Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2321b
"عن سفيان بن وهب الخولانِى قال: كنت مع عمرَ بن الخطاب بالشام، فقال أهل الذمة: إنك كلفتنا وفرضت علينا أن نرزقَ المسلمين العسلَ، ولا نجده، فقال عمر: إن المسلمين إذا دخلوا أرضا فلم يوطنوا فيها اشتد عليهم أن يشربوا الماء القراح، فلا بد لهم مما يُصلحهم، فقالوا: إن عندنا شرابا نصنعه من العنب شيئا يشبه العسل، قال: فأتوا به، فجعل يرفعه بأصبعه فيمده كهيئة العسل، فقال: كأن هذا طلاءُ الإبلِ، فدعا بماء فصبَّه عليه ثم خفض فشرب منه وشرب أصحابُه، وقال: ما أطيب هَذَا فارزقوا المسلمين منه، فرزقوهم منه، فلبث ما شاء اللَّه، ثم إن رجلا خَدِرَ منه، فقام المسلمون فضربوه بنعالهم وقالوا: سكران، فقال الرجل: لا تقتلونى؛ فواللَّه ما شربت إلا الذى رزقنا عمر، فقام عمر بين ظهرانى الناس فقال: يا أيها الناس: إنما أنا بشر لست أحل حرامًا ولا أحرم حلالًا، وإن رسول اللَّه ﷺ قُبضَ ورُفع الوحىُ، فأخذ عمر بثوبه فقال: إنى أبرأُ إلى اللَّه من هذا أن أحل لكم حراما، فاتركوه فإنى أخافُ أن يدخل الناس فيه دخولًا، وقد سمعت رسول اللَّه ﷺ يقول: كل مسكر حرام فدعوه".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Sfyān b. Whb al-Khwlāniá
- Knt Mʿ ʿMr b. al-Khṭāb Bi-al-Shām
Machine translation, not reviewed
"It was narrated from Sufyan ibn Wahb al-Khawlani that he said: 'I was with 'Umar ibn al-Khattab in Syria, when the people of the dhimmah said: 'You have burdened us and imposed upon us that we supply the Muslims with honey, and we cannot find it.' 'Umar said: 'When the Muslims enter a land and do not settle in it, it becomes hard for them to drink plain water, so they must have something that sustains them.' They said: 'We have a drink we make from grapes, something resembling honey.' He said: 'Bring it.' So they brought it, and he began lifting it with his finger and stretching it out like honey. He said: 'This looks like camel's tala' (boiled grape must). He called for water and poured it into it, then lowered it and drank, and his companions drank as well. He said: 'How good this is! Supply the Muslims with it.' So they supplied them with it. Then after some time, a man became intoxicated from it, and the Muslims rose and struck him with their sandals, saying: 'He is drunk!' The man said: 'Do not kill me! By Allah, I only drank what 'Umar gave us.' 'Umar stood up among the people and said: 'O people, I am only a human being. I do not make lawful what is unlawful, nor make unlawful what is lawful. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has passed away and revelation has ceased.' Then 'Umar took hold of his garment and said: 'I disavow before Allah that I should make lawful for you what is unlawful. Leave it, for I fear that people will enter into it in large numbers. I have heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Every intoxicant is unlawful, so leave it.'"
No source translates this, so this English was written by a computer model. It can be wrong; rely on the Arabic. Report a problem below.
Notes
ابن راهويه
machine translationIbn Rāhawayh
Grades by grader
No grade is recorded for this wording. Ask what scholars say about its grade