12. Ḥajj and ʿUmrah
١٢۔ كِتَابُ الْحَجِّ
I have a large family (to support) and we are enduring hardships; I have, therefore, made up my mind to take my family to some fertile land. Thereupon Abu Sa'id said: Don't do that, stick to Medina, for we have come out with Allah's Apostle ﷺ, and (I think that he also said) until we reached 'Usfan, and he (the Prophet along with his Companions) stayed there for some nights. There the people said: By Allah, we are lying here idle, whereas our children are unprotected behind us, and we do not feel secure about them. This (apprehension of theirs) reached Allah's Apostle ﷺ, whereupon he said: What is this matter concerning you that has reached me? (I do not retain how he said it, whether he said like this: ) By Him (in the name of Whom) I take oath, (or he said like this: ) By Him in Whose Hand is my life, I made up my mind or if you like (I do not retain what word did he actually say), I should command my camel to proceed and not to let it halt until it comes to Medina and then said: Ibrahim declared Mecca as the sacred territory and it became sacred, and I declare Medina as the sacred territory-the area between the two mountains ('Air and Uhud). Thus no blood is to be shed within its (bounds) and no weapon is to be carried for fighting, and the leaves of the trees there should not be beaten off except for fodder. O Allah, bless us in our city; O Allah, bless us in our sil; O Allah, bless us in our mudd; O Allah, bless us in our sa; O Allah, bless us in our mudd. O Allah, bless us in our city. O Allah, bless with this blessing two more blessings. By Him in Whose Hand is my life, there is no ravine or mountain path of Medina which is not protected by two angels until you reach there. (He then said to the people: ) Proceed, and we, therefore, proceeded and we came to Medina By Him (in Whose name) we take oath and (in Whose name) oath is taken (Hammad is in doubt about it), we had hardly put down our camel saddles on arriving at Medina that we were attacked by the people of the tribe of 'Abdullah b. Ghatafan but none dared to do it before. (Using translation from Muslim 1374a)
أَبُو سَعِيدٍ لَا تَفْعَلْ الزَمِ الْمَدِينَةَ فَإِنَّا خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَظُنُّهُ قَالَ حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا عُسْفَانَ قَالَ فَأَقَامَ بِهَا لَيَالِيَ فَقَالَ النَّاسُ وَاللهِ مَا نَحْنُ هَا هُنَا فِي شَيْءٍ إِنَّ عِيَالَنَا لَخُلُوفٌ وَمَا نَأْمَنُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا الَّذِي يَبْلُغُنِي مِنْ حَدِيثِكُمْ؟ مَا أَدْرِي كَيْفَ قَالَ قَالَ وَالَّذِي أَحْلِفُ بِهِ أَوْ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَوْ إِنِّي سَأَهُمُّ لَا أَدْرِي أَيُّهُمَا قَالَ لَآمُرَنَّ بِنَاقَتِي تُرَحَّلُ ثُمَّ لَا أَحُلَّ لَهَا عُقْدَةً حَتَّى أَقْدَمَ الْمَدِينَةَ وَقَالَ اللهُمَّ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَرَّمَ مَكَّةَ فَجَعَلَهَا حَرَمًا اللهُمَّ إِنِّي حَرَّمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ حَرَامًا مَا بَيْنَ مَأْزِمَيْهَا أَنْ لَا يُهَرَاقَ فِيهَا دَمٌ وَلَا يُحْمَلَ فِيهَا سِلَاحٌ لِقِتَالٍ وَلَا تُخْبَطَ فِيهَا شَجَرَةٌ إِلَّا لِعَلْفٍ اللهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي مَدِينَتِنَا اللهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي صَاعِنَا اللهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي مُدِّنَا ثَلَاثًا اللهُمَّ اجْعَلْ مَعَ الْبَرَكَةِ بَرَكَتَيْنِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ شِعْبٍ وَلَا نَقْبٍ إِلَّا عَلَيْهِ مَلَكَانِ يَحْرُسَانِهِ حَتَّى تَقْدَمُوا إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلنَّاسِ ارْتَحِلُوا فَارْتَحَلْنَا فَأَقْبَلْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَوَالَّذِي نَحْلِفُ بِهِ أَوْ يُحْلَفُ بِهِ شَكَّ حَمَّادٌ فِي هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَةِ وَحْدَهَا مَا وَضَعْنَا رِحَالَنَا حِينَ دَخَلْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ حَتَّى أَغَارَ عَلَيْهَا بَنُو عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ غَطَفَانَ وَمَا يُهَيِّجُهُمْ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ شَيْءٌ
The Prophet ﷺ said: Its (Medina's) fresh grass is not to be cut, its game is not to be driven away, and things dropped in it are to be picked up by one who publicly announces it, and it is not permissible for any man to carry weapons in it for fighting, and it is not advisable that its trees are cut except what a man cuts for the fodder of his camel. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2035)
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يُخْتَلَى خَلَاهَا وَلَا يُنَفَّرُ صَيْدُهَا وَلَا يُلْتَقَطُ لُقَطَتُهَا إِلَّا لِمَنْ أَشَادَ بِهَا وَلَا يَصْلُحُ لِرَجُلٍ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ فِيهَا السِّلَاحَ لِقِتَالٍ وَلَا يَصْلُحُ لِرَجُلٍ أَنْ يَقْطَعَ مِنْهَا شَجَرَةً إِلَّا أَنْ يَعْلِفَ رَجُلٌ بَعِيرَهُ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ هُدْبَةَ بَعِيرًا
[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, where is Abdullah? Where is Abdullah?"
رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيْنَ عَبْدُ اللهِ؟ أَيْنَ عَبْدُ اللهِ؟