Allah, the Almighty, held back the elephants from Makkah, but He enabled His Messenger and the believers to conquer it. Fighting in it was not permitted for anybody before me, nor will it be permitted for anybody after me; it was permitted for me only for a short while during the day. Verily, it is from this moment a sanctuary
Chapter: The sanctity of Makkah and the sanctity of its game, grasses, trees and lost property, except for the one who announces it, is forever
Authentic
hadith of Sahih Muslim
Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim)Sahih Muslim 1355a
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: When Allah, the Almighty, enabled His Messenger to conquer Makkah, the tribe of Khuzā‘ah killed a man from the tribe of Banu Layth in revenge for a person who was killed from their tribe before Islam. So the Messenger (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) got up and said: "Allah, the Almighty, held back the elephant from Makkah, but He enabled His Messenger and the believers to conquer it. Fighting in it was not permitted for anybody before me, nor will it be permitted for anybody after me; it was permitted for me only for a short while during the day. Verily, it is from this moment a sanctuary; its trees should not be cut down; its grass should not be removed; its thorny shrubs should not be uprooted; and lost items found in it should not be taken except by one who intends to look for its owner. And if somebody is killed, his heir has the option to either kill in retaliation or accept blood money." A man from Yemen named Abu Shāh stood up and said: "Write that for me, O Messenger of Allah", The Messenger (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Write that for Abu Shāh." Then Al-‘Abbās stood up and said: "O Messenger of Allah, except for lemongrass, for we use it in our houses and graves." The Messenger (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Except for lemongrass."
Reported by Muslim (No. 1355a, 1355b), Al-Bukhari (No. 112, 2434, 6880), Abu Dawud (No. 2017, 4505), At-Tirmidhi (No. 1405), An-Nasa’i (No. 4785, 4786), Ibn Majah (No. 2624), Ahmad (No. 6944) and Ad-Darimi (No. 2487).
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that after the conquest of Makkah, a man from Khuzā‘ah murdered a man from Hudhayl in retaliation for having killed one of their people before Islam. Thereupon, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) stood up and gave the speech mentioned in the Hadīth, wherein he highlighted the sanctity of Makkah and stated that Allah, the Almighty, Who prevented the elephant’s army from entering it, permitted His Prophet to fight and conquer it for only a short time of that day. The word ‘sā‘ah’ here does not mean an hour in the literal sense; rather, it signifies part of the day of the conquest. This was made permissible for the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) from the morning of that day to the afternoon. He then declared that Makkah turned back to its state of sanctity and that it was now impermissible to cut down its trees; remove its grass, except for lemongrass; uproot its thorns; or pick up the lost items found therein, except by one intending to look for its owner.
Explanation in Arabic
يخبر أبو هريرة رضي الله عنه أنه لما فُتحت مكة قتل رجلٌ من خُزاعة رجلاً من بني هُذيل بقتيلٍ لهم كان في الجاهلية وأن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قام فخطب بما ذكر في الحديث حيث بيَّن حرمة مكة وأن الله حبس عنها أهلَ الفيل وأباحَها لنبيه ساعة من نهار، وليس المراد بالساعة هي الساعة المحدودة، ولكن المراد وقتاً من نهارِ يوم الفتح إذ إنها أبيحت لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من صبيحة ذلك اليوم إلى العصر، وأخبر أن حرمتها عادت بعد ذلك كما هي لا يعضد شوكها ولايختلى خلاها، أي لا يقطع شجرها ولا يجز حشيشها النابت في حدود الحرم إلا الإذخر، ولاتحل ساقطتها إلا لمنشد.
الدلالة على أن مكة فتنحت عَنْوَة.
أن مكة محرمة، لم تحِلَّ لأحد، وأنها لا تزال ولن تزال محرمة، فلا يعضد شجرها وشوكها، ولا يقطع حشيشها النابت في حدود الحرم.
يستثنى من ذلك ما أنبته الآدمي وما وجد مقطوعًا، ورَعي البهائم، والإذخر، فهذه مباحة.
أن لقطة الحرم لا تحل إلا لمن أراد التعريف عليها حتى يجدها صاحبها.
مشروعية كتابة العلم، ففيها حفظه وتقييده عن الضياع.
كان القصاص مُتحَتِّما في التوراة، فخفف الله عن هذه الأمة بجواز العفو عن القاتل إلى الدية.
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