We have nothing except the Book of Allah, may He be exalted, and this document from the Prophet ﷺ. Madinah is a sanctuary from ʿAʿir to Thawr; whoever commits an offence in it or gives refuge to an offender, may the curse of Allah, the angels and all the people be upon him and no obligatory or nafl act of worship will be accepted from him.ʿ And he said: ʿProtection given by any Muslim is binding upon all of them. Whoever transgresses protection given by a Muslim, upon him be the curse of Allah, the angels and all the people, and Allah will not accept from him any nafl or obligatory act of worship. Whoever takes people as mawla without the permission of the ones who set him free, upon him be the curse of Allah, the angels and all the people, and Allah will not accept from him any nafl or obligatory act of worship.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 1037)   

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا الْقُرْآنَ وَمَا فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةُ حَرَامٌ مَا بَيْنَ عِيرٍ إِلَى ثَوْرٍ فَمَنْ أَحْدَثَ فِيهَا حَدَثًا أَوْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ لَا يَقْبَلُ اللهُ مِنْهُ صَرْفًا وَلَا عَدْلًا ذِمَّةُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَاحِدَةٌ يَسْعَى بِهَا أَدْنَاهُمْ فَمَنْ أَخْفَرَ مُسْلِمًا فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ لَا يَقْبَلُ مِنْهُ عَدْلًا وَلَا صَرْفًا وَمَنْ وَالَى قَوْمًا بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِ مَوَالِيهِ فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ لَا يَقْبَلُ مِنْهُ عَدْلًا وَلَا صَرْفًا  

[Machine] "He used to say, 'If I saw a wolf roaming in the city, it would not frighten me.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'It is not permissible to harm any living creature between its two eyes.'"  

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ لَوْ رَأَيْتُ الظِّبَاءَ تَرْتَعُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ مَا ذَعَرْتُهَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا حَرَامٌ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The city of Madinah is sacred from the point between the two mountains until the point between the two mountains. Whoever innovates in it or provides shelter to an innovator, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people." Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz and Abu Saeed bin Abi Amr reported to us, they said: Abu Al-Abbas Muhammad bin Ya'qub narrated to us, he said: Ahmad bin Abd Al-Jabbār narrated it to me, mentioning it with its chain of narration, and he added, "Neither rebellion nor injustice is accepted from him."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةُ حَرَمٌ مَا بَيْنَ عِيرٍ إِلَى ثَوْرٍ فَمَنْ أحْدَثَ فِيهَا حَدَثًا أَوْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ 9954 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ فَذَكَرَهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ مِثْلَهُ وَزَادَ لَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ صَرْفٌ وَلَا عَدْلٌ  

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The Prophet ﷺ Abraham made Mecca a sanctuary, and asked for Allah's blessing in it. I made Medina a sanctuary as Abraham made Mecca a sanctuary and I asked for Allah's Blessing in its measures the Mudd and the Sa as Abraham did for Mecca. (Using translation from Bukhārī 2129)   

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَرَّمَ مَكَّةَ وَدَعَا لَهَا وَحَرَّمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ كَمَا حَرَّمَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَكَّةَ وَدَعَوْتُ لَهَا فِي مُدِّهَا وَصَاعِهَا مِثْلَ مَا دَعَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ لِمَكَّةَ  

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The Prophet ﷺ Abraham made Mecca a sanctuary, and asked for Allah's blessing in it. I made Medina a sanctuary as Abraham made Mecca a sanctuary and I asked for Allah's Blessing in its measures the Mudd and the Sa as Abraham did for Mecca. (Using translation from Bukhārī 2129)   

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ حَرَّمَ مَكَّةَ وَإِنِّي حَرَّمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ كَمَا حَرَّمَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَكَّةَ وَدَعَوْتُ لَهَا فِي مُدِّهَا وَصَاعِهَا مِثْلَ مَا دَعَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لِمَكَّةَ  

When the mountain of Uhud came in the sight of Messenger of Allah ﷺ he said. "This is a mountain that loves us and is loved by us. O Allah! Abraham made Mecca a sanctuary, and I make (the area) in between these two mountains (of Medina) a sanctuary." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3367)   

