This chain is good, and its narrators are known and trustworthy, except for this Thaʿlabah. Ibn Ḥibbān mentioned him in al-Thiqāt (The Trustworthy Narrators), and a number of people narrated from him; thus, he is a good hadith narrator, Allah Most High willing, provided that he does not contradict others. Al-Haythamī mentioned this hadith (5/86) among al-Ṭabarānī’s narrations and said: “Its narrators are trustworthy.”

It also has a supporting narration from Umm Salamah: she had prepared nabīdh, and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came while the nabīdh was bubbling. He asked, “What is this?” She replied, “So-and-so fell ill, and it was prescribed for her.” She said: He pushed it with his foot and broke it, saying, “Allah has not placed a cure in what is forbidden.” Aḥmad recorded it in al-Ashribah (Beverages) (19/1), as did Ibn Abī al-Dunyā in Dhamm al-Muskir (Condemnation of Intoxicants) (5/1), and Abū Yaʿlā in his Musnad (4/1658); from him, Ibn Ḥibbān recorded it (1397), through several routes from Abū Isḥāq al-Shaybānī, from Ḥassān ibn Mukhāriq, from her.

I say: All the narrators in this chain are known and trustworthy except Ḥassān ibn Mukhāriq. His status is unknown, and no one declared him trustworthy apart from Ibn Ḥibbān. It is also supported by the hadith, “He prohibited foul medicine,” which is cited in al-Mishkāh (4539).

Aḥmad also recorded (16/1–2), as did al-Ṭabarānī in al-Kabīr (9714–9717), from Ibn Masʿūd, attributed to the Companion: “Allah has not placed your cure in what He has forbidden to you.” Its chain is authentic. Al-Bukhārī cited it without a chain in a definitive form (10/65, Fatḥ), and al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar declared it authentic.