Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 267 – Volume 3, Book 34

English

Volume 3, Book 34, Number 267:
Narrated An-Nu'man bin Bashir:
The Prophet said "Both legal and illegal things are obvious, and in between them are (suspicious)
doubtful matters. So who-ever forsakes those doubtful things lest he may commit a sin, will defin –
itely avoid what is clearly illegal; and who-ever indulges in these (suspicious) doubtful things
bravely, is likely to commit what is clearly illegal. Sins are Allah's Hima (i.e. private pasture) and
whoever pastures (his sheep) near it, is likely to get in it at any moment."