A similar tradition has been transmitted by Ibn Ishaq with a different chain of narrators. But in this version he said ‘Araq is a date-basket holding thirty sa’s. Abu Dawud said “This version is sounder than that of Yahya bin Adam. ”
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
The (araq) basket’s quantity in these narrations is not sixty sa’ or thirty sa’ as the preferred opinion.
As Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah has written.
The correct quantity is mentioned in the next narration, that is, fifteen sa’.
Similarly, it is also narrated in Hadith:2393.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2215