Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَامِرٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَوْمَأَ بِإِصْبَعَيْهِ إِلَى أُذُنَيْهِ إِنَّ الْحَلَالَ بَيِّنٌ وَالْحَرَامَ بَيِّنٌ وَإِنَّ بَيْنَ الْحَلَالِ وَالْحَرَامِ مُشْتَبِهَاتٍ لَا يَدْرِي كَثِيرٌ مِنْ النَّاسِ أَمِنَ الْحَلَالِ هِيَ أَمْ مِنْ الْحَرَامِ فَمَنْ تَرَكَهَا اسْتَبْرَأَ لِدِينِهِ وَعِرْضِهِ وَمَنْ وَاقَعَهَا يُوشِكُ أَنْ يُوَاقِعَ الْحَرَامَ فَمَنْ رَعَى إِلَى جَنْبِ حِمًى يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَرْتَعَ فِيهِ وَلِكُلِّ مَلِكٍ حِمًى وَإِنَّ حِمَى اللَّهِ مَحَارِمُهُ.
English Translation
Yahya b. Sa'id told us, from Mujalid: Amir told us, he said: I heard al-Nu'man b. Bashir say: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him - and he pointed with his two fingers to his ears - say: "The lawful is clear and the unlawful is clear, and between them are doubtful matters which many people do not know whether they belong to the lawful or the unlawful. Whoever avoids them has absolved his religion and his honor, and whoever falls into them is likely to fall into the unlawful - like a shepherd grazing beside a private pasture, who is liable to graze within it. Every king has a private pasture, and Allah's private pasture is what He has forbidden."