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Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Adab al-Mufrad al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī Misc
nasai:5754 – Sūwayd > ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > Salamah b. Kuhayl > Dhar b. ʿAbdullāh > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abzá from his father > Saʾalt Ubay b. Kaʿb > al-Nabīdh

"I asked Ubayy bin Ka'b about Nabidh, and he said: 'Drink water, drink honey, drink Sawiq (barley gruel) and drink milk that you have been nourished with since childhood.' I repeated the question and he said: 'Is it wine you want? Is it wine you want?'"  

النسائي:٥٧٥٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدٌ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ ذَرِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أُبَىَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيذِ فَقَالَ اشْرَبِ الْمَاءَ وَاشْرَبِ الْعَسَلَ وَاشْرَبِ السَّوِيقَ وَاشْرَبِ اللَّبَنَ الَّذِي نُجِعَتْ بِهِ فَعَاوَدْتُهُ فَقَالَ الْخَمْرَ تُرِيدُ الْخَمْرَ تُرِيدُ  

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nasai-kubra:6826 – Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > Salamah b. Kuhayl > Dhar b. ʿAbdullāh > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abzá from his father > Saʾalt Ubay b. Kaʿb > al-Nabīdh

"I asked Ubayy bin Ka'b about Nabidh, and he said: 'Drink water, drink honey, drink Sawiq (barley gruel) and drink milk that you have been nourished with since childhood.' I repeated the question and he said: 'Is it wine you want? Is it wine you want?'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5754)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٨٢٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ ذَرِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيذِ قَالَ «اشْرَبِ الْمَاءَ وَاشْرَبِ الْعَسَلَ وَاشْرَبِ السَّوِيقَ وَاشْرَبِ اللَّبَنَ الَّذِي نُجِعْتَ بِهِ فَعَاوَدْتُهُ» فَقَالَ الْخَمْرَ تُرِيدُ الْخَمْرَ تُرِيدُ  

nasai-kubra:5245 – Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > Salamah b. Kuhayl > Dhar b. ʿAbdullāh > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abzá from his father > Saʾalnā Ubay b. Kaʿb > al-Nabīdh

"I asked Ubayy bin Ka'b about Nabidh, and he said: 'Drink water, drink honey, drink Sawiq (barley gruel) and drink milk that you have been nourished with since childhood.' I repeated the question and he said: 'Is it wine you want? Is it wine you want?'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5754)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٢٤٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ ذَرِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَأَلْنَا أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيذِ فَقَالَ «اشْرَبِ الْمَاءَ وَاشْرَبِ الْعَسَلَ وَاشْرَبِ السَّوِيقَ وَاشْرَبِ اللَّبَنَ الَّذِي نُجِعَتْ بِهِ فَعَاوَدْتُهُ» فَقَالَ «الْخَمْرَ تُرِيدُ الْخَمْرَ تُرِيدُ»