ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، نا خَلادُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ ، نا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ ، نا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ زِيَادٍ ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَخْطُبُ ، فَقَالَ : " يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى فَرَضَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْحَجَّ " ، فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ ، فَقَالَ : أَفِي كُلِّ عَامٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ، فَجَعَلَ يُعْرِضُ عَنْهُ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " لَوْ قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ لَوَجَبَتْ ، وَلَوْ وَجَبَتْ مَا قُمْتُمْ بِهَا " ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " دَعُونِي مَا تَرَكْتُمْ ، فَإِنَّمَا أَهْلَكَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ سُؤَالُهُمْ وَاخْتِلافُهُمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ ، فَإِذَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِأَمْرٍ فَأْتُوهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ ، وَإِذَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ " .
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was delivering a sermon, and he said: "O people! Allah has made Hajj obligatory upon you." Then a man stood up and asked: "O Messenger of Allah! Is it obligatory every year?" He asked this question three times, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not answer him. Then he said: "If I had said yes, it would have become obligatory, and if it had become obligatory, you would not have been able to perform it." Then he said: "Leave that which I do not mention to you as it is. Those before you were destroyed because of excessive questioning and differing with their prophets. When I command you to do something, do it as much as you are able, and when I forbid you from something, then abstain from it."