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bukhari:7293Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Thābit > Anas

We were with ʿUmar 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).  

البخاري:٧٢٩٣حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ نُهِينَا

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البيهقي:٢١٤٦وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْخَطِيبُ الْإِسْفَرَايِينِيُّ ثنا أَبُو بَحْرٍ الْبَرْبَهَارِيُّ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ ثنا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ الْأَسَدِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَمْرَو بْنَ مَيْمُونٍ الْأَوْدِيُّ يَقُولُ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ وَلَوْ أَنَّ ابْنِي مِنِّي ثَلَاثَةَ أَذْرُعٍ لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُ إِلَّا

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