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CHAPTER: THE SACRED TERRITORY OF MECCA AND ITS INVIOLABILITY AND THE PROHIBITION TO DO HUNTING IN IT AND ITS SUBURBS, AND FELLING DOWN OF ITS TREES AND CUTTING ITS GRASS
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Abu Shuraih al-'Adawi reported that he said to Amr b. Sa'id when he was sending troops to Mecca: Let me tell you something. O Commander, which Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said on the day following, the Conquest which my ears heard and my heart has retained, and my eyes saw as he spoke it. He praised Allaah and extolled Him and then said: Allaah, not men, has made Mecca sacred; so it is not permissible for any person believing in Allaah and the Last Day to shed blood in it, or lop a tree in it. If anyone seeks a concession on the basis of fighting of Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam), tell him that Allaah permitted His Messenger, but not you, and He gave him permission only for an hour on one day, and its sacredness was restored on the very day like that of yesterday. Let him who is present convey the information to him who is absent. It was said to Abu Shuraih: What did Amr say to you? He said: I am better informed of that than you, Abu Shuraih, but the sacred territory does not grant protection to one who is disobedient, or one who runs away after shedding blood, or one who runs away after committing
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Abu Huraira, (Allaah be pleased with him) reported. When Allaah, the Exalted and Majestic, granted Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) victory over Mecca, he stood before people and praised and extolled Allaah and then said: Verily Allaah held back the elephants from Mecca and gave the domination of it to His Messenger and believers, and it (this territory) was not violable to anyone before me and it was made violable to me for an hour of a day, and it shall not be violable to anyone after me. So neither molest the game, nor weed out thorns from it. And it is not lawful for anyone to pick up a thing dropped but one who makes public announcement of it. And it a relative of anyone is killed he is entitled to opt for one of two things. Either he should be paid blood-money or he can take life as (a just retribution). 'Abbas (Allaah be pleased with him) said: Allaah's Messenger, but Idhkhir (a kind of herbage), for we use it for our graves and for our houses, whereupon Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: With the exception of Idhkhir. A person known as Abu Shah, one of the people of Yemen, stood up and said: Messenger of Allaah, (kindly) write it for me. Thereupon Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said I Write it for Abu Shah. Walid said: I asked al-Auzai': What did his saying mean:" Write it for me, Messenger of Allaah"? He said: This very address that he had heard from Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam).
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Abu Huraira (Allaah be pleased with him) reported: The people of the Khuza'ah tribe killed a man of the tribe of Laith in the Year of Victory as a retaliation for one whom they had killed (whom the people of the tribe of Laith had killed). It was reported to Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam). He mounted his camel and delivered this address: Verily Allaah, the Exalted and Majestic, held back the Ele- phants from Mecca, and gave its domination to His Messenger and believers. Behold, it was not violable for anyone before me and it will not be violable for anyone after me. Behold, it was made violable for me for an hour of a day; and at this very hour it has again been made inviolable (for me as well as for others). So its thorns are not to be cut, its trees are not to be lopped, and (no one is allowed to) pick up a thing dropped, but the one who makes an announcement of it. And one whose fellow is killed is allowed to opt between two alternatives: either he should receive blood-money or get the life of the (murderer) in return. He (the narrator said): A person from the Yemen, who was called Abu Shah, came to him and said: Messenger of Allaah, write it down for me, whereupon he (Allaah's Messenger) said: Write it down for Abu Shah. One of the persons from among the Quraish also said: Except Idhkhir, for we use it in our houses ant our graves. Thereupon Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Except Idhkhir.
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