Strengthening the Ummah

It was narrated from 'Umar that:When the prohibition of Khamr was revealed, 'Umar said: "O Allah, give us a clear ruling on Khamr," and the Verse in Al-Baqarah was revealed. 'Umar was called and it was recited to him. Then 'Umar said: "O Allah, give us a clear ruling on Khamr," and the Verse in An-Nisa' was revealed: "O you who believe! Approach not As-Salah (the prayer) when you are in a drunken state". And when the Iqamah for prayer was said, the caller of the Messenger of Allah [SAW] would cry out: "O you who believe! Approach not As-Salah (the prayer) when you are in a drunken state." 'Umar was called and this was recited to him. Then he said: "O Allah, give us a clear ruling on Khamr." Then the Verse in Surat Al-Ma'idah was revealed, and 'Umar was called, and it was recited to him. When he reached the words, "So, will you not then abstain?," 'Umar said: "We have abstained, we have abstained

Anas bin Malik said:"While I was taking care of a group of people, including my paternal uncles, and I was the youngest of them, a man came and said: 'Khamr has been forbidden.' I was taking care of them, and was pouring Fadikh (date-wine) for them. They said: 'Pour it away.' So I poured it away." I (the narrator) said to Anas: "What is that?" He said: "Unripe dates and dried dates." Abu Bakr bin Anas said: "That was their wine in those days." And Anas did not deny that

It was narrated that Anas said:"I was pouring (wine) for Abu Talhah, Ubayy bin Ka'b and Abu Dujanah among a group of Ansar when a man came in and said: 'Something new has happened; the prohibition of Khamr has been revealed.' So we poured it away." He said: "The only intoxicant in those days was Fadikh, a mixture of unripe dates and dried dates." And Anas said: "Khamr was forbidden, and most of their Khamr in those days was Fadikh

It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said:"When Khamr was forbidden, their drink was (made from) unripe dates and dried dates

It was narrated that Jabir - meaning bin 'Abdullah - said:"Unripe dates and dried dates are Khamr

Jabir bin 'Abdullah said:"Unripe dates and dried dates are Khamr." Al-A'mash narrated it in Marfu' form

It was narrated from Jabir that:The Prophet [SAW] said: "Raisins and dried dates are Khamr

It was narrated from Ibn Abi Laila, from one of the Companions of the Prophet [SAW], that:The Prophet [SAW] forbade (mixtures of) Al-Balh and dried dates, and of raisins and dried dates

It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said:"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade Ad-Dubba', Al-Hantam, Al-Muzaffat, and An-Naqir, and (he forbade) mixing Al-Balh with Az-Zahuw

It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said:"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade Ad-Dubba', Al-Muzaffat," - and on one occasion he added: "An-Naqir," - "and (he forbade) mixing At-Tamr (dried dates) with raisins, and Az-Zahuw with At-Tamr

It was narrated that Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri said:"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade (mixing) Az-Zahuw and At-Tamr, and raisins and dried dates (At-Tamr)

Abdullah bin Abi Qatadah narrated from his father that:The Prophet [SAW] said: "Do not combine dried dates with raisins, nor Az-Zahuw with ripe dates

It was narrated from Abu Qatadah that:The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: "Do not soak Az-Zahuw and ripe dates together, and do not soak raisins and ripe dates together

It was narrated that Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri said:"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade mixing dried dates and raisins, and mixing Az-Zahuw and dried dates, and Az-Zahuw and Al-Busr

Ata' narrated from Jabir that:The Prophet [SAW] forbade mixing dried dates and raisins, and Al-Busr and ripe dates