English translation
5576. Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: The night on which Allāh's Messenger ﷺ was taken for a night journey (Al-Isra), two cups, one containing wine and the other milk, were presented to him at Jerusalem. He looked at them and took the cup of milk. Jibrīl (Gabriel) said, "Praise be to Allāh who guided you to Al-Fiṭrāh (Islam and the right path); if you had taken (the cup of) wine, your nation would have gone astray." (1) (Chap. 1) Anṣāb is the plural of 'An-Nuṣub' which were stone-altars at fixed places or graves, etc., where on sacrifices were slaughtered during fixed periods of occasions and seasons in the name of idols, jinn, angels, pious men, saints, etc., in order to honour them, or to expect some benefit from them.
