أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَکِ الْمُخَرِّمِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِشَامٍ وَاسْمُهُ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ خَطَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ فَرَضَ عَلَيْکُمْ الْحَجَّ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ فِي کُلِّ عَامٍ فَسَکَتَ عَنْهُ حَتَّی أَعَادَهُ ثَلَاثًا فَقَالَ لَوْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ لَوَجَبَتْ وَلَوْ وَجَبَتْ مَا قُمْتُمْ بِهَا ذَرُونِي مَا تَرَکْتُکُمْ فَإِنَّمَا هَلَکَ مَنْ کَانَ قَبْلَکُمْ بِکَثْرَةِ سُؤَالِهِمْ وَاخْتِلَافِهِمْ عَلَی أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ فَإِذَا أَمَرْتُکُمْ بِالشَّيْئِ فَخُذُوا بِهِ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ وَإِذَا نَهَيْتُکُمْ عَنْ شَيْئٍ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 2625
It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم addressed the people and said: ‘Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has enjoined upon you iIajj.’ A man said: ‘Every year?’ He remained silent until he had repeated it three times. Then he said: ‘If I said yes, it would be obligatory, and if it were obligatory you would not be able to do it. Leave me alone so long as I have left you alone. Those who came before you were destroyed because they asked too many questions and differed with their prophets. If I command you to do something then follow it as much as you can, and if I forbid you to do something then avoid it.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020