[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