Qais bin Hubtar says: I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) about white, green, and red pitchers. He said: The first to ask about this were the delegation of Abdul Qais who asked the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): We obtain flour or sattu, etc., so in which skins should we prepare nabidh? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do not use a vessel carved from pumpkin, a vessel coated with tar, a vessel carved from date-palm trunk, or a pitcher for preparing drinks; rather, drink nabidh prepared in skins. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty has forbidden wine, gambling, and drum-beating, and every intoxicating thing is forbidden. Sufyan says: I asked Ali bin Badhimah, what is drum-beating? He said: Beating the dholak (drum).

It is narrated from Fudayl bin Zaid Raqashi, he says: We were with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him), we mentioned wine, he said: Wine is forbidden. I said: The prohibition of wine is also mentioned in the Book of Allah Almighty. He said: Then what do you want to ask? Do you want to hear what I heard from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? Then listen: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the use of vessels made from gourds, pitchers, and vessels coated with tar. I asked: What is Hantam? He said: Every green and white pitcher. I asked: What is Muzaffat? He said: Every waterskin upon which tar has been applied.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do not drink from a pitcher, from a vessel made of gourd, or from a vessel coated with tar; rather, drink from a water skin.

It is narrated from Abu Hakam, he says: I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) about the ruling regarding nabidh made in a pitcher. He said: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade drinking nabidh made in a pitcher and in a vessel made from gourd. And whoever likes that he should declare unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have declared unlawful, then he should also declare nabidh unlawful. Abu Hakam says: I also asked Ibn Zubair (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he said: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade drinking nabidh from a vessel made from gourd and from a pitcher. He says: Then I asked Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), he stated that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the use of vessels made from gourd and vessels coated with tar. And he says: My brother narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the use of pitchers, vessels made from gourd, and vessels coated with tar, and also forbade making nabidh by mixing unripe dates with ripe dates.

Abu Hazir narrates that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked about making nabidh in a jug. He said: Allah Almighty and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) have forbidden it. Then that man went to Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and related to him what Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) had said. Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: He has spoken the truth. The man asked Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): Which jug is it, the use of which the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has forbidden? He said: Every jug that is made of clay.

. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the use of vessels made from gourds, pitchers, containers made by hollowing out trunks, and vessels coated with pitch, and also forbade making nabidh by mixing unripe dates with ripe dates. Sa'id bin Jubair says: I said to Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them): Tell me, if a man makes nabidh in a green pitcher and it is as clear as glass and he drinks it at night, is this not permissible? He said: Will you not refrain from that which the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has forbidden you?

Syedna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade making nabidh (a type of drink) in vessels carved from tree trunks, vessels made from gourds, and vessels coated with tar. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Drink only from that vessel which has a strap tied on it. The people made water skins from camel hides and attached goat skins near the necks of the water skins. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed of this practice, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You may drink only from that water skin whose upper part is made of goat skin.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the use of certain vessels, except for the vessel whose mouth is tied with a strap.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the use of vessels made from gourds and vessels coated with tar. Abu Abdur Rahman says: I heard from my father, he said that in Kufa, there is no hadith more authentic than this hadith of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him).

Malik bin Umair says: I was sitting with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), when Sa’sa’ah bin Sawhan came. He greeted (with salam), then stood up and said: O Commander of the Faithful! Forbid us from that which the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade you from. He (Ali) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade us from using vessels made of gourd, pitchers, and vessels coated with tar.