Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari · Hadith 52

Cited in 3 lectures · 3 mentions

Narrated An-Nu'man bin Bashir: I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, 'Both legal and illegal things are evident but in between them there are doubtful (suspicious) things and most of the people have no knowledge about them. So whoever saves himself from these suspicious things saves his religion and his honor. And whoever indulges in these suspicious things is like a shepherd who grazes (his animals) near the Hima (private pasture) of someone else and at any moment he is liable to get in it. (O people!) Beware! Every king has a Hima and the Hima of Allah 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

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tazkiya is not about the heart, it's about the mind
“آپ نے کہا تزکیہ کا تعلق قلب سے نہیں، حالانکہ حدیث ہے دل کا ٹکڑا”
13:10Human Values
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Islam's teaching that reform begins from the mind
“Yahi baat hai jo Islam mein sikhayi gayi hai”
Full argument for ijtihad from the hadith of ambiguous matters
“Al-halalu bayyin wal-haramu bayyin — hadith of the unclear middle”