BRIEF EXPLANATION
As-salamu alaykum
In shaa Allah we will
continue with hadith no 6 today
عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا،
قَالَ: سَمِعْت رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه
و سلم يَقُولُ: "إنَّ الْحَلَالَ بَيِّنٌ،
وَإِنَّ الْحَرَامَ بَيِّنٌ، وَبَيْنَهُمَا أُمُورٌ مُشْتَبِهَاتٌ لَا يَعْلَمُهُنَّ كَثِيرٌ مِنْ النَّاسِ، فَمَنْ اتَّقَى
الشُّبُهَاتِ فَقْد 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 إذَا صَلَحَتْ صَلَحَ الْجَسَدُ كُلُّهُ، وَإذَا فَسَدَتْ فَسَدَ
الْجَسَدُ كُلُّهُ، أَلَا وَهِيَ الْقَلْبُ".
[رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ]
، [وَمُسْلِمٌ]
On the authority of an-Nu’man
ibn Basheer (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the Messenger of
Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say, “That
which is lawful is clear and that which is unlawful is clear, and between the
two of them are doubtful matters about which many people do not know. Thus he
who avoids doubtful matters clears himself in regard to his religion and his
honour, but he who falls into doubtful matters [eventually] falls into that
which is unlawful, like the shepherd who pastures around a sanctuary, all but
grazing therein. Truly every king has a sanctuary, and truly Allah’s
sanctuary is His prohibitions. Truly in the body there is a morsel of flesh,
which, if it be whole, all the body is whole, and which, if it is diseased, all
of [the body] is diseased. Truly, it is the heart.”
[Al-Bukhari] [Muslim]
40 Hadith Nawawi
Reference:40 Hadith Nawawi 6
(40 Hadith Nawawi)
English translation:Hadith 6
In the Name of Allah, the
Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
The best of Praises and
Thanks belong to Allah, the most worthy of the best of Praises and thanks.
Praises that are superior to all other praises, like the superiority of Allah
over His creatures. I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship except
Allah and that Prophet Muhammad SAW is His servant and Messenger. May the
salutations and peace of Allah SWA be showered upon His noble Messenger SAW.
Indeed halal is clear and
haram is also clear. Between halal and haram are deeds and affairs that are
ambiguous or aren’t clear.
What is right(or permissible)
is clear and everyone knows it or is aware of it. For example righteousness,
giving of alms, wearing clothes tht have been prescribed in the religion.
Haram or what is prohibited
is also clearand everyone knows it. And examples of prohibited things or wrong
things are stealing, murder, fornication and the likes of it.
And the ambiguous stuffs or
affairs are that which are in between. They are not known whether they are
halal or they are haram. These ambiguous or doubtful matters are not known to a
lot of people. This statement has been explained by our great Faqeeh Uthaymeen
RA, that they are not known to a lot of people and they are at the same time
known to a lot of people. So many people know these doubtful matters and many
people do not know them.
Therefore it isn’t
that a lot or majority of men do not know it and that the remaining few know
it.
No.
And whosoever stays away from
doubtful matters; meaning he tries his best not to associate himself with
anything that has got to do with doubtful matters. He makes sure he does not
engage himself in such things. He does not ask about them, he does not talk
about them, he does not practice them.
Then he has cleared himself
in regard to his religion and his honour, meaning he has claimed for himself
innonence with regards to his religion, which is between him and his Lord SWA.
He has also cleared himself
with regards to his honour, which is between him and other people. This is
because, when it comes to doubtful matters, if a man mounts upon them it may
lead to people losing the hionour they associated with him as a result of them
always making statements concerning him due to his association with doubtful
matters.
And anyone who falls into
doubtful matters or ambiguous matters, by doing them and associating himself
with them, he falls into haram. This statement can be categorized into two
according our Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih:
The first of them being that
the practice of doubtful matters is haram in itself.
The second being that it
could lead to haram from the explanation of the Prophet SAW in his following
statement that, like the shepherd(
herder of sheep, camel or cattle) who is herding his flock by around a
sanctuary, a sanctuary which they could trespass or breach. Not because they
want to or they wish to but as a result of their closeness to it and it appeal
to them.
It is the same way that if a
person plays around doubltful affairs, he will fall into them and it might not
be initial intention to egange himself in them.
Every master, or every king
or emperor has his limits, or sanctuary. And the limits of Allah are that which
He has made prohibited.And indeed, in the body there is a morsel of flesh.
Something small. If this flesh is good or is pure, the whole body is pure and
if it is corrupted, the whole body is corrupted. This morsel of flesh is the
heart.
Alhamdu-liLlah
We will end here
May Allah grant us the max
benefit of this lesson
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