صحيح البخاري

Hadith 7293

Book 97: The Book of Holding Fast To The Qur’An and The Sunna

كِتَاب الِاعْتِصَامِ بِالْكِتَابِ وَالسُّنَّةِ

Chapter 3

(3) Chapter. What is disliked of asking too many questions and of troubling oneself with what does not concern one.

3- بَابُ مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ السُّؤَالِ وَتَكَلُّفِ مَا لاَ يَعْنِيهِ:

English narration

Narrated by أنس بن مالك الأنصاري

We were with 'Umar and he said, "We have been forbidden to undertake a difficult task beyond our capability (i.e. to exceed the religious limits e.g., to clean the inside of the eyes while doing ablution).

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ، قَالَ : "

كُنَّا عِنْدَ عُمَرَ ، فَقَالَ : نُهِينَا عَنِ التَّكَلُّفِ

" .

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 7293In-book: Book 97, Hadith 7293

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