Book Sixty Nine – The Book on Drinks

Hadith Number 481.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Whoever drinks alcoholic drinks in the world and does not repent (before dying), will be deprived of it in the Hereafter."


Hadith Number 482.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): On the night Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was taken on a night journey (Miraj) two cups, one containing wine and the other milk, were presented to him at Jerusalem. He looked at it and took the cup of milk. Jibril (Alayhi Salam) said, "Praise be to Allah Who guided you to Al-Fitra (the right path); if you had taken (the cup of) wine, your nation would have gone astray."


Hadith Number 483.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I heard from Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) a narration which none other than I will narrate to you. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), said, "From among the portents of the Hour are the following: General ignorance (in religious affairs) will prevail, (religious) knowledge will decrease, illegal sexual intercourse will prevail, alcoholic drinks will be drunk (in abundance), men will decrease and women will increase so much so that for every fifty women there will be one man to look after them."


Hadith Number 484.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu) : The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "An adulterer, at the time he is committing illegal sexual intercourse is not a believer; and a person, at the time of drinking an alcoholic drink is not a believer; and a thief, at the time of stealing, is not a believer." Ibn Shihab said: 'Abdul Malik bin Abi Bakr bin 'Abdur-Rahman bin Al- Harith bin Hisham told me that Abu Bakr (Radhi Allahu Anhu) used to narrate that narration to him on the authority of Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu). He used to add that Abu Bakr used to mention, besides the above cases, "And he who robs (takes illegally something by force) while the people are looking at him, is not a believer at the time he is robbing (taking)."


Hadith Number 485.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): "Alcoholic drinks were prohibited (by Allah) when there was nothing of it (special kind of wine) in Al-Madinah.


Hadith Number 486.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Alcoholic drinks were prohibited at the time we could rarely find wine made from grapes in Al-Madinah, for most of our liquors were made from unripe and ripe dates.


Hadith Number 487.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): 'Umar stood up on the pulpit and said, "Now then, prohibition of alcoholic drinks have been revealed, and these drinks are prepared from five things, i.e. grapes, dates, honey, wheat or barley And an alcoholic drink is that, that disturbs the mind.


Hadith Number 488.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I was serving Abu 'Ubaida, Abu Talha and Ubai bin Ka'b with a drink prepared from ripe and unripe dates. Then somebody came to them and said, "Alcoholic drinks have been prohibited." (On hearing that) Abu Talha said, "Get up. O Anas, and pour (throw) it out! So I poured (threw) it out.


Hadith Number 489.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): While I was waiting on my uncles and serving them with (wine prepared from) dates... and I was the youngest of them... it was said, "Alcoholic drinks have been prohibited." So they said (to me), "Throw it away." So I threw it away.


Hadith Number 490.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Alcoholic drinks were prohibited. At that time these drinks used to be prepared from unripe and ripe dates.

Hadith Number 491.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was asked about Al-Bit. He said, "All drinks that intoxicate are unlawful (to drink.)


Hadith Number 492A.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was asked about Al-Bit a liquor prepared from honey which the Yemenites used to drink. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "All drinks that intoxicate are unlawful (to drink)."


Hadith Number 492B.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Do not make drinks in Ad-Dubba' nor in Al-Muzaffat. Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu) used to add to them Al-Hantam and An-Naqir. (*)

* Ad-Dubba, Al-Muzaffat, Al-Hantam and An-Naqir are four different containers in which wine used to be prepared. Ad-Dubba is the empty skin of gourd; Al-Muzaffat is a bowl coated with pitch; Al-Hantam is a kind of jar; and An-Naqir is a piece of date-palm trunk, hollowed out in the shape of a bowl.



Hadith Number 493.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): 'Umar delivered a sermon on the pulpit of Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), saying, "Alcoholic drinks were prohibited by Divine Order, and these drinks used to be prepared from five things, i.e., grapes, dates, wheat, barley and honey. Alcoholic drink is that, that disturbs the mind." 'Umar added, "I wish Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) had not left us before he had given us definite verdicts concerning three matters, i.e., how much a grandfather may inherit (of his grandson), the inheritance of Al-Kalala (the deceased person among whose heirs there is no father or son), and various types of Riba (usury)."


