I used to sit with Ibn Abbas, and he would seat me on his couch. He said to me, "Stay with me, and I will give you a share of my wealth."So I stayed with him for two months, then he said, "When the delegation of Abdul-Qays came to the Prophet ﷺ, he asked, 'Who are these people?' or 'Who is the delegation?'They replied, 'Rabia.'He said, 'Welcome to the people,' or 'to the delegation, neither disgraced nor regretful.'They said, 'Messenger of Allah, we cannot come to you except during the sacred month, for between us and you lies this tribe of disbelievers from Mudar. So give us a clear command that we may convey to those we left behind, and by which we may enter Paradise.'They also asked him about drinks. He commanded them with four things and forbade them four things. He commanded them with belief in Allah alone, then said, 'Do you know what belief in Allah alone means?'They answered, 'Allah and His Messenger know best.'He said, 'It is to testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, to establish the prayer, to give the zakat, to fast Ramadan, and to give a fifth of the war spoils.'And he forbade them four things, the green clay jar, the gourd, the hollowed wooden vessel, and the vessel coated with pitch." Sometimes he said, "Naqi."Then he said, "Memorize these things and inform those you left behind."
كنت أقعد مع ابن عباس يجلسني على سريره فقال: أقم عندي حتى أجعل لك سهما من مالي. فأقمت معه شهرين، ثم قال: إن وفد عبد القيس لما أتوا النبي ﷺ قال: من القوم؟- أو من الوفد؟ قالوا: ربيعة. قال: مرحبا بالقوم- أو بالوفد- غير خزايا ولا ندامى. فقالوا: يا رسول الله، إنا لا نستطيع أن نأتيك إلا في الشهر الحرام، وبيننا وبينك هذا الحي من كفار مضر، فمرنا بأمر فصل نخبر به من وراءنا، وندخل به الجنة. وسأله عن الأشربة، فأمرهم بأربع، ونهاهم عن أربع، أمرهم: بالإيمان بالله وحده، قال: أتدرون ما الإيمان بالله وحده؟ قالوا: الله ورسوله أعلم. قال: شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله، وأن محمدا رسول الله، وإقام الصلاة، وإيتاء الزكاة، وصيام رمضان، وأن تعطوا من المغنم الخمس. ونهاهم عن أربع: عن الحنتم، والدباء والنقير، والمزفت، وربما قال: النقير، وقال: احفظوهن وأخبروا بهن من وراءكم.
Bukhari related it in the Book of Faith (53), and Muslim in the Book of Faith (17), both through Shuba, from Abu Jamra, as mentioned above. The wording given is Bukhari's, and Muslim's wording is similar. Muslim added, in the narration of Qurra bin Khalid from Abu Jamra, that the Messenger of Allah said to Ashajj, the Ashajj of Abdul-Qays, "In you are two qualities that Allah loves, forbearance and deliberateness."As for his saying "and the pitched vessel," this refers to the tarred vessel, meaning the one coated with qar, which is pitch. It has also been said that pitch is a type of qar. The purpose of prohibiting the use of these four vessels was to forbid steeping dates or raisins in them for drink, and these were singled out for prohibition because intoxication develops quickly in them, so the drink becomes forbidden.