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Sahih al-Bukhari 1128 (Book 19, Hadith 8) #1087
The Prophet's Fear of Compulsion

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) would not do certain good deeds, even though he loved to do them, in order to prevent people from making it compulsory for them.

Narrated 'Aisha: Allah's Messenger used to give up a good deed, although he loved to do it, for fear that people might act on it and it might be made compulsory for them. The Prophet never prayed the Duha prayer, but I offer it.
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ إِنْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ لَيَدَعُ الْعَمَلَ وَهْوَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ بِهِ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ بِهِ النَّاسُ فَيُفْرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَمَا سَبَّحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ سُبْحَةَ الضُّحَى قَطُّ، وَإِنِّي لأُسَبِّحُهَا‏.‏

TOPICS
compulsion  *  deeds  *  istibr  *  li  *  aldua  *  prayer

QUICK LESSONS:
Do voluntary acts with love and devotion instead of obligation or fear .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about the fear of compulsion that the Prophet Muhammad PBUH had when it came to doing good deeds. He was afraid that if he did a certain deed, people might make it compulsory for everyone else and thus take away its reward from those who did it out of their own free will. For example, the Prophet never prayed the Duha prayer but his wife Aisha RA used to offer this prayer voluntarily without any compulsion or obligation. This teaches us that we should be careful not to make religious obligations out of voluntary acts as this can take away their reward and spiritual benefit from those who perform them out of their own free will. We should also remember that Allah SWT rewards us more for our voluntary acts than our obligatory ones as they come from a place of love and devotion rather than obligation or fear.

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