Ayat
29. "So enter the
gates of Hell, to abide therein , and indeed, what an evil abode will be for the
arrogant."
Hazrat An-Nu`man bin Bashir (May Allah be
pleased with them) reported: Messenger of Allah [SAWW](PBUH) said, "What is lawful is clear and what is unlawful
is clear, but between them are certain doubtful things which many people do not
know. So he who guards against doubtful things keeps his religion and his honour
blameless. But he who falls into doubtful things falls into that which is
unlawful, just as a shepherd who grazes his cattle in the vicinity of a pasture
declared prohibited (by the king); he is likely to stray into the pasture. Mind
you, every king has a protected pasture and Allah's involved limits is that
which He has declared unlawful. Verily, there is a piece of flesh in the body,
if it is healthy, the whole body is healthy, and if it is corrupt, the whole
body is corrupt. Verily, it is the heart.'' [Muslim Book 10, Chapter 41,
Hadith # 3882].
Lesson
: as mentioned above in Surah An- Nahl Ayat
28.committing all kinds of crimes and evil deeds).
There are such meeting-points between what is permissible and what is not
permissible in the matter of religion of which the majority of people are
ignorant. If man abstains from them, it means that he is keeping his duty to
Allah. Yet, if he is involved in them without caring for what is allowable or
unallowable, he may be supposed to have out stepped the Divine limits.
Businessmen and traders are particularly warned here to avoid things of dubious
nature and are urged to adopt only that pattern which is lawful. Another
important point underlying this Hadith concerns the heart. Its purity or
impurity directly affects the human conduct in a good or bad way. It is,
therefore, absolutely necessary to cleanse the heart of all wiles and
impurities, and this is not possible without sound Faith and consciousness of
Allah.
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