15 – “al-Kūbah” ⦗56, 57, 58, 60⦘
It is a drum, as explicitly stated in the ḥadith of Ibn ʿAbbās and Ibn ʿUmar. Imām Aḥmad affirmed this definition, and Ibn al-Qayyim adopted it in Ighāthat al-Lahfān, adding: “It is also said to be the barbaṭ (a pear-shaped lute); see entry 3.”

Al-Khaṭṭābī writes in Maʿālim 5/268:
“al-Kūbah is explained as a drum; some say it refers to backgammon, and the term can encompass every stringed instrument, mizhar, and the like among instruments of amusement and singing.”

Other views are recorded by Shaykh Aḥmad Shākir ﵀ in his commentary on the Musnad 10/76, after which he remarks:
“The finest and most inclusive statement is that of Aḥmad in the Book of Drinks ⦗[84] 214⦘: by al-Kūbah he means anything that people beat upon.”

16 – “al-Mazāmīr” ⦗51, 52, 61⦘
Plural of mizmār: a pipe made of reed—or sometimes metal—whose shaft ends in a small horn, according to al-Muʿjam al-Wasīṭ.

17 – “al-Mizr” ⦗58⦘
With the mīm pronounced in kasrah: a fermented drink prepared from millet; some say it is made from barley or wheat (al-Nihāyah).