Whenever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was given a choice between two matters, he always chose the easier of the two, so long as it involved no sin. If it did involve sin, no one kept farther away from it than he did. And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ never took revenge for his own sake. It was only when the sacred limits set by Allah were violated that he would exact retribution for the sake of Allah.
و حدثني عن مالك عن ابن شهاب عن عروة بن الزبير
ما خير رسول الله ﷺ في أمرين قط إلا أخذ أيسرهما ما لم يكن إثما فإن كان إثما كان أبعد الناس منه وما انتقم رسول الله ﷺ لنفسه إلا أن تنتهك حرمة الله فينتقم لله بها