Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me to Yemen. I said: O Messenger of Allah! There are some (specific) drinks found there, which of them may I drink and which should I avoid? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Which (drinks) are those? I said: They are Bit’ and Mizr. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not recognize what they were, so he asked: What is Bit’ and Mizr? I said: Bit’ is a beverage made from corn, it is cooked until it becomes Bit’, and the beverage made from honey is called Mizr. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then, do not drink any intoxicating beverage.

(Second narration) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari and Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with them both) as representatives towards Yemen and instructed them: Make things easy, do not make things difficult; give glad tidings, do not make people averse; and work together in agreement, do not differ with each other. Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! We are in a land where wine is made from honey, which is called "bit'", and wine is made from barley, which is called "mizr". The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Every intoxicating thing is forbidden.

Sayyiduna ‘Ubada bin Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A group from my Ummah will consider alcohol to be lawful by changing its name.

Ibn Muhairiz narrates from a Companion that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Some people from my Ummah will drink alcohol, calling it by another name.

Abu Abdullah Jasri narrates: He says, I asked Sayyiduna Ma'qil bin Yasar (may Allah be pleased with him) about a drink. He said: This is from the time when we were in Madinah, where there were many dates. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had forbidden for us that drink which is made from dates and is called Fadheekh. A man came to Ma'qil and asked him: My mother is old, she is very aged, she cannot eat food, can we give her Nabidh to drink? Sayyiduna Ma'qil (may Allah be pleased with him) forbade him from doing so.

Thabit Banani says: I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) whether drinking nabidh made in a pitcher was prohibited. He said: That is what people think. I asked: Whose opinion is this? Is it the opinion of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? He said: People think that it has been prohibited. I said: O Abu Abdur Rahman! Did you hear this from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? He said: People think so. That day, Allah Almighty caused him to overlook me, otherwise, whenever anyone asked him whether he had heard something from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he would become angry and would shake the questioner harshly.

Sayyiduna Suwaid bin Muqarrin (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I brought nabidh (a drink) made in a pitcher and I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about it. He forbade me, so I broke the pitcher altogether.

Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade nabidh (fermented drink) made in a pitcher.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade making nabidh in a green jug. Thabit says: I asked, "What is the ruling regarding a white jug?" He replied: "I do not know about that."

Umm al-Mu'mineen Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) also narrates from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the same manner.