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bukhari:7333Ismāʿīl > Mālik > ʿAmr a freed slave of al-Muṭṭalib > Anas b. Mālik

The Mountain of Uhud came in sight of Messenger of Allah ﷺ who then 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 between its (Medina's) two mountains a sanctuary."  

البخاري:٧٣٣٣حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَمْرٍو مَوْلَى الْمُطَّلِبِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ طَلَعَ لَهُ أُحُدٌ فَقَالَ هَذَا جَبَلٌ يُحِبُّنَا وَنُحِبُّهُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَرَّمَ مَكَّةَ وَإِنِّي أُحَرِّمُ مَا بَيْنَ لاَبَتَيْهَا  

تَابَعَهُ سَهْلٌ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي أُحُدٍ

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Tirmidhī, Mālik, Aḥmad, Bayhaqī
bukhari:3367ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > Mālik > ʿAmr b. Abū ʿAmr a freed slave of al-Muṭṭalib > Anas b. Mālik

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."  

البخاري:٣٣٦٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو مَوْلَى الْمُطَّلِبِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ طَلَعَ لَهُ أُحُدٌ فَقَالَ هَذَا جَبَلٌ يُحِبُّنَا وَنُحِبُّهُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَرَّمَ مَكَّةَ وَإِنِّي أُحَرِّمُ مَا بَيْنَ لاَبَتَيْهَا رَوَاهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ  

bukhari:4084ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > ʿAmr a freed slave of al-Muṭṭalib > Anas b. Mālik

When the mountain of Uhud appeared before 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 have made Medina (i.e. the area between its two mountains) a Sanctuary as well."  

البخاري:٤٠٨٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَمْرٍو مَوْلَى الْمُطَّلِبِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ طَلَعَ لَهُ أُحُدٌ فَقَالَ هَذَا جَبَلٌ يُحِبُّنَا وَنُحِبُّهُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَرَّمَ مَكَّةَ وَإِنِّي حَرَّمْتُ مَا بَيْنَ لاَبَتَيْهَا  

muslim:1361aQutaybah b. Saʿīd > Bakr / Ibn Muḍar > Ibn al-Hād > Abū Bakr b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

Ibrahim declared Mecca as sacred and I declare sacred the area between its two stony grounds (lava lands by which he meant Medina).  

مسلم:١٣٦١aوَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُضَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَرَّمَ مَكَّةَ وَإِنِّي أُحَرِّمُ مَا بَيْنَ لاَبَتَيْهَا يُرِيدُ الْمَدِينَةَ  

tirmidhi:3922Qutaybah > Mālik > al-Anṣārī > Maʿn > Mālik > ʿAmr b. Abū ʿAmr > Anas b. Mālik

that (mount) Uhud appeared to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ so he said: "This mountain loves us and we love it. O Allah! Indeed Ibrahim made Makkah sacred, and I make sacred whatever is between its (i.e. Al-Madinah) two lava tracts."  

الترمذي:٣٩٢٢حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ عَنْ مَالِكٍ وَحَدَّثَنَا الأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ طَلَعَ لَهُ أُحُدٌ فَقَالَ هَذَا جَبَلٌ يُحِبُّنَا وَنُحِبُّهُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَرَّمَ مَكَّةَ وَإِنِّي أُحَرِّمُ مَا بَيْنَ لاَبَتَيْهَا هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ  

malik:45-10Yaḥyá > Mālik > ʿAmr a freed slave of al-Muṭṭalib > Anas b. Mālik

Yahya related to me from Malik from Amr, the mawla of al-Muttalib from Anas ibn Malik that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw Uhud and said, "This is a mountain which loves us and we love it. O Allah! Ibrahim made Makka Haram, and I will make what is between the two tracts of black stones (in Madina) a Haram."  

