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==In the Beginning==
==In the Beginning==


Intoxicants (namely, alcohol) was permitted during the early phase of [[Islam]]. [[Muhammad]] even drank it and another hadith states that he even made [[Ablution|wudu (ablution)]] with it.
Intoxicants (namely, alcohol) was permitted during the early phase of [[Islam]]. [[Muhammad]] even drank it and another hadith states that he even made [[Ablution|wudu (ablution)]] with it. Nabidh is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented dates.


{{Quote|{{Muslim|23|4989}}|Jabir b 'Abdullah reported: We were with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he asked for water. A person said: Allah's Messenger, may we not give you Nabidh to drink? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes (you may). He (the narrator) said: Then that person went out speedily and brought a cup containing Nabidh, whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Why did you not cover it? - even if it is with a wood. He said that then he drank it.}}  
{{Quote|{{Muslim|23|4989}}|Jabir b 'Abdullah reported: We were with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he asked for water. A person said: Allah's Messenger, may we not give you Nabidh to drink? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes (you may). He (the narrator) said: Then that person went out speedily and brought a cup containing Nabidh, whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Why did you not cover it? - even if it is with a wood. He said that then he drank it.}}{{Quote|{{Muslim|23|4971}}, {{Muslim|23|4972}}, {{Muslim|23|4973}}, {{Muslim|23|4974}}, {{Muslim|23|4975}}|Ibn 'Abbas reported that Nabidh was prepared for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in the beginning of the night and he would drink it in the morning and the following night and the following day and the night after that up to the afternoon. If anything was left out of that he gave it to his servant, or gave orders for it to be poured out.}}{{Quote|1=[https://islamweb.net/ar/library/index.php?page=bookcontents&flag=1&bk_no=6&ID=3594 Musnad Ahmad:3773]|2=Narrated by Abdullah bin Masoud: He (Abdullah bin Masoud) was with the Messenger of God (pbuh) on the night of the jinn when he asked him if he had water. He answered that he had wine in a pot. The prophet (pbuh) said: Pour me some to do ablution and he did. The Prophet then said: "O Abdullah bin Masood it is a drink and a purifier."}}


In the [[Qur'an]], wine is elevated and characterized as a blessing of God upon earth.
In the [[Qur'an]], wine is elevated and characterized as a blessing of God upon earth.
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