Narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa’id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the delegation of ‘Abd al-Qais came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), they said:“We belong to the tribe of Rabi’ah. Between you and us are the disbelievers of the tribe of Mudar, so we can only come to you during the sacred months. Therefore, give us a (comprehensive) command, so that if we act upon it, we will enter Paradise, and we may also invite our people who are behind us to it.”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“I command you with four things and forbid you from four things: Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him—this is not one of the four things—and establish prayer, pay zakat, fast in Ramadan, and give one-fifth of the spoils of war. And I forbid you from gourds, wooden vessels, tar-coated vessels, and green-colored jars.”They said:“What do you know about naqir?”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“A vessel is made by hollowing out the trunk, then people put dates of shahriz or common dates and water in it. When it ferments and becomes still, then you drink from it (and intoxication occurs to the extent that one of you kills his cousin with a sword). Among those people was a man who had been wounded for this very reason, and out of shyness before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he began to hide it. They said: ‘Then in which vessels do you command us to drink?’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘In those water skins whose mouths are tied.’ They said: ‘There are many rats in our area, so no leather water skin survives.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Even if the rats eat them.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said this two or three times. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to one of the individuals of ‘Abd al-Qais, Sayyiduna Ashajj (Munzir bin ‘A’id) (may Allah be pleased with him): ‘You have two qualities which Allah loves: intelligence and forbearance, and dignity and composure, and not being hasty.’