مالك:٤٥-١٠حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَمْرٍو مَوْلَى الْمُطَّلِبِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ طَلَعَ لَهُ أُحُدٌ فَقَالَ هَذَا جَبَلٌ يُحِبُّنَا وَنُحِبُّهُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَرَّمَ مَكَّةَ وَأَنَا أُحَرِّمُ مَا بَيْنَ لاَبَتَيْهَا  

malik:45-19Mālik > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came in view of Uhud and said, "This is a mountain which loves us and we love it."  

مالك:٤٥-١٩وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ طَلَعَ لَهُ أُحُدٌ فَقَالَ هَذَا جَبَلٌ يُحِبُّنَا وَنُحِبُّهُ  

ahmad:13525Abū Saʿīd > Sulaymān / Ibn Bilāl > ʿAmr b. Abū ʿAmr > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Prophet of Allah ﷺ came back from Khaybar, and when he saw Uhud, he said, "This is a mountain that loves us and we love it." And when he approached Madinah, he said, "O Allah, I declare sacred the area between its date-palm trees, just as Ibrahim declared Makkah sacred."  

أحمد:١٣٥٢٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ بِلَالٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَقْبَلَ مِنْ خَيْبَرَ فَلَمَّا رَأَى أُحُدًا قَالَ هَذَا جَبَلٌ يُحِبُّنَا وَنُحِبُّهُ فَلَمَّا أَشْرَفَ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أُحَرِّمُ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا كَمَا حَرَّمَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَكَّةَ  

ahmad:17271Yaḥyá b. Ghaylān > Rishdīn > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr b. Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥazm > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

[Machine] The following passage translates to: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned Mecca and said: 'Indeed, Ibrahim made Mecca forbidden, and indeed, I make what is between its two mountains (the area of Hajj) forbidden.'"  

أحمد:١٧٢٧١حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ غَيْلَانَ حَدَّثَنَا رِشْدِينُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ مَكَّةَ قَالَ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَرَّمَ مَكَّةَ وَإِنِّي أُحَرِّمُ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا  

ahmad:17273Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Bakr b. Muḍar > Ibn al-Hād > Abū Bakr b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

Ibrahim declared Mecca as sacred and I declare sacred the area between its two stony grounds (lava lands by which he meant Medina). (Using translation from Muslim 1361a)  

أحمد:١٧٢٧٣حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ مُضَرَ عَنْ ابْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

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

ahmad:12510Isḥāq > Mālik > ʿAmr a freed slave of al-Muṭṭalib > Anas b. Mālik

that (mount) Uhud appeared to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ so he said: "This mountain loves us and we love it. O Allah! Indeed Ibrahim made Makkah sacred, and I make sacred whatever is between its (i.e. Al-Madinah) two lava tracts." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3922)  

أحمد:١٢٥١٠حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَمْرٍو مَوْلَى الْمُطَّلِبِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

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

bayhaqi:9957[Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. al-Faḍl b. Naẓīf al-Farrāʾ al-Miṣrī Bimakkah > Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū al-Mawt al-Makkī Imlāʾ > ʿAlī > Ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik [Chain 2] Abū al-Khayr Jāmiʿ b. Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Mahdī al-Muḥammadābādhī > Abū Ṭāhir Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Muḥammadābādhī > ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd al-Dārimī > ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah Fīmā Qaraʾ > Mālik b. Anas > ʿAmr b. Abū ʿAmr a freed slave of al-Muṭṭalib > Anas b. Mālik

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)   

البيهقي:٩٩٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ نَظِيفٍ الْفَرَّاءُ الْمِصْرِيُّ بِمَكَّةَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي الْمَوْتِ الْمَكِّيُّ إِمْلَاءً ثنا عَلِيٌّ هُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْخَيْرِ جَامِعُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَهْدِيٍّ الْمُحَمَّدْآبَاذِيُّ أنا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْمُحَمَّدْآبَاذِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ فِيمَا قَرَأَ عَلَى مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو مَوْلَى الْمُطَّلِبِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

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

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيِّ