What is the source of the following Hadith?
Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
“Whoever leaves out drinking alcohol [in this world] whereas he has the ability to do so, I will give him the wine of Jannah to drink and any man who leaves out wearing silk garments [in this world], whereas he has the ability to do so, I will clothe him with the silk of Jannah”
Answer
Imam Bazzar (rahimahullah) has recorded this Hadith on the authority of Sayyiduna Anas (radiyallahu ‘anhu). ‘Allamah Mundhiri (rahimahullah) has declared the chain sound (hasan)
(Musnad Bazzar; Al Bahruz Zakkhar, Hadith: 7271, Targhib, vol. 3 pg. 262)
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
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