Nasai

This is the fifth narration which the Hanafis have used as evidence. In reality, this and the fourth narration are one and the same, and both are weak. The reasoning is as follows: that nabidh was intoxicating. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam frowned and added water, although it is possible that it was too thick and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam did not prefer it thick, or its smell was unpleasant. By adding water, it became thinner and easier to drink. The unpleasant smell also disappeared. Is it necessary to assume that it was intoxicating, and then use this as evidence against authentic narrations—especially when this narration is also weak? From such a narration, only that meaning should be taken which is in accordance with the most authentic narrations, or else it should be abandoned altogether, as is the method of the hadith scholars.