صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الحجThe Book of Pilgrimage
باب وُجُوبِ الْمَبِيتِ بِمِنًى لَيَالِيَ أَيَّامِ التَّشْرِيقِ وَالتَّرْخِيصِ فِي تَرْكِهِ لأَهْلِ السِّقَايَةِ:Chapter: It is obligatory to stay overnight in Mina during the nights of the days of At-Tashriq, and the concession allowing those who supply water to leave
وحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ الضَّرِيرُ ، حدثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ، حدثنا حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ ، عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُزَنِيِّ ، قَالَ : كُنْتُ جَالِسًا مَعَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، عَنْدَ الْكَعْبَةِ ، فَأَتَاهُ أَعْرَابِيٌّ ، فقَالَ : مَا لِي أَرَى بَنِي عَمِّكُمْ يَسْقُونَ الْعَسَلَ وَاللَّبَنَ ، وَأَنْتُمْ تَسْقُونَ النَّبِيذَ ؟ أَمِنْ حَاجَةٍ بِكُمْ ، أَمْ مِنْ بُخْلٍ ؟ فقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ : " الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ مَا بِنَا مِنْ حَاجَةٍ ، وَلَا بُخْلٍ قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ ، وَخَلْفَهُ أُسَامَةُ ، فَاسْتَسْقَى فَأَتَيْنَاهُ بِإِنَاءٍ مِنْ نَبِيذٍ ، فَشَرِبَ وَسَقَى فَضْلَهُ أُسَامَةَ وَقَالَ : أَحْسَنْتُمْ وَأَجْمَلْتُمْ كَذَا ، فَاصْنَعُوا ، فَلَا نُرِيدُ تَغْيِيرَ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " .
Bakr bin 'Abdullah al-Muzani said: While I was sitting along with Ibn 'Abbas (RA) near the Ka’bah, there came a bedouin to him and said: What is the matter that I see that the progeny of your uncle supply honey and milk (as drink to the travellers), whereas you supply al-nabidh (water sweetened with dates)? Is it due to your poverty or due to your close-fistedness? Thereupon Ibn 'Abbas said: Allah be praised, it is neither due to poverty nor due to close-fistedness (but due to the fact) that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) came here riding his she-camel, and there was sitting behind him Usama. He asked for water, and we gave him a cup full of nabidh and he drank it, and gave the remaining (part) to Usama; and he (the Holy Prophet) said: You have done Food, you have done well. So continue doing like it. So we do not like to change what Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had commanded us to do.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: Dates or dried grapes (munqa) are placed in water; after some time, the sweetness of the dates or dried grapes is imparted to the water. This is called nabidh, and it is permissible to drink it before it becomes intoxicating. From the response of Ibn Abbas (radi Allahu anhuma), it is understood that he did not approve of any kind of alteration or change in the statement of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). Although, outwardly, it may seem better and preferable to people to mix milk and honey into Zamzam water and serve it, since the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) had commanded the continuation of the practice of serving nabidh, he (Ibn Abbas) did not accept this change. The duty of a Muslim is precisely to adhere to the words and actions of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 3179
