36. The Book of Drinks
٣٦۔ كتاب الأشربة
When the Prophet ﷺ migrated to Medina, Suraqa bin Malik bin Ju'sham pursued him. The Prophet ﷺ invoked evil on him, therefore the forelegs of his horse sank into the ground. Suraqa said (to the Prophet ), "Invoke Allah to rescue me, and I will not harm you. "The Prophet ﷺ invoked Allah for him. Then Messenger of Allah ﷺ felt thirsty and he passed by a shepherd. Abu Bakr said, "I took a bowl and milked a little milk in it and brought it to the Prophet ﷺ and he drank till I was pleased."
لَمَّا أَقْبَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ تَبِعَهُ سُرَاقَةُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ جُعْشُمٍ فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَسَاخَتْ بِهِ فَرَسُهُ قَالَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ لِي وَلاَ أَضُرُّكَ فَدَعَا لَهُ قَالَ فَعَطِشَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَمَرَّ بِرَاعٍ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَأَخَذْتُ قَدَحًا فَحَلَبْتُ فِيهِ كُثْبَةً مِنْ لَبَنٍ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَشَرِبَ حَتَّى رَضِيتُ
Messenger of Allah ﷺ was presented with two cups one containing wine and the other milk on the night of his night journey at Jerusalem. He looked at it and took the milk. Gabriel said, "Thanks to Allah Who guided you to the Fitra (i.e. Islam); if you had taken the wine, your followers would have gone astray.
أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ بِإِيلِيَاءَ بِقَدَحَيْنِ مِنْ خَمْرٍ وَلَبَنٍ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِمَا فَأَخَذَ اللَّبَنَ قَالَ جِبْرِيلُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَاكَ لِلْفِطْرَةِ لَوْ أَخَذْتَ الْخَمْرَ غَوَتْ أُمَّتُكَ