English translation
53. Narrated Abū Jamra: I used to sit with Ibn Abbās رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا and he made me sit on his sitting place. He requested me to stay with him in order that he might give me a share from his property. So I stayed with him for two months. Once he told (me) that when the delegation of the tribe of 'Abdul Qais came to the Prophet ﷺ, the Prophet ﷺ asked them, "Who are the people (i.e. you)? (Or) who are the delegates?" They replied, "We are from the tribe of Rabī'a." Then the Prophet ﷺ said to them, "Welcome! O people (or O delegation of 'Abdul Qais)! Neither will you have disgrace or will you regret." They said, "O Allāh's Messenger! We cannot come to you except in the sacred month and there is the infidel tribe of Muḍār intervening between you and us. So please order us to do something good (religious deeds) so that we may inform our people whom we have left behind (at home), and that we may enter Paradise (by acting on them)." Then they asked about drinks (what is legal and what is illegal). The Prophet ﷺ ordered them to do four things and forbade them from four things. He ordered them to believe in Allāh Alone and asked them, "Do you know what is meant by believing in Allāh Alone?" They replied, "Allāh and His Messenger know better." Thereupon the Prophet ﷺ said, "It means: 1. To testify that Lā ilāha illallāh wa anna Muḥammad-ar-Rasul Allāh" (none has the right to be worshipped but Allāh and Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allāh). 2. Iqāmat-aṣ-Ṣalāt [to perform the (compulsory congregational) Salāt (prayers)]. 3. To pay the Zakāt. 4. To observe Saum [fasts (according to Islāmic teachings)] during the month of Ramaḍān. 5. And to pay Al-Khumus (one-fifth of the booty to be given in Allāh's Cause). Then he forbade them four things, namely Al-Hantam, Ad-Dubbā, An-Naqīr and Al-Muzaffat or Al-Muqaiyar; (these were the names of pots in which alcoholic drinks were prepared) (the Prophet ﷺ mentioned the container of wine and he meant the wine itself). The Prophet ﷺ further said (to them): "Memorize them (these instructions) and convey them to the people whom you have left behind."