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Do what you can

مَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْهُ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ، وَمَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِهِ فَأْتُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ

Ma nahaytukum 'anhu fa-jtanibuh, wa ma amartukum bihi fa-'tu minhu ma-stata'tum.

"What I have forbidden you from, avoid it. What I have commanded you, do as much of it as you can."

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah. Sahih al-Bukhari 7288, Sahih Muslim 1337 · Nawawi's Forty · #9

A short reflection

Avoid the haram totally. Do the good as much as you can. Two different thresholds.