176 — “If the one who drinks while standing knew what was inside his stomach, he would vomit.”

Aḥmad recorded it (7795, 7796): one chain from al-Zuhrī through an unnamed man, and another from al-Aʿmash through Abū Ṣāliḥ —​both from Abū Hurayrah, who said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ uttered these words.

Al-Ṭaḥāwī likewise related it in Mushkil al-Āthār (3/18) via al-Aʿmash, adding: “When this reached ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, he stood up and drank while standing.”

I say: the second chain is sound; its transmitters are those relied upon by the two Ṣaḥīḥs. The first chain contains an unnamed narrator; if he is someone other than al-Aʿmash, his presence strengthens the report, and if he is al-Aʿmash himself it does not weaken it, as is plain. In Majmaʿ al-Zawāʾid (5/79) it is noted: “Aḥmad transmitted it with two isnāds, and al-Bazzār as well; one of Aḥmad’s two isnāds consists of the narrators of the Ṣaḥīḥ.”

The ḥadīth offers a subtle hint that drinking while standing is forbidden, a matter stated explicitly in the report of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): “He forbade”—​and in another version: “He sternly rebuked”—​“drinking while standing.”