Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُوَيْسٍ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَنَّ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ حَدَّثَتْهُ قَالَتْ مَا خُيِّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ قَطُّ إِلَّا اخْتَارَ أَيْسَرَهُمَا حَتَّى يَكُونَ إِثْمًا فَإِذَا كَانَ إِثْمًا كَانَ أَبْعَدَ النَّاسِ مِنْهُ وَمَا انْتَقَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِنَفْسِهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ انْتُهِكَ مِنْهُ إِلَّا أَنْ تُنْتَهَكَ حُرْمَةٌ هِيَ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَيَنْتَقِمُ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِهَا.
English Translation
Ibrahim ibn Abi al-Abbas told us: Abu Uways told us, from al-Zuhri: that Urwah ibn al-Zubayr told him that A'ishah told him, saying: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was never given the choice between two matters except that he chose the easier of the two, so long as it was not a sin; but if it was a sin, he was the furthest of people from it. And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) never took revenge for himself over anything done to him, except when a sacred limit of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, was violated - then he would take revenge for the sake of Allah, Mighty and Majestic."