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ahmad:18384Sufyān

[Machine] I learned it from Abu Furwah first, then from Mujalid, who heard it from Al-Sha'abi saying: I heard Nu'man ibn Bashir saying: "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: 'When I used to hear him saying, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying,' I would pay attention, draw near, and fear that I would not hear anyone else saying, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying,' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'What is halal (lawful) is clear, what is haram (forbidden) is clear, and between them are doubtful matters. Whoever avoids the doubtful matters has protected his religion and honor. And whoever indulges in the doubtful matters has fallen into the haram (forbidden), just like the shepherd who grazes his flock around a pasture, all but grazing therein. Truly, every king has a protected sanctuary, and truly Allah's sanctuary is His prohibitions on the earth. Truly, his prohibitions are what He has made unlawful.'"  

أحمد:١٨٣٨٤حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ

حَفِظْتُهُ مِنْ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ أَوَّلًا ثُمَّ مِنْ مُجَالِدٍ سَمِعَهُ مِنَ الشَّعْبِيِّ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺوَكُنْتُ إِذَا سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَصْغَيْتُ وَتَقَرَّبْتُ وَخَشِيتُ أَنْ لَا أَسْمَعَ أَحَدًا يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ حَلَالٌ بَيِّنٌ وَحَرَامٌ بَيِّنٌ وَشُبُهَاتٌ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ مَنْ تَرَكَ مَا اشْتَبَهَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْإِثْمِ كَانَ لِمَا اسْتَبَانَ لَهُ أَتْرَكَ وَمَنِ اجْتَرَأَ عَلَى مَا شَكَّ فِيهِ أَوْشَكَ أَنْ يُوَاقِعَ الْحَرَامَ وَإِنَّ لِكُلِّ مَلِكٍ حِمًى وَإِنَّ حِمَى اللهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَعَاصِيهِ أَوْ قَالَ مَحَارِمُهُ  


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bayhaqi:10817Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq al-Faqīh > Bishr b. Mūsá > al-Ḥumaydī > Sufyān > Abū Farwah al-Hamdānī > al-Shaʿbī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr > al-Minbar

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: "The lawful is clear and the unlawful is clear, and between them are doubtful matters. Whoever avoids the doubtful matters, he has acquitted himself of his religion and honor. And whoever indulges in the doubtful matters, he has indulged in the unlawful. Just as a shepherd who grazes his flock near a private pasture risks having them trespass into it. Indeed, every king has a sanctuary, and the sanctuary of Allah on earth is His prohibitions and sins."  

البيهقي:١٠٨١٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ أنا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ ثنا أَبُو فَرْوَةَ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الشَّعْبِيَّ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ حَلَالٌ بَيِّنٌ وَحَرَامٌ بَيِّنٌ وَشُبُهَاتٌ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ فَمَنْ تَرَكَ مَا اشْتَبَهَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْإِثْمِ كَانَ لِمَا اسْتَبَانَ لَهُ أتْرَكَ وَمَنِ اجْتَرَأَ عَلَى مَا شَكَّ فِيهِ أَوْشَكَ أَنْ يُوَاقِعَ الْحَرَامَ وَإِنَّ لِكُلِّ مَلَكٍ حِمًى وَحِمَى اللهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَعَاصِيهِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ
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السيوطي:١٣٥٩٠a

"حَلَالٌ بيِّنٌ، وحَرَامٌ بيِّنٌ، وَشُبُهَاتٌ بيْنَ ذلِكَ، فَمنْ تَرَكَ مَا اشْتَبَهَ عَلَيْه مِنَ الإِثْمِ كَانَ لِمَا اسْتَبَانَ لَهُ أَتْرَكَ، وَمنِ اجْتَرَأَ عَلَى مَا شَكَّ فِيهِ أوْشَكَ أَنْ يُوَاقِعَ الْحَرَامَ، وَإِن لِكُلِّ مَلِكٍ حِمًى، وَحِمى اللَّه فِى الأرض مَعاصِيه".  

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