أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ هَذَا الْبَلَدُ حَرَّمَهُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ فَهُوَ حَرَامٌ بِحُرْمَةِ اللَّهِ إِلَی يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ لَا يُعْضَدُ شَوْکُهُ وَلَا يُنَفَّرُ صَيْدُهُ وَلَا يَلْتَقِطُ لُقَطَتَهُ إِلَّا مَنْ عَرَّفَهَا وَلَا يُخْتَلَی خَلَاهُ قَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِلَّا الْإِذْخِرَ فَذَکَرَ کَلِمَةً مَعْنَاهَا إِلَّا الْإِذْخِرَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 2881
It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas said: “The Messenger of Allah said on the day of the Conquest: ‘Allah made this land sacred the day He created the Heavens and the Earth, so it is sacred by the Decree of Allah until the Day of Resurrection. Its thorny shrubs are not to be cut, or its game disturbed, or its lost property to be picked up, except by the one who will announce it publicly, or is its green grass to be uprooted or cut.’ Al-’Abbas said: ‘Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم! Except Idhkhir.” And he said something that meant: “Except Idhkhir.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020