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 ==In the Beginning==
-Intoxicants (namely, alcohol) was permitted during the early phase of [[Islam]]. [[Muhammad]] even drank it and (rather strangely) performed ablution with it.
+Intoxicants (namely, alcohol) was permitted during the early phase of [[Islam]]. [[Muhammad]] even drank it and another hadith states that he even made [[Ablution|wudu (ablution)]] with it.
-{{Quote|[[Muhammad Drank and Performed Ablution with Wine|Sahih Muslim: Hadith #3753]]|"....The messenger (Peace Be Upon him) asked:”Have you fermented it, even with one piece of ferment?” He (Gaber) said "yes" and he (Muhammad) drank....He answered that he had wine in a pot. Mohammed said: Pour me some to do ablution and he did...."}}
+{{Quote|{{Muslim|23|4989}}|Jabir b 'Abdullah reported: We were with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he asked for water. A person said: Allah's Messenger, may we not give you Nabidh to drink? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes (you may). He (the narrator) said: Then that person went out speedily and brought a cup containing Nabidh, whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Why did you not cover it? - even if it is with a wood. He said that then he drank it.}}
 In the [[Qur'an]], wine is elevated and characterized as a blessing of God upon earth.