(may Allah bless him and grant him peace), that he forbade soaking unripe dates (busr) and fresh dates (rutab) together, and forbade soaking raisins and dates together. In one narration: "And soak each one separately." (12) From Abu Qatada, he said: The Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) forbade combining dates and zahw (13), and dates and raisins, and that each one of them should be soaked separately. Agreed upon (14). The Qadi said: Ahmad means by his saying: "It is forbidden," [that it applies] if it becomes strong and intoxicating, and if it does not intoxicate, it is not forbidden. This is the correct view, if Allah the Exalted wills. The Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) only forbade it (15) due to the reason of its speediness to cause forbidden intoxication; so if that is not found, the prohibition is not established, just as he, peace be upon him, forbade preparing nabidh in the mentioned vessels for this reason, then ordered them to drink from them as long as the reality of intoxication was not present. The correctness of this is indicated by what was narrated from Aisha, who said: "We used to prepare nabidh for the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), so we would take a handful of dates and a handful of raisins and put them in it, then we would pour water over it, and we would prepare it in the morning, and he would drink it in the evening, and we would prepare it in the evening, and he would drink it in the morning." Reported by Ibn Majah and Abu Dawud (16). Since the duration of the soaking was short, which is a day or a night (17), intoxication is not suspected.
(11) ... It was also reported by Muslim, in: The Chapter of the Dislike of Preparing Nabidh from Dates and Raisins Mixed, from the Book of Drinks. Sahih Muslim 3/1574, 1577. And al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter of What Has Been Said Concerning the Mixture of Unripe Dates and Dates, from the Chapters of Drinks. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 8/67, 68. And al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter of the Mixture of Unripe Dates and Fresh Dates, and the Chapter of the Mixture of Dates and Raisins, from the Book of Drinks. Al-Mujtaba 8/257, 258. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter of the Prohibition of the Two Mixed Types, from the Book of Drinks. Sunan Ibn Majah 2/1125. And Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 3/71, 140, 157, 363, 6/18. (12) In B and M: "wa-intabidh" (so soak). (13) In B and M: "al-zahr". Al-zahw is the colored unripe date in which redness or yellowness has appeared and it has matured. (14) Reported by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter of Whoever Saw Not to Mix Unripe Dates and Dates if It Is Intoxicating, from the Book of Drinks. Sahih al-Bukhari 7/140. And Muslim, in: The Chapter of the Dislike of Preparing Nabidh from Dates and Raisins Mixed, from the Book of Drinks. Sahih Muslim 3/1575. It was also reported by al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter of the Mixture of Zahw and Fresh Dates, from the Book of Drinks. Al-Mujtaba 8/256. And al-Darimi, in: The Chapter of the Prohibition of the Two Mixed Types, from the Book of Drinks. Sunan al-Darimi 2/118. (15) Omitted from: M. (16) Reported by Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter of the Description of Nabidh and Drinking It, from the Book of Drinks. Sunan Ibn Majah 2/1126. And Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter of the Two Mixed Types, and the Chapter of the Description of Nabidh, from the Book of Drinks. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/299, 300. It was also reported by Muslim, in: The Chapter of the Permissibility of Nabidh That Has Not Become Strong..., from the Book of Drinks. Sahih Muslim 3/1590. And al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter of What Has Been Said Concerning Preparing Nabidh in a Waterskin, from the Chapters of Drinks. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 8/63. (17) In M: "wa layla" (and a night).
