When we came along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from Liyyah and we were beside the lote tree, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stopped at the end of al-Qarn al-Aswad opposite to it. He then looked at Nakhb or at its valley. He stopped and all the people stopped. He then said: The game of Wajj and its thorny trees are unlawful made unlawful for Allah. This was before he alighted at at-Ta'if and its fortress for Thaqif.  

لَمَّا أَقْبَلْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ لِيَّةَ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا عِنْدَ السِّدْرَةِ وَقَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي طَرَفِ الْقَرْنِ الأَسْوَدِ حَذْوَهَا فَاسْتَقْبَلَ نَخِبًا بِبَصَرِهِ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً وَادِيَهُ وَوَقَفَ حَتَّى اتَّقَفَ النَّاسُ كُلُّهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ صَيْدَ وَجٍّ وَعِضَاهَهُ حَرَامٌ مُحَرَّمٌ لِلَّهِ وَذَلِكَ قَبْلَ نُزُولِهِ الطَّائِفَ وَحِصَارِهِ لِثَقِيفٍ  

[Machine] We accompanied the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , from Liyyah towards Makkah. When we reached As-Sidrah, on the outskirts of the black mountain, the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , faced it with his eyesight, and then he stood still until the people gathered. Then he said, "Behold! The game (prey) and its blood which means this tree (Sidrah) is forbidden, sacred, and this was before he descended to Ta'if and was besieged in Thaqif." This narration was reported by Ahmad ibn Hanbal from Abdullah ibn Al-Harith, and he said about it, "And he faced it with his eyesight," meaning a valley.  

أَقْبَلْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ لِيَّةَ نُرِيدُ مَكَّةَ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا عِنْدَ السِّدْرَةِ طَرَفِ الْقَرْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ حَذْوَهَا اسْتَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ نَخْبًا بِبَصَرِهِ ثُمَّ وَقَفَ حَتَّى اتَّفَقَ النَّاسُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلَا إنَّ صَيْدَ وَجٍّ وَعِضَاهَهُ يَعْنِي شَجَرَهُ حَرَامٌ مُحَرَّمٌ وَذَلِكَ قَبْلَ نُزُولِهِ الطَّائِفَ وَحِصَارِهِ ثَقِيفًا وَرَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ وَقَالَ فِيهِ وَاسْتَقْبَلَ نَخْبًا بِبَصَرِهِ يَعْنِي وَادِيًا