مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2979

It was narrated from lbn 'Abbas (RA) that a man came out when alcohol was still permitted and he gave to the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) a gift of a skin filled with wine. He brought it on a camel and found the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) sitting. He said: ''What is this that you have with you?" He said: A skin filled with wine; it is a gift to you. He said: "Do you know that Allah, may He be blessed and exalted, has forbidden it?" He said: No. He said: "Verily Allah has forbidden it." The man turned to the camel driver and said some- thing to him privately. (The Prophet (PBUH)) said; "What did you say to him?" I le said: I told him to sell it. He said: "The One Who forbade drinking it also forbade selling it." So he ordered that the stopper be taken out and it was poured out on the ground, and I watched it in al-Batha' until there was nothing left of it.

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020