. (Second chain of narration) Sayyiduna Aqra’ bin Habis (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): Is Hajj obligatory every year? He (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: No, rather it is obligatory only once, but whoever performs Hajj after that, it will be voluntary. And if I had answered your question in the affirmative, then Hajj would have become obligatory every year, and if it had been made obligatory every year, you would neither have accepted this command nor acted upon it.