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Sahih Muslim 1599a

I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) as having said this (and Numan) pointed towards his ears with his fingers): What is lawful is evident and what is unlawful is evident, and…

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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّاءُ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ

قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ وَأَهْوَى النُّعْمَانُ بِإِصْبَعَيْهِ إِلَى أُذُنَيْهِ «إِنَّ الْحَلَالَ بَيِّنٌ وَإِنَّ الْحَرَامَ بَيِّنٌ وَبَيْنَهُمَا مُشْتَبِهَاتٌ لَا يَعْلَمُهُنَّ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَمَنِ اتَّقَى الشُّبُهَاتِ اسْتَبْرَأَ لِدِينِهِ وَعِرْضِهِ وَمَنْ وَقَعَ فِي الشُّبُهَاتِ وَقَعَ فِي الْحَرَامِ كَالرَّاعِي يَرْعَى حَوْلَ الْحِمَى يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَرْتَعَ فِيهِ أَلَا وَإِنَّ لِكُلِّ مَلِكٍ حِمًى أَلَا وَإِنَّ حِمَى اللَّهِ مَحَارِمُهُ أَلَا وَإِنَّ فِي الْجَسَدِ مُضْغَةً إِذَا صَلَحَتْ صَلَحَ الْجَسَدُ كُلُّهُ وَإِذَا فَسَدَتْ فَسَدَ الْجَسَدُ كُلُّهُ أَلَا وَهِيَ الْقَلْبُ»

I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) as having said this (and Numan) pointed towards his ears with his fingers): What is lawful is evident and what is unlawful is evident, and in between them are the things doubtful which many people do not know. So he who guards against doubtful things keeps his religion and honour blameless, and he who indulges in doubtful things indulges in fact in unlawful things, just as a shepherd who pastures his animals round a preserve will soon pasture them in it.

Beware, every king has a preserve, and the things God his declared unlawful are His preserves. Beware, in the body there is a piece of flesh; if it is sound, the whole body is sound and if it is corrupt the whole body is corrupt, and hearken it is the heart.

আহমাদ ইবনু 'আবদুল্লাহ ইবনু ইউনুস (রহঃ) ..... হরিসাহ ইবনু ওয়াহব আল খুযাঈ (রহঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, আমি বিদায় হজ্জের সময় মিনাতে অবস্থানকালে রসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম এর পিছনে সালাত আদায় করেছি। তিনি তখন দু' রাকাআত সালাত আদায় করেছিলেন। তখন তার পিছনে বহু সংখ্যক লোক ছিল।

ইমাম মুসলিম (রহঃ) বলেনঃ হারিসাহ ইবনু ওয়াহব খুযাঈ উবায়দুল্লাহ ইবনু উমার ইবনুল খাত্ত্বাবের ভাই। তারা একই মায়ের গর্ভজাত সন্তান। (ইসলামী ফাউন্ডেশন ১৪৬৯, ইসলামীক সেন্টার)

زہیر نے حدیث بیان کی ، کہا : ہمیں ابو اسحاق نے حدیث سنائی ، کہا ، مجھ سے حارثہ بن وہب خزاعی رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ نے حدیث بیان کی کہا : میں نے منیٰ میں رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کی اقتداء میں نماز پڑھی جبکہ لوگ ( تعداد میں ) جتنے زیادہ ہوسکتے تھے ( موجود تھے ) آپ نے حجۃ الوداع کے موقع پر دو رکعت نماز پڑھائی ۔

امام مسلم ؒ نے کہا : حارثہ بن وہب خزاعی رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ ماں ( ملیکہ بنت جرول الخزاعیہ ) کی طرف سے عبیداللہ بن عمر بن خطاب رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ کے بھائی تھے ۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Yunus] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Zuhair] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Ishaq] telah menceritakan kepadaku [Haritsah binti Wahb Al Khuza'i] katanya; "Aku pernah shalat di belakang Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam di Mina, dan orang-orang melakukan apa yang telah berlaku, maka beliau melakukan dua rakaat ketika haji wada'."

Muslim berkata; Haritsah bin Muslim Al Khuza'i adalah saudara seibu 'Ubaidullah bin Umar bin Khattab

Bize, Ahmed b. AbdiIIâh b. Yûnus rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize Züheyr rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize, Ebû İshâk rivayet etti. (Dedi ki): Bana, Hârisetü'bnü Vehb El-Huzâî rivayet etti. (Dediki): Ben, Resûlullah (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem)'in arkasında: Mina'da namaz kıldım. İnsanlar alabildiğine kalabalıktılar. Resûlullah (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem) bu Veda' Haccında, namazı iki rek'ât kıldırdı. Müslim der ki: «Hârisetü'bnü Vehb El-Huzâî, Ubeydullah b. Ömer b. Hattâb'ın anne bir kardeşidir

Sahih Muslim 1599a, Book 22, The Book of Musaqah, Hadith 133. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) explains a general rule in matters and that they fall under three categories in the Shariah: clearly lawful matters, clearly unlawful matters, and doubtful matters with the rulings on whether they are illegal or lawful being unclear and unknown to many people. So, whoever abandons those suspicious matters keeps his religion safe by avoiding falling into the unlawful and keeps his honor safe from people's criticism of him for engaging in such doubtful things.

Whoever does not avoid doubtful matters risks falling into the unlawful or being maligned by people. The Messenger (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) provided a parable to demonstrate the condition of a person who engages in doubtful matters, saying that he is like a shepherd who grazes his cattle close to a piece of land protected by its owner; so, his cattle are likely to pasture in this protected land, given its proximity.

Likewise, he who engages in a suspicious matter draws near to the unlawful and is likely to fall into it. Then, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed that there is a piece of flesh in the body, namely the heart, and when it is sound, the whole body is sound, and if it is corrupt, the entire body becomes corrupt.

What it teaches

  • The Hadīth urges us to avoid suspicious matters with unclear rulings.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn NumayrTold us, Fourth generation, died 234 AH
  3. 3Abdullah ibn NumayrTold us, Third generation, died 199 AH
  4. 4Zakariyya ibn Abi ZaidahTold us, Successor, died 147 AH
  5. 5Amir ash-ShabiFrom, Successor, died 103 AH
  6. 6An-Numan ibn BashirFrom, Companion, died 60 AH

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