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ طَلَعَ لَهُ أُحُدٌ فَقَالَ هَذَا جَبَلٌ يُحِبُّنَا وَنُحِبُّهُ اللهُمَّ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَرَّمَ مَكَّةَ وَإِنِّي أُحَرِّمُ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, so he mentioned the hadith in its entirety in the story of Khaybar. He said, "When Uhud appeared to us, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'This is a mountain that loves us and we love it. When it came close to the city, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'O Allah, I make unlawful what is between its two lava fields, just as Ibrahim made Makkah unlawful. O Allah, bless them in their measures and their quantities.'"  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ فِي قِصَّةِ خَيْبَرَ قَالَ فَلَمَّا بَدَا لَنَا أُحُدٌ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَبَلٌ يُحِبُّنَا وَنُحِبُّهُ فَلَمَّا أَشْرَفَ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أُحَرِّمُ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا كَمَا حَرَّمَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَكَّةَ اللهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَهُمْ فِي صَاعِهِمْ وَمُدِّهِمْ  

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Medina is a sanctuary from that place to that. Its trees should not be cut and no heresy should be innovated nor any sin should be committed in it, and whoever innovates in it an heresy or commits sins (bad deeds), then he will incur the curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people." (See Hadith No. 409, Vol 9). (Using translation from Bukhārī 1867)   

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الْمَدِينَةَ حَرَمٌ آمِنٌ مِنْ كَذَا إِلَى كَذَا لَا يُقْطَعُ شَجَرُهَا وَلَا يُحْدَثُ فِيهَا حَدَثٌ فَمَنْ أَحْدَثَ فِيهَا حَدَثًا فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ لَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ صَرْفٌ وَلَا عَدْلٌ  

[Machine] I asked Anas ibn Malik, "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ declare Medina as a sacred place?" He replied, "Yes, it is forbidden. Allah and His Messenger declared it as such, and it should not be violated. Whoever does so will be condemned by Allah, the angels, and all people." This is the wording of the hadith of Muhammad, and in another narration, the wording is from Ibrahim. Whoever does this act, it is the same for everyone.  

سَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ أَحَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ هِيَ حَرَامٌ حَرَّمَهَا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ لَا يُخْتَلَى خَلَاهَا فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ بِذَلِكَ فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ وَالْبَاقِي سَوَاءٌ  

I have declared sacred the territory between the two lava plains of Medina, so its trees should not be cut down, or its game killed; and he also said: Medina is best for them if they knew. No one leaves it through dislike of it without Allah putting in it someone better than he in place of him; and no one will stay there in spite of its hardships and distress without my being an intercessor or witness on behalf of him on the Day of Resurrection. (Using translation from Muslim 1363a)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنِّي أُحَرِّمُ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيِ الْمَدِينَةِ أَنْ يُقْطَعَ عِضَاهُهَا أَوْ يُقْتَلَ صَيْدُهَا وَقَالَ الْمَدِينَةُ خَيْرٌ لَهُمْ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ لَا يَخْرُجُ عَنْهَا أَحَدٌ رَغْبَةً إِلَّا أَبْدَلَ اللهُ فِيهَا مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ وَلَا يَثْبُتُ أَحَدٌ عَلَى لَأْوَائِهَا وَجَهْدِهَا إِلَّا كُنْتُ لَهُ شَهِيدًا أَوْ شَفِيعًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed, Ibrahim has made Makkah a sacred place, and I am making everything between its two mountains sacred, intending to include Madinah."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَرَّمَ مَكَّةَ وَإِنِّي أُحَرِّمُ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا يُرِيدُ الْمَدِينَةَ  

What is this that I hear you making mention of Mecca and its inhabitants and its sacredness, but you did not make mention of Medina and its inhabitants and its sacredness, while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has also declared sacred (the area) between its two lava lands (Medina)? And (we have record of this) with us written on Khaulani parchment. If you like, I can read it out to you. Thereupon Marwan became silent, and then Said: I too have heard some part of it. (Using translation from Muslim 1361b)   

مَا لِي أَسْمَعُكَ ذَكَرْتَ مَكَّةَ وَأَهْلَهَا وَحُرْمَتَهَا وَلَمْ تَذْكُرِ الْمَدِينَةَ وَأَهْلَهَا وَحُرْمَتَهَا ؟ وَقَدْ حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا وَذَلِكَ عِنْدَنَا فِي أَدِيمٍ حَوْلَانِيٍّ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَقْرَأْتُكَهُ قَالَ فَسَكَتَ مَرْوَانُ ثُمَّ قَالَ قَدْ سَمِعْتُ بَعْضَ ذَلِكَ  

[Machine] "He heard the Prophet ﷺ say, 'I have forbidden what is between my house and the mosque just as Ibrahim forbade Makkah.' Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri would find a bird in one of our hands and take it from our hand, then release it.'"  