Hadith Number 494A.

Narrated by 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhu): "Alcoholic drinks are prepared from five things, i.e., raisins, dates. wheat, barley and honey."


Hadith Number 494B.

Narrated by Abu 'Amir or Abu Malik Al-Ash'ari (Radhi Allahu Anhu): That he heard the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saying, "From among my followers there will be some people who will consider illegal sexual intercourse, the wearing of silk, the drinking of alcoholic drinks and the use of musical instruments, as lawful. And there will be some people who will stay near the side of a mountain and in the evening their shepherd will come to them with their sheep and ask them for something, but they will say to him, 'Return to us tomorrow.' Allah will destroy them during the night and will let the mountain fall on them, and He will transform the rest of them into monkeys and pigs and they will remain so till the Day of Resurrection."


Hadith Number 495.

Narrated by Sahl (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Abu Usaid As-Sa'idi came and invited Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) on the occasion of his wedding. His wife who was the bride, was serving them. Do you know what drink she prepared for Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)? She had soaked some dates in water in a Tur overnight.


Hadith Number 496.

Narrated by Jabir (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade the use of (certain) containers, but the Ansar said, "We cannot dispense with them." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) then said, "If so, then use them."


Hadith Number 497.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Amr (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): When the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade the use of certain containers (that were used for preparing alcoholic drinks), somebody said to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). "But not all the people can find skins." So he allowed them to use clay jars not covered with pitch.


Hadith Number 498.

Narrated by 'Ali (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade the use of Ad-Dubba' and Al Muzaffat.


Hadith Number 499.

Narrated by Al-A'mash: (As above 494).


Hadith Number 500.

Narrated by Ibrahim: I asked Al-Aswad, "Did you ask 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha), Mother of the Believers, about the containers in which it is disliked to prepare (non-alcoholic) drinks?" He said, "Yes, I said to her, 'O Mother of the Believers! What containers did the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbid to use for preparing (non-alcoholic) drinks?" She said, 'The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade us, (his family), to prepare (non-alcoholic) drinks in Ad-Dubba and Al-Muzaffat.' I asked, 'Didn't you mention Al Jar and Al Hantam?' She said, 'I tell what I have heard; shall I tell you what I have not heard?'"

Hadith Number 501.

Narrated by Ash-Shaibani: I heard 'Abdullah bin Abi Aufa (Radhi Allahu Anhuma) saying, "The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade the use of green jars." I said, "Shall we drink out of white jars?" He said, "No."


Hadith Number 502.

Narrated by Sahl bin Sa'd (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Abu Usaid As Sa'idi invited the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) to his wedding banquet. At that time his wife was serving them and she was the bride. She said, ''Do you know what (kind of syrup) I soaked (made) for Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)? I soaked some dates in water in a Tur (bowl) overnight."


Hadith Number 503.

Narrated by Abu Al-Juwairiyya: I asked Ibn 'Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma) about Al-Badhaq. He said, "Muhammad prohibited alcoholic drinks before It was called Al-Badhaq (by saying), 'Any drink that intoxicates is unlawful.' I said, 'What about good lawful drinks?' He said, 'Apart from what is lawful and good, all other things are unlawful and not good (unclean Al-Khabith).


Hadith Number 504.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) used to like sweet edible things and honey.


Hadith Number 505.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): While I was serving Abu Talha. Abu Dujana and Abu Suhail bin Al-Baida' with a drink made from a mixture of unripe and ripe dates, alcoholic drinks, were made unlawful, whereupon I threw it away, and I was their butler and the youngest of them, and we used to consider that drink as an alcoholic drink in those days.


Hadith Number 506.

Narrated by Jabir (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade the drinking of alcoholic drinks prepared from raisins, dates, unripe dates and fresh ripe dates.


Hadith Number 507.

