حَدَّثَنَا عَبِيدَةُ حَدَّثَنِي مَنْصُورٌ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ إِنَّ هَذَا الْبَلَدَ حَرَامٌ حَرَّمَهُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ فَهُوَ حَرَامٌ حَرَّمَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ مَا أُحِلَّ لِأَحَدٍ فِيهِ الْقَتْلُ غَيْرِي وَلَا يَحِلُّ لِأَحَدٍ بَعْدِي فِيهِ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ وَمَا أُحِلَّ لِي فِيهِ إِلَّا سَاعَةٌ مِنْ النَّهَارِ فَهُوَ حَرَامٌ حَرَّمَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَى أَنْ تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ وَلَا يُعْضَدُ شَوْكُهُ وَلَا يُخْتَلَى خَلَاهُ وَلَا يُنَفَّرُ صَيْدُهُ وَلَا تُلْتَقَطُ لُقَطَتُهُ إِلَّا لِمُعَرِّفٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَلَدِ قَدْ عَلِمَ الَّذِي لَا بُدَّ لَهُمْ مِنْهُ إِلَّا الْإِذْخِرَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا بُدَّ لَهُمْ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ لِلْقُبُورِ وَالْبُيُوتِ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَّا الْإِذْخِرَ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2353
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (RA) said: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, on the day of the conquest of Makkah: "This is a sacred land; Allah made it sacred on the day He created the heavens and the earth. It is sacred; Allah has made it sacred until the Day of Resurrection. It was not made permissible to anyone to fight in it apart from me, and it will not be permissible for anyone after me to fight in it until the Day of Resurrection. It was only made permissible for me for part of a day. It is a sanctuary made sacred by Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, until the Hour begins. Its thorns are not to be cut, its green grass is not to be uprooted, its game is not to be disturbed and its lost property is not to be picked up except by the one who will announce it.” al- 'Abbas - who was one of the local people and knew what they could not do without - said: Except idhkhir, O Messenger of Allah, for they need it for their graves and houses. And the Messenger of Allah said: "Except idhkhir
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020