This chain of transmission is unobjectionable for purposes of corroboration. The ḥadīth also has another route, with a different wording, through ʿĀʾishah; that version will be cited in the next section.

Tilāʾ: Ibn al-Athīr says in an-Nihāyah, “With a kasrah and an extended vowel, it denotes a drink prepared by boiling grape juice; it is the same as grape molasses (ar-rabb).” After mentioning the ḥadīth he added, “This resembles the other report: ‘Some people of my community will drink wine and call it by another name.’ In other words, they will drink an intoxicating, cooked nabīdh and call it tilāʾ, seeking to avoid the word ‘wine.’”

The ḥadīth is further supported by a sound corroborating narration that states: “A group from my nation will deem wine lawful by giving it a name they choose for it,” and, in another wording, “…they will call it by a name other than its own.”

90 – “A group from my nation will deem wine lawful by giving it a name they choose for it,” and, in another wording, “…they will call it by a name other than its own.”

It was recorded by Ibn Mājah (3385), Aḥmad (5/318), and Ibn Abī al-Dunyā in Dhamm al-Muskir (f. 4/2) through Saʿīd ibn Aws al-Kātib, from Bilāl ibn Yaḥyā al-ʿAbsī, from Abū Bakr ibn Ḥafṣ, from Ibn Muḥayriz, from Thābit ibn al-Simṭ, from ʿUbādah ibn al-Ṣāmit, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said…

I say: This isnād is good; every transmitter in it is reliable. Ibn Muḥayriz’s personal name is ʿAbdullāh, and he is a trustworthy narrator cited by both al-Bukhārī and Muslim. Abū Bakr ibn Ḥafṣ is ʿAbdullāh ibn Ḥafṣ ibn ʿUmar ibn Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ; he too is trustworthy and is relied upon in the two Ṣaḥīḥ collections. As for Bilāl ibn Yaḥyā al-ʿAbsī, Ibn Maʿīn said—