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1726. Salmān narrated: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was asked about fat, cheese, and furs, so he said: ‘The lawful is what Allāh made lawful in His Book, the unlawful is what Allāh made unlawful in his Book, and what He was silent about; then it is among that for which He has pardoned.’” (Hasan)
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] There is something on this topic from Al-Mughīrah, and this Hadīth is Gharīb, we do not know of it being Marfū‘ except from this route.
Sufyān and others reported it from Sulaimān At-Taimī, from Abū 'Uthmān, from Salmān as his own saying. It is as if the Mawqūf narration is more correct. [I asked Al-Bukhārī about this Hadīth and he said: 'I do not think it is preserved. Sufyān reported it from Sulaimān At-Taimī from Abū 'Uthmān, from Salmān in Mawqūf form.' Al-Bukhārī said: "Saif bin Hārūn is Muqārīb (average) in Hadīth, and as for Saif bin Muḥammad from 'Āšim, his narrations are left."]
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[1] The red dye derived from safflowers.
Commentary
Things, as to their permissibility and impermissibility, fall into four categories: (i) clearly lawful, whose permissibility has been clearly notified, (ii) clearly unlawful, that could not be declared lawful, (iii) matters which are not clear to many who are doubtful about them since they do not have the knowledge about it, and (iv) the pardoned ones, about which the Sharī'ah is discreetly silent, and there is no categorical yes or no about them. Their permissibility or prohibition is, however, unmistakably evident and clear. So, the right course is to completely avoid the prohibited. As for the matters that one has doubt about them, avoiding them would mean guarding ones faith and honor against any blame or ignominy. Clearly lawful matters can be pursued without qualms of conscience. Pardoned matters are no doubt allowed.
