صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الفضائل
The Book of Virtues
باب مُبَاعَدَتِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِلآثَامِ وَاخْتِيَارِهِ مِنَ الْمُبَاحِ أَسْهَلَهُ وَانْتِقَامِهِ لِلَّهِ عِنْدَ انْتِهَاكِ حُرُمَاتِهِ:
Chapter: 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
Hadith 2327
This hadith is listed as number 6048 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ : " مَا خُيِّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ ، أَحَدُهُمَا أَيْسَرُ مِنَ الْآخَرِ ، إِلَّا 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.
