Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنَ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ خَثْعَمَ يُقَالُ لَهُ سُوَيْدُ بْنُ طَارِقٍ عَنْ الْخَمْرِ فَنَهَاهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا هُوَ شَيْءٌ نَصْنَعُهُ دَوَاءً فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّمَا هِيَ دَاءٌ.
English Translation
Waki' and Hajjaj told us, they said: Shu'bah told us, from Simak, he said: I heard Alqamah ibn Wa'il, from his father: that he was present with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man of Khath'am named Suwayd ibn Tariq asked him about wine, and he forbade it. The man said: "It is only something we make as medicine." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is rather a disease."