No. 3882

Nu'man b. Bashir (Allaah be pleased with him) reported: I heard Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallamn) as having said this (and Nu'man) pointed towards his ears with his fingers): 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.

No. 3883

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zakariya with the same chain of transmitters.

No. 3884

AI-Nu'man b. Bashir reported it from Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam). The hadith narrated by Zakariya is, however, more complete and lengthy than the other ones.

No. 3885

Nu'man b. Bashir b. Sa'd, a Companion of Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) was heard delivering a sermon at Hims and was saying: I heard Allaah's Messenger (way sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: The lawful is evident and the unlawful is evident, the rest of the hadith is the same as related by Zakariya.