Hadith 12573

Chapter 3

باب 3

(3) باب مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ السُّؤَالِ وَتَكَلُّفِ مَا لاَ يَعْنِيهِ

(3) Chapter: Asking too many questions and troubling with what does not concern one
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حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ نُهِينَا عَنِ التَّكَلُّفِ.

Narrated Anas:
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).

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 7293

In-book reference: Book 96, Hadith 24

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 9, Book 92, Hadith 396