و حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لِابْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا زَکَرِيَّائُ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمُعَاذًا إِلَی الْيَمَنِ فَقَالَ ادْعُوَا النَّاسَ وَبَشِّرَا وَلَا تُنَفِّرَا وَيَسِّرَا وَلَا تُعَسِّرَا قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَفْتِنَا فِي شَرَابَيْنِ کُنَّا نَصْنَعُهُمَا بِالْيَمَنِ الْبِتْعُ وَهُوَ مِنْ الْعَسَلِ يُنْبَذُ حَتَّی يَشْتَدَّ وَالْمِزْرُ وَهُوَ مِنْ الذُّرَةِ وَالشَّعِيرِ يُنْبَذُ حَتَّی يَشْتَدَّ قَالَ وَکَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ أُعْطِيَ جَوَامِعَ الْکَلِمِ بِخَوَاتِمِهِ فَقَالَ أَنْهَی عَنْ کُلِّ مُسْکِرٍ أَسْکَرَ عَنْ الصَّلَاةِ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 5216
Abu Burda reported on the authority of his father: Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) sent me and Mu'adh to Yemen saying: Call people (to the path of righteousness) and give good tidings to the (people), and do not repel them, make things easy for them and do not make things difficult. I (Burda) said: Allah's Messenger, give us a religious verdict about two kinds of drinks which we prepare in Yemen. One is Bit' which is prepared from honey; it is a fermented Nabidh and is strong and turns into wine, and (the second is) Mizr which is prepared from millet and barley. Thereupon, Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), who had been gifted with the most eloquent and pithy expressions, said: I forbid you from every intoxicant that keeps you away from prayer.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020