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السيوطي:٥٩٧-١٤b –

"عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حجْرٍ أنَّ رَجُلًا يُقَالُ لَهُ سُوَيْدُ بْنُ طَارِقٍ سَألَ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ عَنْ الَخْمرِ فَنَهاهُ فَقَالَ: أصْنَعُهَا لِلدَّوَاءِ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبىُّ ﷺ إِنَّهَا دَاءٌ وَلَيْسَتْ بِدَوَاءٍ".  

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ahmad:18859 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Isrāʾīl > Simāk b. Ḥarb > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil al-Ḥaḍramī from his father > a man

[Machine] It is said that Suwaid bin Tariq asked the Prophet ﷺ about alcohol, and he forbade it. Suwaid then said, "I make it for medicine." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, it is a disease and not a cure."  

أحمد:١٨٨٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا

يُقَالُ لَهُ سُوَيْدُ بْنُ طَارِقٍ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ فَنَهَاهُ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَصْنَعُهَا لِلدَّوَاءِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّهَا دَاءٌ وَلَيْسَتْ بِدَوَاءٍ  

darimi:2140 – Sahl b. Ḥammād > Shuʿbah > Simāk > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil > Abīh Wāʾil

[Machine] Suwaibid bin Tarik asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about alcohol, and he prohibited him from making it. He said, "Indeed, it is a medicine." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, "Verily, it is not a medicine, but it is a disease."  

الدارمي:٢١٤٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنَ وَائِلٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَائِلٍ

أَنَّ سُوَيْدَ بْنَ طَارِقٍ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ فَنَهَاهُ عَنْهَا أَنْ يَصْنَعَهَا فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا دَوَاءٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ دَوَاءً وَلَكِنَّهَا دَاءٌ»  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ إِنَّمَا أَبَاحَ لَهُمْ شُرْبَ أَبْوَالِ الْإِبِلِ لِلتَّدَاوِي لَا أَنَّهَا غَيْرُ نَجِسَةٍ

ibnhibban:1390 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥanẓalī > Abū ʿĀmir al-ʿAqadī > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil > Abīh Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

[Machine] Swaid ibn Tariq asked the Prophet ﷺ about alcohol and said, "We make it." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade him from doing so. Swaid ibn Tariq then said, "O Messenger of Allah, it is a medicine." The Prophet ﷺ replied, "It is not a medicine, rather it is a disease."  

ابن حبّان:١٣٩٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنَ وَائِلٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ

أَنَّ سُوَيْدَ بْنَ طَارِقٍ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ وَقَالَ إِنَّا نَصْنَعُهَا فَنَهَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهَا دَوَاءٌ فَقَالَ ﷺ «إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِدَوَاءٍ وَلَكِنَّهَا دَاءٌ»