110 - The Sacredness of Mecca (1)

2874 - Muhammad ibn Qudamah informed us, from Jarir, from Mansur, from Mujahid, from Tawus, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the Day of the Conquest: "Verily, Allah made this land sacred on the day He created the heavens and the earth. It is sacred by the sanctity of Allah until the Day of Resurrection. Its thorny trees shall not be cut down, its game shall not be chased away, its lost property shall not be picked up except by one who announces it, and its fresh grass shall not be cut." Al-Abbas said: "O Messenger of Allah, except the idhkhir (sweet rush grass)," and he mentioned a word meaning: "except the idhkhir." (2)

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It was also recorded by Ibn Hibban (4521) via the route of Abd al-Razzaq, from Ma'mar, from al-Zuhri, from Anas, with the same report, in abbreviated form. Al-Daraqutni said in al-'Ilal 6/194: It is said that he erred in it (meaning Abd al-Razzaq), and it is preserved from the hadith of Ja'far ibn Sulayman, from Thabit, from Anas.

It will also come via Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Zanjawayh, from Abd al-Razzaq, with the same report, under number (2893).

(1) In (R): The Sanctity of Mecca.
(2) Its chain of transmission is authentic. Jarir: he is Ibn Abd al-Hamid, and Mansur: he is Ibn al-Mu'tamir, and Mujahid: he is Ibn Jabr, and Tawus: he is Ibn Kaysan. It is in al-Sunan al-Kubra under number (3843).

It was also recorded by al-Bukhari (1587) in abbreviated form, and (1834) and (3189), and Muslim (1353): (445), and Abu Dawud (2018) via multiple routes from Jarir, with this chain of transmission.

In al-Bukhari's two latter locations and in Muslim, there is the addition: "And fighting therein was not made lawful for anyone before me," which will come in the narration after this one. They also have the addition: "There is no emigration after the Conquest..." which will come in narration number (4170). In the narration of al-Bukhari (3189) and Muslim: "except the idhkhir, for it is for their blacksmiths and their houses."

It was also recorded by Ahmad (2353) in a longer form from Abidah ibn Humayd, from Mansur, with the same report.

It was also recorded by al-Bukhari (4313) via the route of Hasan ibn Muslim, from Mujahid, from the Prophet ﷺ as a mursal (discontinuous) report.

It will also come via the route of Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, with the same report, in a longer form, under number (2892).