Continuation of the explanation of the hadith of Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him): (And I forbade you from making nabidh except in a leather water-skin, so drink from all water-skins, and do not drink an intoxicant)

The Shaykh : . This, too, was in the early days of Islam, when they had recently stopped consuming intoxicants. When Allah (Mighty and Majestic) forbade khamr (intoxicants) to them comprehensively, regardless of what it was made from, the Messenger (peace be upon him) prohibited them from making nabidh in all vessels except in leather water-skins, as a means of blocking the path to harm. What are the vessels, and what is a leather water-skin? The vessels in which they used to make nabidh. And what is nabidh? It is what is known today in common language as naqo' (soaked dates). Naqo' means when a man takes some dates and puts them in a vessel containing water; we call this naqo', and in pure Arabic it is called nabidh. Etymologically, it is a passive participle, meaning "that which is thrown in," i.e., soaked. The Arabs, due to their previous custom of drinking khamr, did not drink nabidh, i.e., the soaked dates? Of course they did. However, the vessels in which they made nabidh were of various types. Some were clay pots. The nature of clay is that it is warm, so if they put nabidh in it, it would ferment quickly. Similarly, the dab'ah, which is a large gourd, they would cut it in half or hollow it out from the top without cutting it, making it like a pot, and put the nabidh in it. It is also warm, so the nabidh would quickly begin to foam and ferment. And the muqawwar, which is a section of a tree trunk. A wide section of a tree would be hollowed out and made like a pot. They would also soak dates in it and make nabidh. Its nature is warm, so it accelerates the fermentation of the nabidh. On the other hand, the leather water-skin, which is made from leather, is naturally cool. Therefore, to this day, leather water-skins are used to cool water. So the Messenger (peace be upon him), in the early days of Islam, after the prohibition of khamr on the Muslims, prohibited them from making nabidh, i.e., soaking dates, in all vessels except in the leather water-skin, because it is cool and does not accelerate the fermentation of the nabidh placed in it. Why did the Messenger (peace be upon him) do this? So that a Muslim would not get into trouble by making nabidh in a gourd and then drinking it without realizing that it had foamed or fermented, thereby becoming intoxicated while he thought he was drinking what? Naqo'. When they became accustomed to it and understood the purpose of the prohibition of making nabidh in all vessels, he told them: Now make nabidh in all vessels, and do not drink an intoxicant. The important thing is that you do not drink an intoxicant. If you make nabidh in a gourd or in clay or something similar that ferments nabidh quickly, be aware that the purpose of the prohibition is that you do not drink an intoxicant. If you see that it has foamed and fermented, pour it out, because it has become khamr. This is the meaning of his statement (peace be upon him): .