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Allah, Most High, has decreed Hajj for you. Al-Aqra' bin Habis At-Tamimi said: "Every year, O Messenger of Allah?" But he remained silent, then he said: "If I said yes, it would become obligatory, then you would not hear and obey. Rather it is just one Hajj." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2620)   

الحاكم:١٧٢٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ ثنا هَاشِمُ بْنُ يُونُسَ الْقَصَّارُ ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثنا اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ مُسَافِرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سِنَانٍ الدُّؤَلِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «يَا قَوْمُ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْحَجُّ» فَقَالَ الْأَقْرَعُ بْنُ حَابِسٍ أَكُلَّ عَامٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ فَصَمَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَا بَلْ حَجَّةً وَاحِدَةً ثُمَّ مَنْ حَجَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ تَطَوُّعٌ وَلَوْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ لَوَجَبَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ ثُمَّ إِذًا لَا تَسْمَعُونَ وَلَا تُطِيقُونَ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الْبُخَارِيِّ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ»

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:2620 – Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. ʿAbdullāh al-Naysābūrī > Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > Mūsá b. Salamah > ʿAbd al-Jalīl b. Ḥumayd > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Sinān al-Duʾalī > Ibn ʿAbbās

Allah, Most High, has decreed Hajj for you. Al-Aqra' bin Habis At-Tamimi said: "Every year, O Messenger of Allah?" But he remained silent, then he said: "If I said yes, it would become obligatory, then you would not hear and obey. Rather it is just one Hajj."  

النسائي:٢٦٢٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْجَلِيلِ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سِنَانٍ الدُّؤَلِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَامَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى كَتَبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْحَجَّ فَقَالَ الأَقْرَعُ بْنُ حَابِسٍ التَّمِيمِيُّ كُلُّ عَامٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَسَكَتَ فَقَالَ لَوْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ لَوَجَبَتْ ثُمَّ إِذًا لاَ تَسْمَعُونَ وَلاَ تُطِيعُونَ وَلَكِنَّهُ حَجَّةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ  

ahmad:3510 – Rawḥ > Muḥammad b. Abū Ḥafṣah > Ibn Shihāb > Abiá Sinān > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "Indeed, Al-Aqra bin Habis asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ whether Hajj is obligatory every year. He replied, 'No, rather it is a obligation upon you once. Whoever performs Hajj after that, it is considered voluntary. Even if I had said 'Yes', it would have been obligatory, and even if it had been obligatory, you would not have been able to afford it or obey it.'"  

أحمد:٣٥١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَفْصَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِى سِنَانٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ الْأَقْرَعَ بْنَ حَابِسٍ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ الْحَجُّ كُلَّ عَامٍ؟ فَقَالَ لَا بَلْ حَجَّةٌ فَمَنْ حَجَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ تَطَوُّعٌ وَلَوْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ لَوَجَبَتْ وَلَوْ وَجَبَتْ لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا وَلَمْ تُطِيعُوا  

ahmad:3520 – Rawḥ > Zamʿah > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Sinān al-Duʾalī > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Indeed, Allah Almighty has prescribed Hajj upon you.' Al-Aqra' bin Habis said, 'O Messenger of Allah, is it (prescribed) every year?' He replied, 'No, (it is prescribed) only once, and if I had said yes, it would have become obligatory.'"  

أحمد:٣٥٢٠ – حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا زَمْعَةُ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سِنَانٍ الدُّؤَلِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ كَتَبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْحَجَّ فَقَالَ الْأَقْرَعُ بْنُ حَابِسٍ أَبَدًا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ بَلْحَجَّةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ وَلَوْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ لَوَجَبَتْ  

nasai-kubra:3586 – Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. ʿAbdullāh al-Naysābūrī > Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > Mūsá b. Salamah > ʿAbd al-Jalīl b. Ḥumayd > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Sinān al-Duʾalī > Ibn ʿAbbās

Allah, Most High, has decreed Hajj for you. Al-Aqra' bin Habis At-Tamimi said: "Every year, O Messenger of Allah?" But he remained silent, then he said: "If I said yes, it would become obligatory, then you would not hear and obey. Rather it is just one Hajj." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2620)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٥٨٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْجَلِيلِ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سِنَانٍ الدُّؤَلِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَامَ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ كَتَبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْحَجَّ» فَقَالَ الْأَقْرَعُ بْنُ حَابِسٍ التَّمِيمِيُّ كُلُّ عَامٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ فَسَكَتَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «لَوْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ لَوَجَبَتْ ثُمَّ إِذًا لَا تَسْمَعُونَ وَلَا تُطِيعُونَ وَلَكِنَّهُ حَجَّةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ»