The Prophet ﷺ forbade the use of green clay jars.I asked, "May we drink from white ones?"He replied, "No."
نهى النبي ﷺ عن الجر الأخضر، قلت: أنشرب في الأبيض؟ قال: لا.
Bukhari narrated it in the book of drinks (5596), from Musa bin Ismail, who said, Abdul-Wahid told us, Shaybani told us, he said, I heard Abdullah bin Abu Awfa say, then he mentioned it. Shaybani is Abu Ishaq the Kufan, whose name is Sulayman bin Abu Sulayman. Nasai (5621) and Ahmad (19103) both narrated it via Shubah, and Ahmad added that Sufyan is Thawri, from Shaybani with the same wording, except that he said, "I do not know" instead of "No." His statement "I said" refers to Shaybani.Hafiz commented on Bukhari's version, saying, "His statement 'he said, no' means that its ruling is the same as the ruling for the green one, which indicates that the description of greenness has no particular significance in itself. It seems that green jars were common among them, so mentioning the green one was simply to describe the actual situation, not to specify a distinguishing feature." Fath al-Bari (10/61).I say, this is supported by what Nasai (5622) narrated, and Shafii in al-Umm (6/193), and from his route Bayhaqi (8/309), and Humaydi (715), via Sufyan, who is Ibn Uyayna, Abu Ishaq Shaybani told us with it, with the wording, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade nabidh made in the green and white jar." Shafii added "and the red one." Humaydi said, Sufyan said, and a third one which I have forgotten. Its chain of transmission is sahih.Khattabi said, "The ruling in this matter was not tied to the color green or white, but rather to intoxication. This is because jars accelerate the change of whatever is fermented in them, so it may change before one notices it, and so they were prohibited from using them." End of quote. Jarr and jarar are the plural of jarrah, which is a vessel made of pottery.