Hadith #448
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّ
بَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ وَاللَّهِ مَا خُيِّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ قَطُّ إِلَّا أَخَذَ أَيْسَرَهُمَا مَا لَمْ يَأْثَمْ فَإِذَا كَانَ الْإِثْمُ كَانَ أَبْعَدَهُمْ مِنْهُ وَاللَّهِ مَا انْتَقَمَ لِنَفْسِهِ فِي شَيْءٍ يُؤْتَى إِلَيْهِ قَطُّ حَتَّى تُنْتَهَكَ حُرُمَاتُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَيَنْتَقِمَ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
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عروة بن الز
English Translation
It was narrated from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), wife of the Prophet ﷺ, that she said: 'By Allah, whenever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was given a choice between two matters, he always chose the easier of the two — as long as it was not sinful. When it was sinful, he was the farthest of all people from it. By Allah, he never took personal revenge for anything done to him — unless the sanctities of Allah were violated, in which case he would take revenge for the sake of Allah.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 46, Hadith 448
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 24686
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-61076