Bayan Al-Hadith › Sahih al-Bukhari › Holding Fast to the Qur'an and Sunnah
Sahih al-Bukhari 7293صحيح البخاري 7293
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).
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
سليمان بن حرب بن بجيل ← حماد بن زيد بن درهم ← ثابت بن أسلم ← أنس بن مالك بن النضر
Sulayman ibn Harb ibn Bajil → Hammad ibn Zayd ibn Dirham → Thabit ibn Aslam → Anas bin Malik
