Zirr reported, "The Prophet ﷺ sent me and Muaz bin Jabal to Yemen, so I said, 'Messenger of Allah, there is a drink made in our land called mizr, prepared from barley, and a drink called bitc, made from honey.'He replied, 'Every intoxicant is forbidden.'"
بعثني النبي ﷺ أنا ومعاذ بن جبل إلى اليمن، فقلت: يا رسول الله إن شرابا يصنع بأرضنا يقال له: المزر من الشعير، وشراب يقال له: البتع من العسل؟ فقال: كل مسكر حرام.
Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Military Expeditions (4343), and Muslim in the Book of Drinks (1733: 70), both through the route of Saeed bin Abu Burda, from his father, from Abu Musa, who said, then he related it. The wording given is Muslim's.Abu Dawud narrated it (3684) through the route of Asim bin Kulayb, from Abu Burda, with this wording, "I asked the Prophet ﷺ about a drink made from honey, and he said, 'That is bitc.' I said, 'Do they make nabidh from barley and corn?' He said, 'That is mizr.'" Then he said, "Tell your people that every intoxicant is forbidden." This chain contains Asim bin Kulayb Jarmi, who is truthful, and the rest of its narrators are trustworthy. However, attributing the explanation of bitc and mizr to the Prophet ﷺ contradicts what is found in the Sahihayn, where it is instead the statement of Abu Musa Ashari. Further evidence of its irregularity is what Nasai narrated (5603), and Ahmad (19598), through the route of Ajlah, from Abu Bakr bin Abu Musa, from his father, who said, "The Messenger of Allah sent me to Yemen, and I said, 'Messenger of Allah, there are certain drinks there, so what should I drink and what should I leave?' He said, 'What are they?' I said, 'Bitc and mizr.' He said, 'What are bitc and mizr?' I said, 'Bitc is nabidh made from honey, and mizr is nabidh made from corn.' The Messenger of Allah said, 'Do not drink any intoxicant, for I have forbidden every intoxicant.'"Its chain is hasan because of Ajlah, who is Ibn Abdullah bin Hujayya, and he is truthful.