Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade making nabidh by mixing unripe dates with ripe dates, and by mixing dried dates with dates, and he wrote to the people of Yemen that they should not make nabidh by mixing dried dates with dates.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade making nabidh in a pitcher, and from mixing dates and grapes to make nabidh, and from mixing unripe and ripe dates to make nabidh.

Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the nabidh (fermented drink) of busr dates; these are the dates which, after ripening, become red or yellow.

Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do not make nabidh (a drink) by mixing fresh dates and unripe dates, or dried dates and raisins together; rather, make nabidh from each one separately. Yahya bin Kathir says: I asked Abdullah bin Abi Qatadah about this, and he narrated to me from his father regarding it.

It is narrated from Sayyida Kabsha bint Maryam (may Allah be pleased with her), she says: I asked Umm al-Mu'mineen Sayyida Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) to tell me about something from which the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) forbade his household. She said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) forbade us from eating cooked date stones and from making nabidh by mixing dried dates and fresh dates together.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the use of vessels made from gourds, pitchers, tar-coated vessels, and vessels carved from date-palm trunks. He (peace and blessings be upon him) also forbade making nabidh (fermented drink) by mixing unripe and ripe dates together.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that a man who was intoxicated was brought to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: I made nabidh (a fermented drink) by mixing dried grapes and dates and drank it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed the hadd (punishment) for him and forbade making nabidh by mixing the two together.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Beware, mixing (different types of dates) is forbidden. And mixing is when dried dates and ripe fresh dates are combined to make nabidh.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he considered it disliked to make nabidh (fermented drink) from only busr dates, and he said: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade from mixing (different types of dates), so I also dislike nabidh made only from busr.

It is narrated from Zadhan, he says: I said to Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them): Tell us about those vessels which the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade, since there is a difference between our language and yours, so explain it in our dialect. Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) said: He forbade the use of hantam, which is called a pitcher; the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the use of muzaffat, which is a vessel coated with tar; the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the use of dubba’, which is made from a gourd; and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the use of naqir, which is a vessel made by hollowing out the trunk of a date-palm. I said: Then in what should we drink beverages? He said: From skins (waterskins). The words of the narrator Muhammad bin Ja’far are: And he commanded us to prepare nabidh in waterskins.