The Permissible HALAL and The Forbidden HARAM is Clear LIGHT SERIES with USTADH NAJIB AYOUBI

how should muslims deal with doubtful matters hadith we're going to talk about today is very important hadith that discusses the difference between the halal and the haram the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam he says in this hadith the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam he makes clear to us that what allah subhanahu wa allah has made halal is clear and what allah subhanahu wa allah has made haram is also clear but sometimes we find ourselves coming across matters that are in between the halal and the haram and we're unable to derive ruling whether that thing is permissible or not permissible in arabic this is called ashubha which is basically doubtful matter when it comes to these doubtful issues we may not have enough evidence or clear evidence to show and suggest that that particular action is haram and we may not even have evidence to show that that particular action is halal in in and of itself so what do we do in such circumstance we come across these doubtful matters regularly whether it's related to food business transactions interactions with our family friends and colleagues amongst other things an example of food could be that person hesitates to eat from non-muslim for example let's say he doesn't know that person and he's not sure whether that person has put any the non-halal ingredients in the food we know that we are allowed to eat from halal kitab and we know that we have to stay away from pork and alcohol but what about all the spices and all the little bits of ingredients and fats and so on sources do we know that these things are halal or not perhaps the non-muslim claims that there is no pork there is no alcohol in that dish but there might be those other ingredients gelatine and so on so what do we do in such circumstances since most people are unfamiliar that these things need to be halal also so it is fair that this person might be left with doubt in his heart whether he should eat from this non-muslim or not the prophet sallallahu alaihi mentioned that this gray area it does exist and lot of people don't know how to deal with such matters it can leave person in an awkward position at times and it can make person not know what to do the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam in this hadith he's giving us the solution he says whoever stays away from these doubtful matters then he has indeed protected his religion and his honor the prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam continues to say woman and whoever falls into these doubtful matters then he has actually fallen into haram that is because even though it's gray area but muslim should have disciplined personality he should not be follower of his nafs he should not give his nafs everything that he desires therefore since the grey area is unknown the safer option and the more honorable way to do with these issues according to rasulullah would be to stay away from them the same way we would stay away from that which is clearly haram please remember though this hadith applies only if we have doubts about the permissibility of something otherwise if we have yaquin and we know that it's permissible we are allowed to enjoy all of the things that allah has made permissible for us we'll see you in the next hadith