حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا زَکَرِيَّائُ عَنْ عَامِرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ الْحَلَالُ بَيِّنٌ وَالْحَرَامُ بَيِّنٌ وَبَيْنَهُمَا مُشَبِهَاتٌ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا کَثِيرٌ مِنْ النَّاسِ فَمَنْ اتَّقَی الْمُشَبِهَاتِ اسْتَبْرَأَ لِدِينِهِ وَعِرْضِهِ وَمَنْ وَقَعَ فِي الشُّبُهَاتِ کَرَاعٍ يَرْعَی حَوْلَ الْحِمَی يُوشِکُ أَنْ يُوَاقِعَهُ أَلَا وَإِنَّ لِکُلِّ مَلِکٍ حِمًی أَلَا إِنَّ حِمَی اللَّهِ فِي أَرْضِهِ مَحَارِمُهُ أَلَا وَإِنَّ فِي الْجَسَدِ مُضْغَةً إِذَا صَلَحَتْ صَلَحَ الْجَسَدُ کُلُّهُ وَإِذَا فَسَدَتْ فَسَدَ الْجَسَدُ کُلُّهُ أَلَا وَهِيَ الْقَلْبُ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 52
Narrated An-Nu'man bin Bashir: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'Both legal and illegal things are evident but in between them there are doubtful (suspicious) things and most of the people have no knowledge about them. So whoever saves himself from these suspicious things saves his religion and his honor. And whoever indulges in these suspicious things is like a shepherd who grazes (his animals) near the Hima (private pasture) of someone else and at any moment he is liable to get in it. (O people!) Beware! Every king has a Hima and the Hima of Allah on the earth is His illegal (forbidden) things. Beware! There is a piece of flesh in the body if it becomes good (reformed) the whole body becomes good but if it gets spoilt the whole body gets spoilt and that is the heart.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020