قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ وَإِنَّمَا هَذَا شَيْءٌ يَتَّخِذُهُ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مِنْ عَصِيرِ الْعِنَبِ فَيَبْتَاعُهُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مُرِّيًّا، لَا يَدْرُونَ كَيْفَ كَانَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ
Aba 'Ubayd said This was something that the Ahl al-Kitab of Syria used to make from grape juice and it was bought by the Muslims as murri, without knowing what stages it had passed through prior to this