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنِّي حَرَّمْتُ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيِ الْمَدِينَةِ كَمَا حَرَّمَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَكَّةَ قَالَ وَكَانَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ يَجِدُ فِي يَدَيْ أَحَدِنَا الطَّيْرَ فَيَأْخُذُهُ فَيَفُكُّهُ مِنْ يَدِهِ ثُمَّ يُرْسِلُهُ  

That is a sacred territory and a place of safety. (Using translation from Muslim 1375)   

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ وَأَوْمَى بِيَدِهِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا حَرَمٌ آمِنٌ  

[Machine] I love the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with his hand to the city and said, "Indeed, it is a sacred and peaceful place."  

أَهْوَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا حَرَمٌ آمِنٌ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, Ibrahim ﷺ prohibited Makkah (from hunting) and indeed, I have prohibited the area between its two lava fields (from hunting). Its vegetation should not be cut, and its game should not be scared away."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ حَرَّمَ مَكَّةَ وَإِنِّي حَرَّمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا لَا يُقْطَعُ عِضَاهُهَا وَلَا يُنَفَّرُ صَيْدُهَا  

[Machine] He informed him that he used to hunt birds in the well of Ihab, and they had a small bird for worship. I took a bird and he snatched it from me and sent it back, saying: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has prohibited what is between its two feet, just as Ibrahim ﷺ prohibited Makkah." And worship was one of the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .  

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَصِيدُ الْعَصَافِيرَ فِي بِئْرِ إهَابٍ وَكَانَتْ لَهُمْ فَرَآنِي عُبَادَةُ وَقَدْ أَخَذْتُ عُصْفُورًا فَانْتَزَعَهُ مِنِّي فَأَرْسَلَهُ وَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حَرَّمَ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا كَمَا حَرَّمَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مَكَّةَ وَكَانَ عُبَادَةُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

[Machine] What is this in your hand? I said it is a bird that I shot with a bomb. So severe that it injured my ear and he snatched it from my hand and released it. He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited hunting between its two edges." Abu Mus'ab said, "Meaning the boundaries of the city." This is the wording of the hadith of Ibn Abdan and in the narration of Al-Mu'mali, he said that his father narrated from Abdur Rahman ibn Auf that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited hunting between its two edges, meaning the city, and did not mention the story.  

مَا هَذَا فِي يَدِكَ؟ قُلْتُ طَيْرٌ اصْطَدْتُهُ بِالْقُنْبُلَةِ فَعَرَكَ أُذُنِي عَرْكًا شَدِيدًا وَاسْتَنْزَعَهُ مِنْ يَدِي فَأَرْسَلَهُ فَقَالَ حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَيْدَ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا قَالَ أَبُو مُصْعَبٍ يَعْنِي حَرَّتَيِ الْمَدِينَةِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عَبْدَانَ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ الْمُؤَمَّلِيِّ قَالَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حَرَّمَ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا يَعْنِي الْمَدِينَةَ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ الْقِصَّةَ  

[Machine] He found some boys who had taken refuge with a fox in a corner, so he drove them away from it. Malik said, "I only know that he said, 'Is this how it was made in the sanctuary of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?'" Malik reported from a man who said, "Zaid ibn Thabit came to me while I was in the aswaf and I had been bitten by a snake. Zaid took it from my hand and sent it away." Abu Abdullah Al-Bushanjii said, "An-Nuhasa is a small bird above the sparrow that resembles a locust or grasshopper. The man whom Malik ibn Anas did not name, may Allah have mercy on us and him, is said to be Shurahbil ibn Abu Sa'd."  

أَنَّهُ وَجَدَ غِلْمَانًا قَدْ أَلْجَئُوا ثَعْلَبًا إِلَى زَاوِيَةٍ فَطَرَدَهُمْ عَنْهُ قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي حَرَمِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يُصْنَعُ هَذَا؟ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَالَ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ وَأَنَا بِالْأَسْوَافِ وَقَدِ اصْطَدْتُ نَهَسًا فَأَخَذَهُ زَيْدٌ مِنْ يَدِي فَأَرْسَلَهُ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْبُوشَنْجِيُّ النُّهَسَاءُ الطَّيْرُ الصَّغِيرُ فَوْقَ الْعُصْفُورِ شَبِيهٌ بِالْقُنْبَرَةِ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي لَمْ يُسَمِّهِ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ رَحِمَنَا اللهُ وَإِيَّاهُ يُقَالُ هُوَ شُرَحْبِيلُ أَبُو سَعْدٍ  

[Machine] "That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited hunting in the area between two landmarks, and it is also reported from Abdullah ibn Awf as a narrated statement."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حَرَّمَ صَيْدَ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا؟ وَيُرْوَى فِيهِ أَيْضًا عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ مَرْفُوعًا