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nasai:5543Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

"When Khamr was forbidden, their drink was (made from) unripe dates and dried dates."  

النسائي:٥٥٤٣أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

حُرِّمَتِ الْخَمْرُ حِينَ حُرِّمَتْ وَإِنَّهُ لَشَرَابُهُمُ الْبُسْرُ وَالتَّمْرُ  


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nasai-kubra:5034Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas

"When Khamr was forbidden, their drink was (made from) unripe dates and dried dates." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5543)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٠٣٤أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

«حُرِّمَتِ الْخَمْرُ حِينَ حُرِّمَتْ وَإِنَّهُ لَشَرَابُهُمُ الْبُسْرُ وَالتَّمْرُ»