The Prophet’s Preference for Milk

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The Prophet's Preference for Milk

Our Prophet, peace be upon him, was presented with two cups; one contained wine, the other milk.⁵⁸ “Take whichever you wish!” it was said.⁵⁹ Our Prophet, peace be upon him, looked at them.⁶⁰ He left the wine and⁶¹ chose the milk,⁶² took it,⁶³ drank it.⁶⁴ Gabriel, peace be upon him, said to our Prophet, peace be upon him: “You have chosen the fitrah, you have struck the fitrah! You were guided to the fitrah! Praise be to Allah who guided you to the fitrah. If you had taken the wine, your ummah would have been reduced.⁶⁹ By choosing milk, you were guided to the fitrah, and your ummah was guided to the fitrah. Wine has been forbidden to you!”⁷³ Tefsîr, 15/12.

Dârımî, 2/36, Belâzurî, Ensâb, 1/256, Beyhakî, Delâil, 2/387.

1. 58. Ibn Ishak, Ibn Hisham, 2/39, Abdurrezzak, 5/329, Ibn Abi Shayba, 14/302, Ahmed b. Hanbel, 3/148, Buhârî, Sahîh, 4/141, Müslim, 1/145, Tirmizî, Sünen, 5/300, Dârımî, 2/36, Belâzurî, Ensâb, 1/256, Taberî, Tefsîr, 15/15, Beyhakî, Delâil, 2/387, Kadı Iyaz, 1/136, Ibn Asir, Câmiu’l-usûl, 12/53, Ibn Asir, Kâmil, 2/52, Ibn Seyyid, 1/144, Zehebî, Târîh, s. 244, Ibn Kesîr, Bidâye, 3/109-110.
2. 61. Ibn Ishak, Ibn Hisham, 2/39, Ibn Kesîr, Bidâye, 3/110.
3. 62. Ibn Abi Shayba, 14/302, Ahmed b. Hanbel, 3/148, Müslim, 1/145, Kadı Iyaz, 1/136, Ibn Asir, Câmiu’l-usûl, 12/53, Ibn Seyyid, 1/144, Ibn Kesîr, Bidâye, 3/110.
4. 63. Ibn Ishak, Ibn Hisham, 2/39, Abdurrezzak, 5/329, Ahmed b. Hanbel, 2/282, Buhârî, Sahîh, 4/141, Dârımî, 2/36, Belâzurî, Ensâb, 1/256, Beyhakî, Delâil, 2/387, Ibn Asir, Kâmil, 2/52, Zehebî, Târîh, s. 244.
5. 64. Ibn Ishak, Ibn Hisham, 2/39, Abdurrezzak, 5/329, Ahmed b. Hanbel, 2/282, Belâzurî, Ensâb, 1/256, Taberî, Tefsîr, 15/15, Beyhakî, Delâil, 2/287, Ibn Asir, Kâmil, 2/52. Müslim, 1/145, Ibn Asir, Câmiu’l-usûl, 12/53, Ibn Seyyid, 1/144.
6. 67. Ibn Ishak, Ibn Hisham, 2/39, Abdurrezzak, 5/329, Ahmed b. Hanbel, 2/282, Buhârî, 4/141, Tirmizî, Sünen, 5/300, Belâzurî, Ensâb, 1/256, Taberî, Tefsîr, 15/15. Dârımî, 2/36, Beyhakî, Delâil, 2/357, Zehebî, Târîh, s. 244.
7. 70. Ibn Asir, Kâmil, 2/52. Abdurrezzak, 5/330, Ahmed b. Hanbel, 4/141, Tirmizî, 5/300, Taberî, Tefsîr, 15/15, Beyhakî, Delâil, 2/357, Ibn Asir, Kâmil, 2/52, Zehebî, Târîh, s. 244.
8. 72. Ibn Ishak, Ibn Hisham, 2/39, Taberî, Tefsîr, 15/15, Ibn Kesîr, Bidâye, 3/110.
9. 73. Ibn Ishak, Ibn Hisham, 2/39, Ibn Kesîr, Bidâye, 3/110.

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