It is narrated from Hazrat Abdul Malik, he says: I asked Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) about strong nabidh (fermented drink)? He replied: Once the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was staying in Makkah when a man came to him and sat beside him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sensed a kind of strong odor from him, so he asked, "What have you drunk?" The man replied, "Nabidh." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Bring it to me." The narrator says, then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked for water, poured it into it, and drank it. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "When your water skins exceed the limit for you, then break them with water."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Ishaq, he says: Once I prepared food and invited the companions of Hazrat Abdullah… that is, Amr bin Shurahbil, Abdullah bin Zayb, Ammarah, Marrah Hamdani, and Umar bin Maymoon… and I served them nabidh and tila and they drank it. Hazrat A’mash says: I asked him (Abu Ishaq),“Were those people looking at the jars?”Hazrat Abu Ishaq said: Yes, they were looking at the jars and it was being served to them from those very jars.

Hazrat Ja'far narrates from his father that he used to drink nabidh. (In such a way that) nabidh would be prepared for him in the morning, which he would drink in the evening.

It is narrated from Yusuf, he says that Hasan used to be invited to wedding feasts and he would drink their nabidh.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Ishaq, he says: I arranged a wedding feast, so I invited the companions of Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and the companions of Hazrat Abdullah. From among the companions of Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), I invited Ammarah bin Abd, Hubairah bin Yareem, and Harith bin A’war, and from among the companions of Hazrat Abdullah, I invited Alqamah bin Qais, Abdur Rahman bin Yazid, and Abdullah bin Zhaib. Then I prepared nabidh for them in pitchers, so they would drink from those pitchers. (The narrator says) I asked: Were they looking at the pitchers? Abu Ishaq said: Yes, they were looking at the pitchers.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Ja'far. He says that Nabidh is permissible.

It is narrated from Hazrat Sufyan Attar, he says that a man asked Mahan Hanafi and said: O Abu Salim! What do you say about nabidh? He said: I say about nabidh that whoever declares the things made lawful by Allah as unlawful is just like the one who declares the things made unlawful by Allah as lawful.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Alaa, he says that the saying of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, regarding drinks reached here that he, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Do not drink that which corrupts your minds and destroys your wealth."

It is narrated about Prophet Muhammad that he used to drink nabidh only from a waterskin whose mouth was tied.

It is narrated from Hazrat Taliq bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We were sitting in the blessed presence of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) when, during this time, a delegation of Abdul Qais arrived. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked them, "What has happened to you that your faces are pale, your bellies are swollen, and your veins are protruding?" The narrator says that they replied, "Our leader had come to your service and he had asked you about the drink that suits us, but you (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade him from it. And we live in a land where fever is very common." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Drink whatever beverage suits you."