Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah
Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah 348
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الضَّبِّيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مُنْتَصِرًا مِنْ مَظْلَمَةٍ ظُلِمَهَا قَطُّ، مَا لَمْ يُنْتَهَكْ مِنْ مَحَارِمِ اللهِ تَعَالَى شَيْءٌ، فَإِذَا انْتُهِكَ مِنْ مَحَارِمِ اللهِ شَيْءٌ كَانَ مِنْ أَشَدِّهِمْ فِي ذَلِكَ غَضَبًا، وَمَا خُيِّرَ بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ، إِلا اخْتَارَ أَيْسَرَهُمَا، مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ مَأْثَمًا.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ahmad ibn ‘Abdah al-Dabbi narrated to us: Fudayl ibn ‘Iyad narrated to us, from Mansur, from al-Zuhri, from ‘Urwah, from ‘A’ishah, who said: I never saw the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) seek retribution for a wrong done to him, so long as none of Allah’s sacred limits had been violated. If any of Allah’s sacred limits were violated, he was among the most angered of people over that. He was never given a choice between two matters without choosing the easier of them, provided it was not sinful.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The full chain is included; the English witness begins with ‘A’ishah.
The report distinguishes a personal wrong done to him from violation of Allah’s sacred limits, and says he chose the easier of two matters when it was not sinful.