أَخْبَرَنَا
عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الأَزْدِيُّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا
النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ، عَنْ
أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : خَطَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ النَّاسَ ، فَقَالَ " يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَرَضَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْحَجَّ " ، فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ ، فَقَالَ : أَوَفِي كُلِّ عَامٍ ؟ حَتَّى قَالَ ذَلِكَ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ، وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ يَعْرِضُ عَنْهُ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " لَوْ قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، لَوَجَبَتْ ، وَلَوْ وَجَبَتْ لَمَا قُمْتُمْ بِهِ " ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " ذَرُونِي مَا تَرَكْتُكُمْ ، فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِسُؤَالِهِمْ ، وَاخْتِلافِهِمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ ، فَمَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ ، فَأْتُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ ، وَمَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ " .
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) addressed the people and said: O people! Indeed, Allah has made Hajj obligatory upon you. A man stood up and asked: Is it every year? He repeated this question three times, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned away from him. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If I had said yes, it would have become obligatory, and if it had become obligatory, you would not have been able to do it. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Leave me with what I leave you with; for those before you were destroyed only because of their excessive questioning of their prophets and their disagreements with them. So, when I command you to do something, do as much of it as you can, and when I forbid you from something, then avoid it.