عن أبي هُرَيرة رضي الله عنه، قال: خطَبَنا رسولُ الله ﷺ، فقال: «أيُّها الناسُ، قد فرَضَ اللهُ عليكم الحجَّ؛ فحُجُّوا»، فقال رجُلٌ: أكلَّ عامٍ يا رسولَ الله؟ فسكَتَ حتى قالها ثلاثًا، فقال رسول الله ﷺ: «لو قلتُ: نَعمْ، لوجَبتْ، ولَمَا استطعتم». ثم قال: «ذَروني ما تركتُكم؛ فإنما هلَك مَن كان قبلَكم بكثرة سؤالهم، واختلافهم على أنبيائهم، فإذا أمرتُكم بشيءٍ فأْتوا منه ما استطعتم، وإذا نَهيتكم عن شيء فدَعوه»
Abu Hurayrah narrated, saying:
1. God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) addressed us and said: ‘God has made the hajj obligatory to you, people, so perform the hajj’. 2. A man said: “Every year, Messenger of God?” The Prophet remained silent while the man repeated his question three times. 3. God’s Messenger said: ‘Had I said, “Yes”, it would be a duty and you would not be able to fulfil it’. 4. He then added: ‘When I leave out something, let it be. 5. People before you were ruined by asking too many questions and by their disobedience of their prophets. 6. When I give you an order, fulfil it as best you can, and if I prohibit you something, abandon it’.
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Abu ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ibn Nufayl belonged to the ‘Adiy branch of the Quraysh. He embraced Islam when he was young. He migrated to Madinah with his father when he was still a child below the age of puberty. At the time of the Battle of Uḥud, he was too young to fight. His first military effort was the Encounter of the Moat, i.e. al-Khandaq. He also participated in the pledge under the tree. Zaynab bint Maẓ‘ūn, who was ‘Uthmān ibn Maẓ‘ūn’s sister, was his mother and the mother of his sister, Ḥafṣah the Mother of Believers. He narrated much useful information from the Prophet, and also from his father‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, Abu Bakr, ‘Uthmān, ‘Alī, Bilāl, Ṣuhayb and other companions of the Prophet. He issued many fatwas and narrated a large number of hadiths. He died in Year 74 AH 694 CE.
