Musnad Ahmad Hadith 20042

It is narrated from Muawiyah Bahzi (may Allah be pleased with him) that once his father or uncle said to the Prophet (ﷺ), "Why have my neighbors been seized?" The Prophet (ﷺ) turned away from his statement. This happened twice. Then his father or uncle said, "By Allah! If you were to do so, people would think that you command something and then you yourself violate it." He kept speaking and I was dragging my sheet along as I went, when the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "What was this man saying?" The people informed him that he was saying, "If you were to do so, people would think that you command something and then you yourself violate it." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Can people say such a thing? Even if I did so, its effect would be upon me, not upon them. Release his neighbors."