Reports from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on the vessels he prohibited

It is narrated from Malik bin Umayr that Sa'sa'ah bin Suhan came to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and greeted him. Then he said: O Commander of the Faithful! Forbid us those things which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade you. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade us dubba' (a large jar made by drying a gourd), hantam (a green or red jar), muqayyar (a jar coated with tar) and ji'ah (a wine made from barley or wheat).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade dubba', hantam, muzaffat (a jar coated with tar) and naqir (a vessel made by hollowing out a thick piece of tree wood). (All these vessels were used for wine.)

It is narrated from Sa'id bin Jubayr that he said: I bear witness and state concerning Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that they both testified that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade dubba', hantam, muzaffat and naqir.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade that nabidh be made in muzaffat, dubba', hantam and naqir.

It is narrated from Umarah bin Asim al-Anazi that he said: I came to Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him about nabidh. He replied: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade dubba' and muzaffat. So I (Umarah) asked Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) this question again, and he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade dubba' and muzaffat. I repeated this question to Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), and he replied again: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade dubba' and muzaffat.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade dubba' and muzaffat.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade dubba', naqir and muzaffat.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade dubba', hantam and muzaffat. The narrator says: I think he also mentioned naqir.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered a sermon to the people one day. When I came to the gathering, he (peace and blessings be upon him) had finished delivering the sermon. I asked the people (about the sermon), saying: What did he (peace and blessings be upon him) say in the sermon? The people said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade making nabidh in muzaffat and qar' (dubba').

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the nabidh of earthenware jars, dubba' and muzaffat.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Ya'mar (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade dubba', muzaffat and hantam.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade dubba', hantam and muzaffat. And Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Hantam was a jar that was brought from Egypt, and wine was made in it.

Ash'ath bin Umayr al-Abdi narrates from his father that he said: The delegation of Abd al-Qays came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When they intended to go back, they said (among themselves): You have memorized from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) everything you heard from him (peace and blessings be upon him). So (now) ask him (peace and blessings be upon him) about nabidh. So they came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! We are in an unwholesome land, in which only a particular drink suits us. The narrator says: He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What is your drink?" They said: Nabidh. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "In what (vessel) do you drink it?" They said: In naqir. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not drink nabidh in naqir." The narrator says: So they went out and said (to one another): By Allah! Our people will not make peace with us on this. So they turned back and put this question to him (peace and blessings be upon him) again, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave them the same reply as before. They repeated the question once more, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them: "Do not drink nabidh in naqir, lest a man among you strike his cousin such a blow that the poor man remains lame until the Day of Resurrection." The narrator says: At this they laughed. He asked: "What are you laughing at?" They submitted: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! By the One who sent you with the truth, we did drink nabidh in a naqir of ours. Then we rose up against one another, and this man was struck such a blow that because of it he became lame until the Day of Resurrection.

Asma bint Yazid narrates from her cousin (who was called Anas) that he heard Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) say: Is this not the statement of Allah: "And whatever the Messenger gives you, take it, and whatever he forbids you, refrain from it"? The people said: Certainly. Then Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Is this not the word of Allah: "And when Allah and the Messenger decide a matter conclusively, there is no room for any believing man, nor for any believing woman"? Then Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I bear witness concerning him (peace and blessings be upon him) and state that he (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the nabidh of naqir, muzaffat, dubba' and hantam.

It is narrated from Abu Shamr al-Duba'i that he said: I heard Sayyiduna A'idh bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) forbidding hantam, dubba', muzaffat and naqir. Abu Shamr says: I asked A'idh: Is this ruling from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? He replied: Yes.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the nabidh of earthenware jars, dubba', muzaffat and all vessels.

It is narrated from Fudayl bin Zayd that he said: We were with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) when we mentioned wine to one another. At this Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Wine is forbidden. I asked: The prohibition of wine is in the Book of Allah. So Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: What is it that you want? Do you want what I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? (Then) I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbid dubba', hantam and muzaffat.

Kulayb bin Wa'il states that he said: The stepdaughter raised in the care of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (I think Sayyidah Zaynab, may Allah be pleased with her, was meant) narrated to me. She said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade dubba' and hantam. (The narrator says:) I think naqir was also mentioned in it.

It is narrated about Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla that he disliked muzaffat (vessels), and he used to say: It is more beloved to me to drink the urine of a donkey than to drink anything in a muzaffat (vessel).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade muzaffat (vessels).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Bara' (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered me, on the day of al-Qadisiyyah, to make this announcement: Nabidh shall not be prepared in dubba', hantam or muzaffat.

It is narrated from Abd al-Malik bin Nafi' that he said: I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) about cooked tila'. He said: There is no harm. I asked: What if it is in a muzaffat (vessel)? He said: Do not drink nabidh in a muzaffat.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he forbade muzaffat (vessels).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade dubba', muzaffat, hantam and naqir, and he also forbade mixing unripe dates with ripe dates.

It is narrated from al-Mukhtar bin Fulful that he said: I asked Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) about nabidh. He said: Avoid the intoxicating quantity of it in everything, and in whatever large jar, waterskin, gourd (made into a vessel) or earthenware jar has been made muzaffat, avoid even less than that quantity.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: I heard Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) say at this pulpit (Sa'id pointed towards the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)): The delegation of Abd al-Qays came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him about drinks. He (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade them dubba', naqir and hantam. I asked: O Abu Muhammad! Muzaffat (was it forbidden too)? We think that you forgot it. He replied: I did not hear this from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) in that day's narration.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade hantam.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade dubba' and muzaffat.

It is narrated from al-Aswad that he said: I asked Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): Which drinks did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbid? Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) replied: He (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade (the drinks of) dubba' and muzaffat.

Ibrahim said: I said to al-Aswad: And hantam and green earthenware jars? He said: You want us to say what has not been said.