the problems of interest.  

مسلم:٣٠٣٢bوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَيَّانَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ عَلَى مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَمَّا بَعْدُ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ فَإِنَّهُ نَزَلَ تَحْرِيمُ الْخَمْرِ وَهْىَ مِنْ خَمْسَةٍ مِنَ الْعِنَبِ وَالتَّمْرِ وَالْعَسَلِ وَالْحِنْطَةِ وَالشَّعِيرِ وَالْخَمْرُ مَا خَامَرَ الْعَقْلَ وَثَلاَثٌ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ وَدِدْتُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا فِيهِنَّ عَهْدًا نَنْتَهِي إِلَيْهِ الْجَدُّ وَالْكَلاَلَةُ وَأَبْوَابٌ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الرِّبَا  

nasai:5578Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn ʿUlayyah > Abū Ḥayyān > al-Shaʿbī > Ibn ʿUmar > ʿUmar Yakhṭub > Minbar al-Madīnah

"I heard 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, delivering a Khutbah on the Minbar of Al-Madinah and he said: 'O people, on the day that the prohibition of Khamr was revealed, it was made from five things: From grapes, dates, honey, wheat and barley. Khamr is that which overcomes the mind.'"  

النسائي:٥٥٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَيَّانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الشَّعْبِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ ؓ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى مِنْبَرِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَلاَ إِنَّهُ نَزَلَ تَحْرِيمُ الْخَمْرِ يَوْمَ نَزَلَ وَهِيَ مِنْ خَمْسَةٍ مِنَ الْعِنَبِ وَالتَّمْرِ وَالْعَسَلِ وَالْحِنْطَةِ وَالشَّعِيرِ وَالْخَمْرُ مَا خَامَرَ الْعَقْلَ  

nasai:5579Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Ibn Idrīs > Zakariyyā And ʾAbī Ḥayyān > al-Shaʿbī > Ibn ʿUmar > ʿUmar

"I heard 'Umar bin Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, on the Minbar of the Messenger of Allah [SAW], say: 'The prohibition of Khamr was revealed when it was made from five things: From grapes, wheat, barley, dates and honey.'"  

النسائي:٥٥٧٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا وَأَبِي حَيَّانَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ عَلَى مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ الْخَمْرَ نَزَلَ تَحْرِيمُهَا وَهِيَ مِنْ خَمْسَةٍ مِنَ الْعِنَبِ وَالْحِنْطَةِ وَالشَّعِيرِ وَالتَّمْرِ وَالْعَسَلِ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ هَذَا النَّبِيذَ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِمُسْكِرٍ يُسْكِرُ كَثِيرُهُ الَّذِي هُوَ خَمْرٌ

ibnhibban:5388ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus And Ibn Idrīs And Ibn Abū Ghaniyyah > Abū Ḥayyān al-Taymī > al-Shaʿbī > Ibn ʿUmar

"I heard 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, delivering a Khutbah on the Minbar of Al-Madinah and he said: 'O people, on the day that the prohibition of Khamr was revealed, it was made from five things: From grapes, dates, honey, wheat and barley. Khamr is that which overcomes the mind.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5578)   

ابن حبّان:٥٣٨٨أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ وَابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ وَابْنُ أَبِي غَنِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

سَمِعَ عُمَرَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «أَمَّا بَعْدُ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ فَإِنَّهُ نَزَلَ تَحْرِيمُ الْخَمْرِ وَهِيَ مِنْ خَمْسٍ مِنَ الْعِنَبِ وَالتَّمْرِ وَالْعَسَلِ وَالْحِنْطَةِ وَالشَّعِيرِ وَالْخَمْرُ مَا خَامَرَ الْعَقْلَ»  

bayhaqi:17346Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Abū Ḥayyān al-Taymī > ʿĀmir > Ibn ʿUmar > Qām

[Machine] Umar stood as a preacher on the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and praised Allah and spoke highly of him. Then he said: "As for what follows, the prohibition of alcohol was revealed on the day it was revealed, and it is made from five things: grapes, dates, honey, wheat, and barley, and wine is what clouds the mind."  

البيهقي:١٧٣٤٦وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ التَّيْمِيِّ قَالَ ثنا عَامِرٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَامَ عُمَرُ ؓ خَطِيبًا عَلَى مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ الْخَمْرَ نَزَلَ تَحْرِيمُهَا يَوْمَ نَزَلَ وَهِيَ مِنْ خَمْسَةٍ مِنَ الْعِنَبِ وَالتَّمْرِ وَالْعَسَلِ وَالْحِنْطَةِ وَالشَّعِيرِ وَالْخَمْرُ مَا خَامَرَ الْعَقْلَ.  

لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانِ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ الثَّوْرِيِّ الزَّبِيبُ بَدَلُ الْعِنَبِ وَكَذَلِكَ قَالَهُ حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ وَكَذَلِكَ قَالَهُ ابْنُ أَبِي السَّفَرِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُسَدَّدٍ وَأَشَارَ إِلَى رِوَايَةِ حَمَّادٍ وَذَكَرَ رِوَايَةَ ابْنِ أَبِي السَّفَرِ