Hadith 106

Sahih Muslim

Book 43: The Book of Virtues

Chapter 20

His Avoidance Of Sin, His Choosing The Easier Of Permissible Things, And His Vengeance For The Sake Of Allah If His Sacred Limits Were Transgressed

باب مُبَاعَدَتِهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِلآثَامِ وَاخْتِيَارِهِ مِنَ الْمُبَاحِ أَسْهَلَهُ وَانْتِقَامِهِ ل

Sahih Muslim 2327d
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ مَا خُيِّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا أَيْسَرُ مِنَ الآخَرِ إِلاَّ اخْتَارَ أَيْسَرَهُمَا مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ إِثْمًا فَإِنْ كَانَ إِثْمًا كَانَ أَبْعَدَ النَّاسِ مِنْهُ ‏.‏
'A'isha reported:

Never did Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) make a choice between two things but adopting the easier one as compared to the difficult one, but his choice for the easier one was only in case it did not involve any sin, but if it involved sin he was the one who was the farthest from it amongst the people.

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

'Aisha bint Abi Bakr

أمّ المؤمنين عائشة بنت أبي بكر الصديق

2,580 narrations

follower
2

'Urwa ibn al-Zubayr

عروة بن الزبير

1,628 narrations

follower
3

Hisham bin 'Urwa

هشام بن عروة

952 narrations

successor
4

Hammad bin Usamah -

حماد بن أسامة أبو أسامة

561 narrations

3rd Generation
5

Abu Karayb, Muhammad bin al-'Ala' -

محمد بن العلاء أبو كريب

782 narrations