The Forty Hadith · An-Nawawi
— Sixth Hadith —

The Lawful and the Unlawful are Clear

الحلال بيّن والحرام بيّن
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Hadith 6 — The Lawful and the Unlawful are Clear
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Arabic
عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «إِنَّ الْحَلَالَ بَيِّنٌ وَإِنَّ الْحَرَامَ بَيِّنٌ، وَبَيْنَهُمَا أُمُورٌ مُشْتَبِهَاتٌ لَا يَعْلَمُهُنَّ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ، فَمَنِ اتَّقَى الشُّبُهَاتِ فَقَدِ 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 اللهِ مَحَارِمُهُ. أَلَا وَإِنَّ فِي الْجَسَدِ مُضْغَةً إِذَا صَلَحَتْ صَلَحَ الْجَسَدُ كُلُّهُ، وَإِذَا فَسَدَتْ فَسَدَ الْجَسَدُ كُلُّهُ، أَلَا وَهِيَ الْقَلْبُ».
English Translation
EN · English
On the authority of Abu ʻAbdillah al-Nuʻman ibn Bashir (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “The lawful is clear and the unlawful is clear, and between the two are doubtful matters about which many people do not know. So whoever guards against doubtful matters keeps his religion and his honour blameless, and whoever falls into doubtful matters falls into the unlawful, like a shepherd who grazes his flock around a sanctuary, all but grazing therein. Truly every king has a sanctuary, and truly the sanctuary of Allah is His prohibitions. Truly in the body there is a morsel of flesh which, if it is sound, the whole body is sound, and if it is corrupt, the whole body is corrupt. Truly, it is the heart.”
Turjumaadda Soomaaliga
SO · Soomaali
Waxaa laga weriyay Abu ʻAbdillah al-Nuʻmaan ibn Bashiir (Allaha raalli ka noqdo labadoodaba), inuu yidhi: Waxaan maqlay Rasuulka ﷺ oo leh: “Xalaalku waa cad yahay, xaraankuna waa cad yahay, dhexdoodana waxaa ah arrimo shaki leh oo dad badani aanay garanayn. Qofkii ka digtoonaada waxyaalaha shakiga leh wuxuu nadiifiyay diintiisa iyo sharaftiisa; qofkii ku dhaca waxyaalaha shakiga leh wuxuu ku dhacaa xaraanta, sida adhi-jir adhi geeda meel xaram (dhul la xidhay) ag daajinaya oo u dhow inuu dhexgalo. Ogow, boqor walba wuxuu leeyahay dhul gaar ah, dhulka gaarka ah ee Allahna waa waxyaalaha uu xaraan dhigay. Ogow, jidhka waxaa ku jira goo hilib ah oo haddii ay hagaagto, jidhka oo dhammi hagaago, haddii ay xumaatona, jidhka oo dhammi xumaado. Ogow, waa qalbiga.”
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 52 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1599