Narrator:Ā’ishah
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْبِتْعِ وَهُوَ نَبِيذُ الْعَسَلِ فَقَالَ: «كُلُّ شَرَابٍ أَسْكَرَ فَهُوَ حَرَامٌ»
'A’isha said that when God’s Messenger was asked about bit’, which is the nabidh* from honey, he replied, “Every liquor which intoxicates is forbidden.” (Bukhari and Muslim.) * Nabidh is a drink made from dates, raisins, honey, wheat, barley, etc. The ingredients were steeped in water in a vessel, and provided the drink was used before fermentation took place it was lawful.
Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 242, 5585, 5586), Muslim (No. 2001a, 2001b, 2001c), Abu Dawud (No. 3682), At-Tirmidhi (No. 1863), An-Nasa’i (No. 5591, 5593, 5594), Ibn Majah (No. 3386), Malik (No. 1548) and Ahmad (No. 22953, 23511, 24396). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 3637).