Narrated by Abu Qatada (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade the mixing of ripe and unripe dates and also the mixing of dates and raisins (for preparing a syrup) but the syrup of each kind of fruit should be prepared separately. (One may have such drinks as long as it is fresh).


Hadith Number 508.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was presented a bowl of milk and a bowl of wine on the night he was taken on a journey (Al-Mi'raj).


Hadith Number 509.

Narrated by Um Al-Fadl (Radhi Allahu Anha): The people doubted whether Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was fasting or the Day of 'Arafat or not. So I sent a cup containing milk to him and he drank it.


Hadith Number 510.

Narrated by Jabir bin 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Abu Humaid brought a cup of mix from a place called Al-Naqi. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said to him, "Will you not cover it, even by placing a stick across it?"


Hadith Number 511.

Narrated by Jabir (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Abu Humaid, an Ansari man, came from An Naqi carrying a cup of milk to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Will you not cover it even by placing a stick across it?"


Hadith Number 512.

Narrated by Al-Bara (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) came from Makkah with Abu Bakr (Radhi Allahu Anhu). Abu Bakr said "We passed by a shepherd and at that time Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was thirsty. I milked a little milk in a bowl and Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) drank till I was pleased. Suraqa bin Ju'shum came to us riding a horse (chasing us). The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) invoked evil upon him, whereupon Suraqa requested him not to invoke evil upon him, in which case he would go back. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) agreed.


Hadith Number 513.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "The best object of charity is a she-camel which has (newly) given birth and gives plenty of milk, or a she-goat which gives plenty of milk; and is given to somebody to utilize its milk by milking one bowl in the morning and one in the evening."

Hadith Number 514.

Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) drank milk and then rinsed his mouth and said, "It contains fat. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) added: I was raised to the Lote Tree and saw four rivers, two of which were coming out and two going in. Those which were coming out were the Nile and the Euphrates, and those which were going in were two rivers in paradise. Then I was given three bowls, one containing milk, and another containing honey, and a third containing wine. I took the bowl containing milk and drank it. It was said to me, "You and your followers will be on the right path (of Islam)."


Hadith Number 515.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Abu Talha had the largest number of date palms from amongst the Ansars of Al-Madinah. The dearest of his property to him was Bairuha garden which was facing the (Prophet’s (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)) Masjid. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) used to enter it and drink of its good fresh water. When the Holy Verse: 'By no means shall you attain righteousness unless you spend (in charity) of that which you love.' (Surah Al-‘Imran 3: 92) was revealed, Abu Talha got up and said, "O Allah's Messenger! Allah says: By no means shall you attain righteousness unless you spend of that which you love,' and the dearest of my property to me is the Bairuha garden and I want to give it in charity in Allah's Cause, seeking to be rewarded by Allah for that. So you can spend it, O Allah's Messenger, where-ever Allah instructs you. ' Allah’s Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Good! That is a perishable (or profitable) wealth" ('Abdullah is in doubt as to which word was used.) He said, "I have heard what you have said but in my opinion you'd better give it to your kith and kin." On that Abu Talha said, "I will do so, O Allah's Messenger!" Abu Talha distributed that garden among his kith and kin and cousins.


Hadith Number 516.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I saw Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) drinking milk. He came to my house and I milked a sheep and then mixed the milk with water from the well for Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). He took the bowl and drank while on his left there was sitting Abu Bakr (Radhi Allahu Anhu) #, and on his right there was a bedouin. He then gave the remaining milk to the bedouin and said, "The right! The right (first)."


Hadith Number 517.

Narrated by Jabir bin 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and one of his companions entered upon an Ansari man and the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said to him, "If you have water kept overnight in a water skin, (give us), otherwise we will drink water by putting our mouth in it." The man was watering his garden then. He said, "O Allah's Messenger! I have water kept overnight; let us go to the shade." So he took them both there and poured water into a bowl and milked a domestic goat of his in it. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) drank, and then the man who had come along with him, drank.


Hadith Number 518.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) used to like sweet edible things (syrup, etc.) and honey.


Hadith Number 519.

