Hadith 73

Mishkat al-Masabih

Book 17: Prescribed Punishments

Chapter 6

In Explanation of Wine, and the Threat to him who Drinks it - Section 1

باب بيان الخمر ووعيد شاربها - الفصل الأول

Mishkat al-Masabih 3636
وَعَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: لَقَدْ حُرِّمَتِ الْخَمْرُ حِينَ حُرِّمَتْ وَمَا نَجِدُ خَمْرَ الْأَعْنَابِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا وَعَامة خمرنا الْبُسْر وَالتَّمْر. رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ
Anas said:

Wine was forbidden when it was forbidden (i.e. by the Qur’an), but we get only a little of the wine from grapes, most of our wine being from unripe dates and dry dates. Bukhari transmitted it.