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[Machine] He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "The example of Madinah is like that of a sieve. Ibrahim made Makkah forbidden, and I make Madinah forbidden, just as Makkah is forbidden. Between its two Haras and its boundaries, no tree is to be cut down except by a man who will be punished for it. Neither the plague nor the Antichrist will approach it, and the angels guard its sides and its doors."  

أحمد:١٥٢٣٣حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي جَابِرٌ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَثَلُ الْمَدِينَةِ كَالْكِيرِ وَحَرَّمَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَكَّةَ وَأَنَا أُحَرِّمُ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهِيَ كَمَكَّةَ حَرَامٌ مَا بَيْنَ حَرَّتَيْهَا وَحِمَاهَا كُلُّهُ لَا يُقْطَعُ مِنْهَا شَجَرَةٌ إِلَّا أَنْيَعْلِفَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهَا وَلَا يَقْرَبُهَا إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ الطَّاعُونُ وَلَا الدَّجَّالُ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ يَحْرُسُونَهَا عَلَى أَنْقَابِهَا وَأَبْوَابِهَا