Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَنْبَأَنَا فَرَجُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ الْحِمْصِيُّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بَعَثَنِي رَحْمَةً وَهُدًى لِلْعَالَمِينَ وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَمْحَقَ الْمَزَامِيرَ وَالْكَبَارَاتِ يَعْنِي الْبَرَابِطَ وَالْمَعَازِفَ وَالْأَوْثَانَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُعْبَدُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَأَقْسَمَ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِعِزَّتِهِ لَا يَشْرَبُ عَبْدٌ مِنْ عَبِيدِي جَرْعَةً مِنْ خَمْرٍ إِلَّا سَقَيْتُهُ مَكَانَهَا مِنْ حَمِيمِ جَهَنَّمَ مُعَذَّبًا أَوْ مَغْفُورًا لَهُ وَلَا يَسْقِيهَا صَبِيًّا صَغِيرًا إِلَّا سَقَيْتُهُ مَكَانَهَا مِنْ حَمِيمِ جَهَنَّمَ مُعَذَّبًا أَوْ مَغْفُورًا لَهُ وَلَا يَدَعُهَا عَبْدٌ مِنْ عَبِيدِي مِنْ مَخَافَتِي إِلَّا سَقَيْتُهَا إِيَّاهُ مِنْ حَظِيرَةِ الْقُدُسِ وَلَا يَحِلُّ بَيْعُهُنَّ وَلَا شِرَاؤُهُنَّ وَلَا تَعْلِيمُهُنَّ وَلَا تِجَارَةٌ فِيهِنَّ وَأَثْمَانُهُنَّ حَرَامٌ لِلْمُغَنِّيَاتِ قَالَ يَزِيدُ الْكَبَارَاتِ الْبَرَابِطُ.
English Translation
Yazid told us, Faraj ibn Fadalah al-Himsi informed us, from Ali ibn Yazid, from al-Qasim, from Abu Umamah, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "Allah, Mighty and Majestic, sent me as a mercy and a guidance to the worlds, and commanded me to obliterate the flutes and the lutes -- meaning the stringed instruments -- and the tambourines and the idols that used to be worshiped in the Age of Ignorance. And my Lord, Mighty and Majestic, swore by His might: no servant of My servants drinks a swallow of wine but I will give him to drink in its place from the boiling water of Hell, whether punished or forgiven; and none gives it to drink to a small child but I will give him to drink in its place from the boiling water of Hell, whether punished or forgiven; and no servant of My servants forsakes it out of fear of Me but I will give him to drink instead from the Enclosure of Holiness; and it is not lawful to sell them, nor to buy them, nor to teach them, nor to trade in them, and their earnings are forbidden -- for the singing-girls." Yazid said: al-Kabarat are the stringed instruments.