Ibn Al-Mubarak said:
"I have never found any sound report, giving a concession on intoxicants, except the report narrated from Ibrahim."
'Ubaidullah bin Sa'eed said:
"I heard Abu Usamah say: 'I never saw any man more assiduous in seeking knowledge than 'Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak, not in Ash-Sham, Egypt, Yemen or the Hijaz.'"
It was narrated that Anas said:
Umm Sulaim had a wooden cup and she said: "I gave the Messenger of Allah all kinds of things to drink in it: Water, honey, milk and Nabidh."
It was narrated from Sa'eed bin 'Abdur-Rahman bin Abza that his father said:
"I asked Ubayy bin Ka'b about Nabidh, and he said: 'Drink water, drink honey, drink Sawiq (barley gruel) and drink milk that you have been nourished with since…
It was narrated that Ibn Mas'ud said:
"The people have invented new drinks and I do not know what they are. I have not drunk anything for 20 years (or he said: 40 years) except…
It was narrated that 'Abidah said:
"The people have invented drinks and I do not know what they are. I have not drunk anything for 20 years except water, milk and honey."
It was narrated that Ibn Shubrumah said:
"Talhah said to the people of Al-Kufah concerning Nabidh: 'It is a test whereby a young man may benefit but an old man may be harmed.' If there…
Jarir said:
"Ibn Shubrumah would not drink anything except water and milk."