RESTRAINT H H 230 "On occasions the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, would not do something he wanted to do fearing that others might follow him and that it might then become obligatory." R 230 Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to the Mother of Believers, Lady Ayesha wife of the Prophet, may Allah be pleased with her, who related this.
229- وعن عائشة رضي الله عنها ، قَالَتْ : إنْ كَانَ رَسُول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم لَيَدَعُ العَمَلَ، وَهُوَ يُحبُّ أنْ يَعْمَلَ بِهِ؛ خَشْيَةَ أنْ يَعمَلَ بِهِ النَّاسُ فَيُفْرَضَ علَيْهِمْ. مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيهِ.