Explanation of the hadith of al-Nu'man ibn Bashir (may Allah be pleased with both of them), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Indeed, the lawful is clear, and the forbidden is clear
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The reciter: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon the noblest of the prophets and messengers. The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
From Abu 'Abdullah al-Nu'man ibn Bashir (may Allah be pleased with both of them), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say:Sahih Muslim 1599a Narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
The Shaykh : This hadith, as you have heard, was narrated by al-Nu'man ibn (may Allah be pleased with him).
From Abu 'Abdullah al-Nu'man ibn Bashir (may Allah be pleased with both of them), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say:
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 declaced 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.
إن الحلال بين، وإن الحرام بين ، وبينهما أمور مشتبهات لا يعلمهن كثير من الناس ، فمن اتقى الشبهات فقد استبرأ لدينه وعرضه ، ومن وقع في الشبهات وقع في الحرام ، كالراعي يرعى حول الحمى يوشك أن يرتع فيه ، ألا وإن لكل ملك حمى ، ألا وإن حمى الله محارمه ، ألا وإن في الجسد مضغةً إذا صلحت صلح الجسد كله . وإذا فسدت فسد الجسد كله ، ألا وهي القلبThe Shaykh : This hadith, as you have heard, was narrated by al-Nu'man ibn (may Allah be pleased with him).