Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the delegation of Banu Abdul Qais came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked them about their identity. They replied that they belonged to the tribe of Rabi’ah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Welcome from our side; by coming here you will neither be disgraced nor ashamed.” They said, “O Messenger of Allah! We have come to you from a distant place. Between us and you is the tribe of the disbelievers of Mudar, and we can only come to you during the sacred months. Therefore, tell us something by acting upon which we may enter Paradise, and we may also inform those whom we have left behind.” They also asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about alcohol. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded them to do four things and forbade them from four things. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded them to have faith in Allah and said, “Do you know what it means to have faith in Allah?” They said, “Allah and His Messenger know best.” The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “To testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah, to establish prayer, to give zakat, to fast in Ramadan, and to send one-fifth of the spoils of war to the treasury (Bayt al-Mal).” And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade them from (using) vessels called dubba’, hantam, naqir, and muzaffat (which were used for drinking alcohol and whose explanation has already been mentioned several times before), and said, “Remember these things and convey them to those whom you have left behind.”