...and all people: neither ransom nor compensation shall be accepted from him. The protection of the Muslims is one, and the lowest of them may grant it on behalf of the rest. Whoever violates a Muslim's protection, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people—neither ransom nor compensation shall be accepted from him. And whoever allies himself with a people without the permission of his patron, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people—neither ransom nor compensation shall be accepted from him."(1)

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(1) Its chain of transmission is authentic. Sufyan: he is Ibn Sa'id al-Thawri, and al-A'mash: he is Sulayman ibn Mihran, and Ibrahim al-Taymi: he is Ibn Yazid ibn Sharik.

It was also recorded by al-Bukhari (1870), (3172), (3179), (6755), and (7300); Muslim (1370); and following it (1508); al-Tirmidhi (2260); and al-Nasa'i in al-Kubra (4264) via multiple chains from al-A'mash with this chain of transmission. Some of them abbreviate it.

It was also recorded by al-Nasa'i in al-Kubra (4263) via the route of al-Harith ibn Suwayd, from 'Ali.

It is found in Musnad Ahmad (615) and (1037), and Sahih Ibn Hibban (3716) and (3717).

See also what will come later under numbers (2035) and (4530).

His saying: "'Air" — and it is also said "'Ayr" — and "Thawr": these are the names of two mountains among the mountains of Medina. The first is a great, towering mountain located south of Medina at a distance of approximately two hours from it, and the second is a small red mountain located north of Uhud. They delimit the sanctuary of Medina to the south and north.

Al-Majd said in al-Qamus: "Thawr: a mountain in Medina, and from it comes the authentic hadith, 'Medina is a sanctuary between 'Air and Thawr.'" As for the statement of Abu 'Ubayd ibn Sallam and others among the eminent scholars that this is a corruption of the text and that the correct reading is "to Uhud," because Thawr is only in Mecca—this is not sound...

Ibn Qudamah said in al-Mughni: "It is forbidden to hunt the game of Medina and to cut its trees." This was also the view of Malik, al-Shafi'i, and most scholars. Abu Hanifah said: "It is not forbidden." Then whoever does something among what is forbidden to him therein has sinned, but there is no penalty upon him—according to one narration from Ahmad, and this is the view of Malik and al-Shafi'i in the new opinion, and of most scholars.

His saying: "Whoever shelters a muhdith." Al-Khattabi said: "It is narrated in two ways: muhdith with a kasrah on the dal—meaning the one who commits a crime and perpetrates it; and muhdath with a fatha on the dal—meaning the newly introduced matter and the innovated practice for which no precedent exists in the Sunnah and for which no prior action has been established."