And Hajj is not obligatory except once, unless a person vows to perform Hajj, in which case he should perform it, but without a vow, it is not obligatory except once.

The Shaykh : And Hajj is not obligatory except once, unless a person vows to perform Hajj, in which case he should perform it, but without a vow, it is not obligatory except once, because when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked, "Is it every year?" he said: This is from the mercy of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) that He did not make it obligatory except once in a lifetime, and that is because it is difficult for most people to reach Makkah, and this is part of the wisdom. You find that the five prayers are obligatory five times every day, and Jumu'ah is obligatory once a week, because Jumu'ah must be in one mosque only in the entire town, and this would be a hardship if we told people to gather in one mosque five times every day; there would be hardship in that. For this reason, Jumu'ah was not made obligatory except once a week. Zakah is not obligatory except once a year, fasting is not obligatory except once a year, and Hajj is not obligatory except once in a lifetime. This is from the wisdom and mercy of Allah the Exalted, in that He made these obligations suitable to the conditions of the servants. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Meaning: Do not ask about things I am silent about; as long as I am silent about something, be silent about it, because the greatest sinners are those who ask about a permissible matter and it becomes forbidden because of their question, or about a matter that is not obligatory and it becomes obligatory because of their question. But after the death of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), there is no harm in people asking scholars about matters of their religion, because the Shari'ah has ended; there is no more making lawful, making forbidden, making obligatory, or lifting obligations after the death of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). So you ask, and do not say: Ask. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) clarified that what destroyed those before us was their excessive questioning and their disagreement with their prophets, meaning that they kept asking and asking, and they were destroyed. Look at the people of the Cow when Moses (peace be upon him) said to them: "Slaughter a cow and take a part of it and strike the slain man with it." The slain man was between two tribes or two groups; one was killed, and one of the two groups accused the other of killing him. They denied it, and he was dead with no witnesses, so they came to Moses (peace be upon him), and he ordered them, by the command of Allah, to slaughter a cow. If they had slaughtered any cow at that moment, they would have achieved their goal. But they kept asking: "What is it? What is its color? What is it?" until they made it difficult, so Allah made it difficult for them. They slaughtered it, and they were almost not to do it. So the result is that excessive questioning and disagreement with the prophets are among the causes of destruction. And all of this, as I said, is in the era of Prophethood, the era of legislation. As for now, ask about everything you need to ask about, and there is no blame on you. As for nonsensical questions, riddles, and things intended to be strict or stubborn, asking about these is forbidden, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family): And Allah knows best.

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The Shaykh : Once.

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The Shaykh : In the ninth year, in the sixth year, yes.

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