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السيوطي:١٧٩٠٦a –

"لَوْ قُلتُ نَعَمْ لَوجَبَتْ، وَلَوْ وَجَبَتْ لَمْ تَقُومُوا بِهَا، (وَلَوْ لَمْ تَقُومُوا بِهَا عُذِّبْتُمْ").  

[هـ] ابن ماجة عن أَنس: أنهم قالوا: يا رسول الله، آلحجُّ في كلِّ عَام؟ قال: فذكره

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ibnmajah:2885 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Muḥammad b. Abū ʿUbaydah from his father > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Anas b. Mālik

“They said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, is Hajj (required) every year?’ He said: ‘If I were to say yes, it would have become obligatory, and if it were to become obligatory, you would not (be able to) do it, and if you did not do it you would be punished.’”  

ابن ماجة:٢٨٨٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الْحَجُّ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ قَالَ لَوْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ لَوَجَبَتْ وَلَوْ وَجَبَتْ لَمْ تَقُومُوا بِهَا وَلَوْ لَمْ تَقُومُوا بِهَا عُذِّبْتُمْ