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Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1837 — Vessels

وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى : حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ ، ثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ ، ثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ ، ثَنَا الْمُثَنَّى الْعَبْدِيُّ أَبُو مُنَازِلٍ ، أَحَدُ بَنِي غَنْمٍ ، عَنِ الْأَشَجِّ الْعَصَرِيِّ ، قَالَ : إِنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي رُفْقَةٍ مِنْ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ لِيَزُورُوهُ ، فَأَقْبَلُوا .
فَلَمَّا قَدِمُوا رَفَعَ لَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَأَنَاخُوا رِكَابَهُمْ ، وَابْتَدَرَهُ الْقَوْمُ . فَلَمْ يَلْبَسُوا إِلَّا ثِيَابَ سَفَرِهِمْ ، وَقَامَ الْعَصَرِيُّ فَعَقَلَ رَكَائِبَ أَصْحَابِهِ وَبَعِيرَهُ . ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَ ثِيَابَهُ مِنْ عَيْبَتِهِ ، وَذَلِكَ بِعَيْنِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ يُسَلِّمُ .
فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : يَا مَعْشَرَ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ ، مَا لِي أَرَى وُجُوهَكُمْ قَدْ تَغَيَّرَتْ ؟ قَالُوا : يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ ، نَحْنُ بِأَرْضٍ وَخِمَةٍ ، وَكُنَّا نَتَّخِذُ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَنْبِذَةِ مَا يَقْطَعُ اللُّحْمَانَ فِي بُطُونِنَا ، فَلَمَّا نَهَيْتَنَا عَنِ الظُّرُوفِ انْتَهَيْنَا ; فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي تَرَى فِي وُجُوهِنَا .
فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : إِنَّ الظُّرُوفَ لَا تُحِلُّ وَلَا تُحَرِّمُ ، وَلَكِنَّ كُلَّ مُسْكِرٍ حَرَامٌ ، وَلَيْسَ أَنْ تَجْلِسُوا فَتَشْرَبُوا حَتَّى إِذَا امْتَلَأَتِ الْعُرُوقُ تَفَاخَرْتُمْ ، فَوَثَبَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى ابْنِ عَمِّهِ فَضَرَبَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ ، فَتَرَكَهُ أَعْرَجَ . قَالَ : وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِي الْقَوْمِ الْأَعْرَجُ الَّذِي أَصَابَهُ ذَلِكَ .
صَحَّحَهُ ابْنُ حِبَّانَ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Ashajj al-Asari (may Allah be pleased with him) that he came with a delegation of the tribe of Abd al-Qays to visit the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When they arrived, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came into view before them. All the people got down from their mounts and hurried towards the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), wearing the same dusty travelling clothes. But Sayyiduna al-Ashajj al-Asari (may Allah be pleased with him) stayed behind and first tied up and secured his companions' mounts and his own camel, then took clean clothes out of his baggage and put them on; all of this was happening before the eyes of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). After that he came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and greeted him with salam. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked, "O people of Abd al-Qays! Why is it that I see your faces changed (withered)?" They said, "O Prophet of Allah! We live in a land whose climate is unhealthy. For digestion we relied on these particular drinks (nabidh), which would break down the meat in our stomachs; but since you (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade us the use of the (intoxication-producing) vessels, we have given them up, and this colour of our faces is because of that." At this the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Indeed, vessels in themselves do not make anything lawful or unlawful; rather, every intoxicant is unlawful. And it is by no means right that you sit drinking until, when your veins are filled (with intoxication), you start boasting against one another, and then matters reach the point that a man leaps upon his own cousin and strikes him with a sword and leaves him lame." The narrator said: The lame man who had received that wound in a state of intoxication was present in the delegation that day.
Imam Ibn Hibban (may Allah have mercy on him) declared this hadith sahih (authentic).
Hadith Reference المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية / كتاب الحدود / 1837
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