Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "For the one who does not find water, nabidh is a means for wudu." Imam Abu Muhammad states: What is meant by this nabidh is that which is not intoxicating. The Imam has also stated: In this narration, the narrator named Musayyib made an error, and this error is in two places: one is that he mentioned Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), and the other is that he mentioned the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). There is also a difference in some of the words of this narration regarding Musayyib.

The same narration is transmitted with another chain from Musayyib as a "mawquf" narration, not as a "marfu'" hadith. More authentically, it is established that this is the statement of 'Ikrimah; it is not a "marfu'" hadith reaching the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), nor is its attribution to Sayyiduna 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) correct. The narrator named Musayyib is weak.

Ikrimah narrates: "Nabidh is a means of ablution for the person who finds nothing except Nabidh to perform ablution with (that is, he does not find water)."

Ikrimah narrates: "Whoever finds nothing except nabidh, he may perform ablution with nabidh." Imam Awza'i states: "If the nabidh is intoxicating, then a man should not perform ablution with it." The narrator named Abdullah reports: My father stated: "Every thing that cannot be called water, in my view the preferred opinion is: a man should not perform ablution with it, and I prefer more that a man should perform tayammum rather than perform ablution with nabidh."

Ikrimah narrates: "A person who does not find water can perform ablution with nabidh."

Ikrimah narrates: "Whoever does not find water, he may perform ablution with nabidh."

Isa bin Ubaid narrates: I heard Ikrimah, he was asked about a person who does not find water. Ikrimah said: "That person should perform ablution with nabidh (date-infused water)."

Ikrimah narrates from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): "A person who does not find water can perform ablution with nabidh (date-infused water)." The narrator of this narration, Ibn Muharrar, is "abandoned in hadith."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a person does not find water and he finds nabidh (a drink made from dates or raisins soaked in water), then he should perform ablution (wudu) with nabidh." The narrator of this narration is Aban, the son of Abu Ayyash, and he is "matruk al-hadith" (abandoned in hadith), while the narrator named Mujā‘ah is "da‘if" (weak). More authentically, it is established that this is the opinion of ‘Ikrimah and not a "marfu‘" (Prophetic) hadith.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates this statement from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him): On the night of meeting with the jinn, they made the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) perform ablution with nabidh (date-infused water), so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution with it, and he said:“This is a drink and it is pure.”The narrator named Ibn Lahi’ah is not considered reliable. There is also a statement that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was not present with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on the night of meeting with the jinn. Alqamah bin Qais has narrated similarly. Abu Ubaidah bin Abdullah and other narrators have narrated this statement from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him), he says:“I was not present on the night of meeting with the jinn.”