بِأَكْوَابٍۢ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍۢ مِّن مَّعِينٍۢ
Bi akwaabinw wa abaareeq, wa kaasim mim ma'een
With vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring -
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Paradise & Hell
56:18Ayah 196
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with goblets akwāb are drinking-vessels without handles and ewers abārīq are vessels that have handles and spouts and a cup ka’s is the vessel for drinking wine from a flowing spring in other words wine flowing from a spring that never runs out
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The Prophet(ﷺ) mentioned the vessels: pumpkins, green jarrs, vessels smeared with pitch and hollow stumps. A desert Arab said: We have no vessels(except these). He said: Drink(from them) what is lawful.
"Indeed, at my Hawd there are drinking vessels as numerous as the stars in the heavens."
“From wheat comes wine, from barley comes wine, from
raisins
comes wine, from dates comes wine and from honey comes wine.”
I forbid you (to prepare Nabidh) in gourd. and green pitcher, hollow stump and varnished jar and the waterskin having its upper end cut, but (prepare it) in your small waterskin, and tie its mouth
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Do not drink from hollowed stumps, vessel smeared with pitch, pumpkins, and green jars, but drink from a skin which is tied with string. If the drink ferments, lighten it by infusing water. If you are helpless, then pour it away.
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