Narrated An-Nu’mân bin Bashīr رضي الله عنه : I heard
Allâh’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم saying, “Both
legal and illegal things are evident but in between them there are doubtful (unclear)
things, and most of the people have no
knowledge about them. So whoever saves himself from these unclear things, he
saves his religion and his honour. And whoever indulges in these unclear things
is like a shepherd who grazes (his animals) near the Himâ (private pasture) of
someone else, and at any moment he is liable to get in it. (O people!) Beware!
Every king has a Himâ and the Himâ of Allâh عز و جل 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.”
(Sahīh Al-Bukhârī, Vol. 1, Hadīth No. 49)
Al-Hilâlī & Muhsin Khân Translation, p.34, The Noble
Qur’ân
