Asking too many questions

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed us and said: “O people, Allah has made Hajj obligatory upon you, so perform Hajj.” A man said, “Every year, O Messenger of Allah?” He remained silent until he said it three times. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If I were to say yes, it would become obligatory, and you would not be able to do it.”

Then he said: “˹Accept˺ what I have left ˹for˺ you ˹as is˺, for those before you were destroyed by their excessive questioning and their disagreement with their prophets. So when I command you to do something, do of it what you are able, and when I forbid you from something, then avoid it.”

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».