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bayhaqi:8615[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Maḥbūbī Bimarw > Saʿīd b. Masʿūd > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > al-Rabīʿ b. Muslim [Chain 2] ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Yazīd b. Hārūn > al-Rabīʿ b. Muslim al-Qurashī > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed us and said: O people, Allah has made Hajj obligatory for you; so perform Hajj. Thereupon a person said: Messenger of Allah, (is it to be performed) every year? He (the Holy Prophet) kept quiet, and he repeated (these words) thrice, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If I were to say" Yes," it would become obligatory (for you to perform it every year) and you would not be able to do it. Then he said: Leave me with what I have left to you, for those who were before you were desroyed because of excessive questioning, and their opposition to their apostles. So when I command you to do anything, do it as much as it lies in your power and when I forbid you to do anything, then abandon it. (Using translation from Muslim 1337)   

البيهقي:٨٦١٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْمَحْبُوبِيُّ بِمَرْوٍ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَى أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ ح وَأنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْقَطِيعِيُّ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ثنا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ فُرِضَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْحَجُّ فَحُجُّوا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَكُلَّ عَامٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ فَسَكَتَ حَتَّى قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ لَوَجَبَتْ وَلَمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ ذَرُونِي مَا تَرَكْتُكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِكَثْرَةِ سُؤَالِهِمْ وَاخْتِلَافِهِمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ وَإِذَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ فَأْتُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ وَإِذَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَدَعُوهُ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ زُهَيْرِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ هَارُونَ

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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
muslim:1337Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Yazīd b. Hārūn > al-Rabīʿ b. Muslim al-Qurashī > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed us and said: O people, Allah has made Hajj obligatory for you; so perform Hajj. Thereupon a person said: Messenger of Allah, (is it to be performed) every year? He (the Holy Prophet) kept quiet, and he repeated (these words) thrice, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If I were to say" Yes," it would become obligatory (for you to perform it every year) and you would not be able to do it. Then he said: Leave me with what I have left to you, for those who were before you were desroyed because of excessive questioning, and their opposition to their apostles. So when I command you to do anything, do it as much as it lies in your power and when I forbid you to do anything, then abandon it.  

مسلم:١٣٣٧وَحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، قَدْ فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمُ الْحَجَّ فَحُجُّوا۔» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: أَكُلَّ عَامٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ فَسَكَتَ حَتَّى قَالَهَا ثَلاَثًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «لَوْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ لَوَجَبَتْ وَلَمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ۔» ثُمَّ قَالَ: «ذَرُونِي مَا تَرَكْتُكُمْ، فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِكَثْرَةِ سُؤَالِهِمْ وَاخْتِلاَفِهِمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ۔ فَإِذَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِشَىْءٍ فَأْتُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ، وَإِذَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ شَىْءٍ فَدَعُوهُ۔»  

nasai:2619Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak al-Mukharrimī > Abū Hishām Wāsmuh al-Mughīrah b. Salamah > al-Rabīʿ b. Muslim > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah addressed the people and said: 'Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has enjoined upon you Hajj.' 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."'  

النسائي:٢٦١٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ 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 ﷺ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ قَدْ فَرَضَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْحَجَّ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ فَسَكَتَ عَنْهُ حَتَّى أَعَادَهُ ثَلاَثًا فَقَالَ لَوْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ لَوَجَبَتْ وَلَوْ وَجَبَتْ مَا قُمْتُمْ بِهَا ذَرُونِي مَا تَرَكْتُكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِكَثْرَةِ سُؤَالِهِمْ وَاخْتِلاَفِهِمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ فَإِذَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِالشَّىْءِ فَخُذُوا بِهِ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ وَإِذَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ شَىْءٍ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ  

ahmad:10607Yazīd > al-Rabīʿ b. Muslim al-Qurashī > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah > Khaṭabanā

Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed us and said: O people, Allah has made Hajj obligatory for you; so perform Hajj. Thereupon a person said: Messenger of Allah, (is it to be performed) every year? He (the Holy Prophet) kept quiet, and he repeated (these words) thrice, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If I were to say" Yes," it would become obligatory (for you to perform it every year) and you would not be able to do it. Then he said: Leave me with what I have left to you, for those who were before you were desroyed because of excessive questioning, and their opposition to their apostles. So when I command you to do anything, do it as much as it lies in your power and when I forbid you to do anything, then abandon it. (Using translation from Muslim 1337)  

أحمد:١٠٦٠٧حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ خَطَبَنَا

وَقَالَ مَرَّةً خَطَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَدْ فَرَضَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْحَجَّ فَحُجُّوا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَكُلَّ عَامٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ فَسَكَتَ حَتَّى قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ لَوَجَبَتْ وَلَمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ ذَرُونِي مَا تَرَكْتُكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِكَثْرَةِ سُؤَالِهِمْ وَاخْتِلَافِهِمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ فَإِذَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ فَأْتُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ وَإِذَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَدَعُوهُ  

ذِكْرُ الْأَخْبَارِ الْمُفَسِّرَةِ لِقَوْلِهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا {وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حَجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا}

ibnhibban:3704Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū ʿUbaydah b. Fuḍayl b. ʿIyāḍ > Bishr b. al-Sarī > al-Rabīʿ b. Muslim > Muḥammad b. Ziyād And Yūsuf b. Saʿd > Abū Hurayrah Dhakar

[Machine] The messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a sermon and said, "O people, surely Allah has made Hajj obligatory upon you." So, a man stood up and asked, "Is it obligatory every year, O messenger of Allah?" He remained silent until the man repeated the question three times. Then, he said, "If I were to say 'yes', it would become obligatory and if it became obligatory, you would not be able to fulfill it." Then, he said, "Indeed, those before you were destroyed due to their excessive questioning and disagreement with their prophets. So, when I forbid you from something, then stay away from it. And when I command you to do something, then do it to the best of your abilities." He also mentioned that the verse in Surah Al-Ma'idah was revealed during that incident: "O you who believe, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you."  

ابن حبّان:٣٧٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ عِيَاضٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ وَيُوسُفُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ذَكَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَطَبَ فَقَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدِ افْتَرَضَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْحَجَّ» فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ أَكُلُّ عَامٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ فَسَكَتَّ عَنْهُ حَتَّى أَعَادَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَ «لَوْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ لَوَجَبَتْ وَلَوْ وَجَبَتْ مَا قُمْتُمْ بِهَا ذَرُونِي مَا تَرَكْتُكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ الَّذِينَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِكَثْرَةِ سُؤَالِهِمْ وَاخْتِلَافِهِمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ فَإِذَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ شَيْءِ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ وَإِذَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ فَأْتُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ» وَذَكَرَ أَنَّ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ الَّتِي فِي الْمَائِدَةِ نَزَلَتْ فِي ذَلِكَ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَسْأَلُوا عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ إِنْ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْ} «  

ibnhibban:3705ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl > al-Rabīʿ b. Muslim > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah addressed the people and said: 'Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has enjoined upon you Hajj.' 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."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2619)   

ابن حبّان:٣٧٠٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ 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 ﷺ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَرَضَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْحَجَّ» فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ أَوَفِي كُلِّ عَامٍ؟ حَتَّى قَالَ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ 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 وَاخْتِلَافِهِمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ فَمَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَأْتُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ وَمَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ»  

nasai-kubra:3585Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak Baghdādī Mukharramī > Abū Hishām Wāsmuh al-Mughīrah b. Salamah al-Makhzūmī Thiqah Baṣrī > al-Rabīʿ b. Muslim > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah addressed the people and said: 'Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has enjoined upon you Hajj.' 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."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2619)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٥٨٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ بَغْدَادِيٌّ مُخَرَّمِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِشَامٍ وَاسْمُهُ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ ثِقَةٌ بَصْرِيٌّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

خَطَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ فَرَضَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْحَجَّ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَفِي كُلِّ عَامٍ؟ فَسَكَتَ عَنْهُ حَتَّى أَعَادَهُ ثَلَاثًا فَقَالَ «لَوْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ لَوَجَبَتْ وَلَوْ وَجَبَتْ مَا قُمْتُمْ بِهَا ذَرُونِي مَا تَرَكْتُكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِكَثْرَةِ سُؤَالِهِمْ وَاخْتِلَافِهِمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ فَإِذَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِالشَّيْءِ فَخُذُوا بِهِ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ وَإِذَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ»  

bayhaqi:8214Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān al-ʿAdl> Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > Aḥmad b. Manṣūr > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Hammām b. Munabbih > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Leave me as long as I have left you. Verily, those who came before you perished by their excessive questioning and their disputing with their prophets. So when I forbid you from something, stay away from it, and when I command you to do something, do it to the best of your ability.  

البيهقي:٨٢١٤أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ الْعَدْلُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أنبأ مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَرُونِي مَا تَرَكْتُكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ بِكَثْرَةِ سُؤَالِهِمْ وَاخْتِلَافِهِمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ فَإِذَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ وَإِذَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِالْأَمْرِ فَأْتُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ
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السيوطي:١٤٢٥١a

"ذَرُونِى مَا تَرَكتُكُمْ؛ فَإنَّمَا هَلَك مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِكَثْرَة سَؤَالِهِمْ، وَاخْتِلَافِهِمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِم، فَإِذَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِشْئٍ فَأَتُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ، وَإِذَا نهيتُكُمْ عَن شَىْءٍ فَدَعُوهُ".  

الشافعى، [حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم ن, [هـ] ابن ماجة عن أَبى هريرة
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السيوطي:٩٥٤٩a

"أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ افْتَرَص عَلَيكُمْ الحَجَّ، لقَال رَجُلٌ: أَكُلَّ عَامٍ؟

قَال: لَوْ قُلتُ نَعَمْ لَوَجَبَتْ ، وَلَوْ وَجَبَتْ مَا قُمْتُمْ بهَا ذَرُونِى- مَا تَرَكتُكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ الذين قَبْلَكُمْ بكَثْرَةِ سُؤالِهم وَاخْتِلَافِهم عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهم، فَإِذَا نَهَيتُكُمْ عَنْ شيءٍ فَاجْتَنَبُوه، وَإذَا أمَرْتُكُمْ بشيءٍ فَأتُوا منْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ".  

[حب] ابن حبّان عن أَبي هريرة