38. Marital Feast
٣٨۔ كِتَابُ الْوَلِيمَةِ
[Machine] I heard Jabir ibn Abdullah say, "Bushr (a kind of sweet drink made from grape juice) and dates (are like) wine."
سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ «الْبُسْرُ وَالتَّمْرُ خَمْرٌ»
"Unripe dates and dried dates are Khamr." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5544)
«الْبُسْرُ وَالتَّمْرُ خَمْرٌ»
"While I was taking care of a group of people, including my paternal uncles, and I was the youngest of them, a man came and said: 'Khamr has been forbidden.' I was taking care of them, and was pouring Fadikh (date-wine) for them. They said: 'Pour it away.' So I poured it away." I (the narrator) said to Anas: "What is that?" He said: "Unripe dates and dried dates." Abu Bakr bin Anas said: "That was their wine in those days." And Anas did not deny that. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5541)
بَيْنَمَا أنا قَائِمٌ عَلَى الْحَيِّ وَأنا أَصْغَرُهُمْ سِنًّا عَلَى عُمُومَتِي إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا قَدْ حُرِّمَتِ الْخَمْرُ وَأَنَا قَائِمٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَسْقِيهِمْ مِنْ فَضِيخٍ لَهُمْ فَقَالَ أَكْفِئْهَا فَكَفَأْتُهَا فَقُلْتُ لِأَنَسٍ مَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ «الْبُسْرُ وَالتَّمْرُ» قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَنَسٍ كَانَتْ خَمْرُهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَلَمْ يُنْكِرْ أَنَسٌ