Narrated by An-Nazzal: Ali (Radhi Allahu Anhu) came to the gate of the courtyard (of the Masjid) and drank (water) while he was standing and said, "Some people dislike to drink while standing, but I saw the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) doing (drinking water) as you have seen me doing now."


Hadith Number 520.

Narrated by An-Nazzal bin Sabra: 'Ali (Radhi Allahu Anhu) offered the Dhuhr prayer and then sat down in the wide courtyard (of the Mosque) of Kufa in order to deal with the affairs of the people till the 'Asr prayer became due. Then water was brought to him and he drank of it, washed his face, hands, head and feet. Then he stood up and drank the remaining water while he was standing and said, "Some people dislike to drink water while standing thought the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) did as I have just done."


Hadith Number 521.

Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) drank Zam-Zam (water) while standing.


Hadith Number 522.

Narrated by Um Al-Fadl: (Daughter of Al-Harith) (Radhi Allahu Anha) that she sent a bowl of milk to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) while he was standing (at 'Arafat) in the afternoon of the Day of 'Arafat. He took it in his hands and drank it. Narrated Abu Nadr: The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was on the back of his camel.


Hadith Number 523.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Milk mixed with water was brought to Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) while a bedouin was on his right and Abu Bakr was on his left. He drank (of it) and then gave (it) to the bedouin and said, 'The right" "The right (first)."


Hadith Number 524.

Narrated by Sahl bin Sa'd (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was offered something to drink. He drank of it while on his right was a boy and on his left were some elderly people. He said to the boy, "May I give these (elderly) people first?" The boy said, "By Allah, O Allah's Messenger! I will not give up my share from you to somebody else." On that Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) placed the cup in the hand of that boy.


Hadith Number 525.

Narrated by Jabir bin 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and one of his companions entered upon an Ansari man. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and his companion greeted (the man) and he replied, "O Allah's Messenger! Let my father and mother be sacrificed for you! It is hot," while he was watering his garden. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) asked him, "If you have water kept overnight in a water skin, (give us), or else we will drink by putting our mouths in the basin." The man was watering the garden the man said, "O Allah's Messenger! I have water kept overnight in a water-skin. He went to the shade and poured some water into a bowl and milked some milk from a domestic goat in it. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) drank and then gave the bowl to the man who had come along with him to drink.


Hadith Number 526.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I was waiting on my uncles, serving them with an alcoholic drink prepared from dates, and I was the youngest of them. (Suddenly) it was said that alcoholic drinks had been prohibited. So they said (to me), 'Throw it away." And I threw it away The sub-narrator said: I asked Anas what their drink was (made from), He replied, "(From) ripe dates and unripe dates."


Hadith Number 527.

Narrated by Jabir bin 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "When night falls (or when it is evening), stop your children from going out, for the devils spread out at that time. But when an hour of the night has passed, release them and close the doors and mention Allah's Name, for Shaitan does not open a closed door. Tie the mouth of your water-skin and mention Allah's Name; cover your containers and utensils and mention Allah's Name. Cover them even by placing something across it, and extinguish your lamps."


Hadith Number 528.

Narrated by Jabir (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Extinguish the lamps when you go to bed; close your doors; tie the mouths of your water skins, and cover the food and drinks." I think he added,"... even with a stick you place across the container."

Hadith Number 529.

Narrated by Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade the bending of the mouths of water skins for the sake of drinking from them.


Hadith Number 530.

Narrated by Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I heard Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbidding the drinking of water by bending the mouths of water skins, i.e., drinking from the mouths directly.


Hadith Number 531.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade drinking directly from the mouth of a water skin or other leather containers and forbade preventing one's neighbor from fixing a peg in (the wall of) one's house.


Hadith Number 532.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade the drinking of water directly from the mouth of a water skin.


Hadith Number 533.

Narrated by Ibn Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade the drinking of water direct from the mouth of a water-skin.


Hadith Number 534.

Narrated by Abu Qatada (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "When you drink (water), do not breath in the vessel; and when you urinate, do not touch your FLUFFY with your right hand. And when you cleanse yourself after defecation, do not use your right hand."


Hadith Number 535.

