How do we understand the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying, "But I feared that it would be made obligatory for you," in the context that legal rulings are decreed by Allah Almighty alone, and that the Messenger (peace be upon him) is only responsible for conveying the message? And what is the extent of the applicability of this to Islamic legislation in general? Are all of them to be called divine legislations?

All legislations originate from God, whether in the Quran or the Sunnah, because what the Prophet (peace be upon him) utters is revelation, whether it is direct revelation or an ijtihad (independent reasoning) affirmed or corrected by revelation. The Prophet (peace be upon him) is permitted to engage in ijtihad, but God does not affirm him in error; rather, He corrects him. Legislations are fundamentally described as divine, and it is permissible to metaphorically describe them as prophetic to indicate the Prophet's role in conveying and communicating them. It is not permissible for the Prophet (peace be upon him) to legislate on his own accord, as Allah the Almighty said: "Say, 'It is not for me to change it of my own accord. I only follow what is revealed to me.'" The Prophet's fear that some acts might be imposed on the Ummah, rendering them unable to perform them, or that Allah might make obligatory upon them what was easy for them to do by following him, was the reason for his abandonment of certain acts.