Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates the statement of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him): Once he went out with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and it was the night when the meeting with the jinn took place. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him:“O Ibn Mas’ud! Do you have water with you?”Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) replied:“I have nabidh (a drink made from dates or raisins soaked in water) in a vessel.”The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Pour that over me.”Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution with it and said:“This is something to drink and purity can also be attained with it.”In narrating this report, the narrator named Ibn Lahi’ah is unique, and he is a weak narrator.

Alqamah bin Qais narrates: I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): "When the representatives of Janab came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), was any one of you present with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that night?" So Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: "No!" This narration is authentic regarding what is transmitted from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him).

Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Abdulaziz narrated to us, he said: Ali bin Al-Ja’d narrated to us, Shubah informed him, from Amr bin Murrah, he said: I said to Abu Ubaidah (may Allah be pleased with him): "Was Abdullah bin Mas’ud present on the night of the Jinn?" He said: "No."

Amr bin Murrah narrates: I asked Abu Ubaidah,“Was Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) present on the night when the Prophet met the jinn?”He replied,“No!”In another narration, it is mentioned: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: On the night of meeting the jinn, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked them,“Do you have any water?”They replied,“No!”He then asked,“Do you have any nabidh (a drink made from dates or raisins)?”The narrator says: I think, in the narration, these words are present: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) replied,“Yes!”Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution with that nabidh. Imam Daraqutni states: This narration is not established from two sources; I have already mentioned this before.

This narration is also transmitted with another chain of narration; however, criticism has been made regarding its various narrators.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: On the night when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) met the jinn, he asked: "Do you have any water with you?" They replied: "No! I have nabidh (a drink made from dates or raisins soaked in water)." The narrator states: Then that nabidh was brought, and the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution with it.

Abu Wa'il narrates: I heard Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: On the night of meeting with the jinn, I was with the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). The Prophet (peace be upon him) went to them and recited the Qur'an before them. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: In a part of the night, the Prophet (peace be upon him) asked me: "O Ibn Mas'ud! Do you have water with you?" I replied: "No! By Allah! O Messenger of Allah! I have only nabidh in the vessel." The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Dates are pure and their water is purifying." Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) performed ablution with it. The narrator named Husayn bin Ubaydullah used to fabricate narrations from trustworthy narrators and narrate them from himself.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Once the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by me. He said: "Take a water vessel with you." Then he continued walking, and I also remained with him. Then Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) mentioned the incident of meeting the jinn. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When I poured water from that vessel upon you, it was nabidh (a drink made from dates). I said: "O Messenger of Allah! I have made a mistake, I have brought nabidh." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Dates are sweet and its water is sweet." In narrating this report, the narrator named Hasan bin Qutaybah is unique, and both narrators Hasan bin Tashibah and Muhammad bin Isa are weak.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: On the night of meeting with the jinn, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked me to bring water for ablution. So I brought a vessel to him, in which there was nabidh (a drink made from dates or raisins soaked in water). The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution with it. The narrator named Thaqafi, who has transmitted this narration from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), is unknown. According to one opinion, his name is Amr, and according to another opinion, his name is Abdullah bin Amr.

Abu Khulda narrates: I asked Abu Al-‘Aliyah: A person who does not have water, but has nabidh (fermented drink), can he perform ghusl (ritual bath) for janabah with that nabidh? Abu Al-‘Aliyah replied:“No!”So I mentioned to him the hadith about the meeting with the jinn, and he said:“The nabidh that is made among you is impure; that thing (in the hadith) was raisins and water.”