Narrated by Thumama bin Abdullah: Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu) used to breathe twice or thrice in the vessel (while drinking) and used to say that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam); used to take three breaths while drinking.


Hadith Number 536.

Narrated by Ibn Abi Laila: While Hudhaita (Radhi Allahu Anhu) was at Mada'in, he asked for water. The chief of the village brought him a silver vessel. Hudhaifa threw it away and said, "I have thrown it away because I told him not to use it, but he has not stopped using it. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade us to wear clothes of silk or Dibaj, and to drink in gold or silver utensils, and said, 'These things are for them (unbelievers) in this world and for you (Muslims) in the Hereafter.'"


Hadith Number 537.

Narrated by Hudhaifa (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Do not drink in gold or silver utensils, and do not wear clothes of silk or Dibaj, for these things are for them (unbelievers) in this world and for you in the Hereafter."


Hadith Number 538.

Narrated by Um Salama (Radhi Allahu Anha): (The wife of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)) Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "He who drinks in silver utensils is only filling his abdomen with Hell Fire."


Hadith Number 539.

Narrated by Al-Bara' bin 'Azib (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) ordered us to do seven things and forbade us from seven. He ordered us to visit the sick, to follow funeral processions, (to say) to a sneezer, “May Allah bestow His Mercy on you”, if he says, “Praise be to Allah”, to accept invitations, to greet (everybody), to help the oppressed and to help others to fulfill their oaths. He forbade us to wear gold rings, to drink in silver (utensils), to use Mayathir (silken carpets placed on saddles), to wear Al-Qissi (a kind of silken cloth), to wear silk, Dibaj or Istabraq (two kinds of silk).

Hadith Number 540.

Narrated by Um Al-Fadl (Radhi Allahu Anha): That the people were in doubt whether the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was fasting on the Day of 'Arafat or not, so a (wooden) drinking vessel full of milk was sent to him, and he drank it.


Hadith Number 541.

Narrated by Sahl bin Sa'd (Radhi Allahu Anhu): An Arab lady was mentioned to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) so he asked Abu Usaid As-Sa'idi to send for her, and he sent for her and she came and stayed in the castle of Bani Sa'ida. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) came out and went to her and entered upon her. Behold, it was a lady sitting with a drooping head. When the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) spoke to her, she said, "I seek refuge with Allah from you." He said, "I grant you refuge from me." They said to her, "Do you know who this is?" She said, "No." They said, "This is Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) who has come to command your hand in marriage." She said, "I am very unlucky to lose this chance." Then the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and his companions went towards the shed of Bani Sa'ida and sat there. Then he said, "Give us water, O Sahl!" So I took out this drinking bowl and gave them water in it. The sub-narrator added: Sahl took out for us that very drinking bowl and we all drank from it. Later on Umar bin 'Abdul 'Aziz requested Sahl to give it to him as a present, and he gave it to him as a present.



Hadith Number 542.

Narrated by 'Asim al-Ahwal: I saw the drinking bowl of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) with Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu), and it had been broken, and he had mended it with silver plates. That drinking bowl was quite wide and made of Nadar wood, Anas said, "I gave water to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) in that bowl more than so-and-so (for a long period)." Ibn Sirin said: Around that bowl there was an iron ring, and Anas wanted to replace it with a silver or gold ring, but Abu Talha said to him, "Do not change a thing that Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) has made." So Anas left it as it was.


Hadith Number 543.

Narrated by Jabir bin 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): I was with the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and the time for the 'Asr prayer became due. We had no water with us except a little which was put in a vessel and was brought to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). He put his hand into it and spread out his fingers and then said, "Come along! Hurry up! All those who want to perform ablution. The blessing is from Allah.'' I saw the water gushing out from his fingers. So the people performed the ablution and drank, and I tried to drink more of that water (beyond my thirst and capacity), for I knew that it was a blessing. The sub-narrator said: I asked Jabir, "How many persons were you then?" He replied, "We were one-thousand four hundred men." Salim said: Jabir said, 1500. (*)

* See the "Miracles of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam).