حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَنْبَأَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ الْحَلَالُ بَيِّنٌ وَالْحَرَامُ بَيِّنٌ وَبَيْنَ ذَلِکَ أُمُورٌ مُشْتَبِهَاتٌ لَا يَدْرِي کَثِيرٌ مِنْ النَّاسِ أَمِنْ الْحَلَالِ هِيَ أَمْ مِنْ الْحَرَامِ فَمَنْ تَرَکَهَا اسْتِبْرَائً لِدِينِهِ وَعِرْضِهِ فَقَدْ سَلِمَ وَمَنْ وَاقَعَ شَيْئًا مِنْهَا يُوشِکُ أَنْ يُوَاقِعَ الْحَرَامَ کَمَا أَنَّهُ مَنْ يَرْعَی حَوْلَ الْحِمَی يُوشِکُ أَنْ يُوَاقِعَهُ أَلَا وَإِنَّ لِکُلِّ مَلِکٍ حِمًی أَلَا وَإِنَّ حِمَی اللَّهِ مَحَارِمُهُ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 1205
An-Numan bin Bashir narrated that the Messenger of Allah (S) said: The lawful is clear and the unlawful is clear, and between that are matters that are doubtful (not clear); many of the people do not know whether it is lawful or unlawful. So whoever leaves it to protect his religion and his honor, then he will be safe, and whoever falls into something from them, then he soon will have fallen into the unlawful. Just like if someone grazes (his animals) around a sanctuary, he would soon wind up in it. Indeed for every king is a sanctuary (pasture), and indeed Allah's sanctuary is what He made unlawful.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020