English
Salman narrated: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about ghee, cheese, and fur (wild animals). He said: “The lawful is what Allah made lawful in His Book, the unlawful is what Allah made unlawful in His Book, and what He was silent about is among what He has pardoned.”4
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- Candidate: Sunan Ibn Majah 3367 (unverified) 98% confidence
- Candidate: Jami al-Tirmidhi 1726 (unverified) 98% confidence
- Candidate: Mishkat al-Masabih 4228 (unverified) 88% confidence · Validation similarity: 0.981
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 4
(4) The statement: “What He was silent about is among what He has pardoned”: This indicates that the default ruling for things is permissibility according to most Hanafi and Shafi’i scholars, supported by Allah’s saying: “He has created for you all that is on earth” (Qur’an 2:29). It is said: Everything was created for His servants, and they were created for His worship, per “And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me” (Qur’an 51:56), per “Al-Mirqat” and “Radd al-Muhtar.”
Note 4
(٤) قوله: وما سكت عنه فهو مما عفي عنه: وفيه أن الأصل في الأشياء الإباحة عند الجمهور من الحنفية والشافعية،ويؤيده قوله تعالى: (هُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ لَكُم مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا) (البقرة: ٢٩). وقد قيل: كل شيء خلق لعبادهوخلقوا لعبادته. قال تعالى: (وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنْسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ (٤) (الذاريات: ٥٦). التقطته من (المرقاة)و(ردالمحتار).