In the year of the Conquest of Mecca, the tribe of Khuzaʿa killed a man from the tribe of Bam Laith in revenge for a killed person belonging to them in the Pre-lslamic Period of Ignorance. So Allah's Apostle got up saying, "Allah held back the (army having) elephants from Mecca, but He let His Apostle and the believers overpower the infidels (of Mecca). Beware! (Mecca is a sanctuary)! Verily! Fighting in Mecca was not permitted for anybody before me, nor will it be permitted for anybody after me; It was permitted for me only for a while (an hour or so) of that day. No doubt! It is at this moment a sanctuary; its thorny shrubs should not be uprooted; its trees should not be cut down; and its Luqata (fallen things) should not be picked up except by the one who would look for its owner. And if somebody is killed, his closest relative has the right to choose one of two things, i.e., either the Blood money or retaliation by having the killer killed." Then a man from Yemen, called Abu Shah, stood up and said, "Write that) for me, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ!" Messenger of Allah ﷺ said (to his companions), "Write that for Abu Shah." Then another man from Quraish got up, saying, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Except Al- Idhkhir (a special kind of grass) as we use it in our houses and for graves." Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Except Al-idhkkir."  

أَنَّهُ عَامَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ قَتَلَتْ خُزَاعَةُ رَجُلاً مِنْ بَنِي لَيْثٍ بِقَتِيلٍ لَهُمْ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ حَبَسَ عَنْ مَكَّةَ الْفِيلَ وَسَلَّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَسُولَهُ وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَلاَ وَإِنَّهَا لَمْ تَحِلَّ لأَحَدٍ قَبْلِي وَلاَ تَحِلُّ لأَحَدٍ بَعْدِي أَلاَ وَإِنَّمَا أُحِلَّتْ لِي سَاعَةً مِنْ نَهَارٍ أَلاَ وَإِنَّهَا سَاعَتِي هَذِهِ حَرَامٌ لاَ يُخْتَلَى شَوْكُهَا وَلاَ يُعْضَدُ شَجَرُهَا وَلاَ يَلْتَقِطُ سَاقِطَتَهَا إِلاَّ مُنْشِدٌ وَمَنْ قُتِلَ لَهُ قَتِيلٌ فَهْوَ بِخَيْرِ النَّظَرَيْنِ إِمَّا يُودَى وَإِمَّا يُقَادُ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو شَاهٍ فَقَالَ اكْتُبْ لِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اكْتُبُوا لأَبِي شَاهٍ ثُمَّ قَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِلاَّ الإِذْخِرَ فَإِنَّمَا نَجْعَلُهُ فِي بُيُوتِنَا وَقُبُورِنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلاَّ الإِذْخِرَ وَتَابَعَهُ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ شَيْبَانَ فِي الْفِيلِ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَنْ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ الْقَتْلَ وَقَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ إِمَّا أَنْ يُقَادَ أَهْلُ الْقَتِيلِ  

The people of the Khuza'ah tribe killed a man of the tribe of Laith in the Year of Victory as a retaliation for one whom they had killed (whom the people of the tribe of Laith had killed). It was reported to Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He mounted his camel and delivered this address: Verily Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, held back the Ele- phants from Mecca, and gave its domination to His Messenger and believers. Behold, it was not violable for anyone before me and it will not be violable for anyone after me. Behold, it was made violable for me for an hour of a day; and at this very hour it has again been made inviolable (for me as well as for others). So its thorns are not to be cut, its trees are not to be lopped, and (no one is allowed to) pick up a thing dropped, but the one who makes an announcement of it. And one whose fellow is killed is allowed to opt between two alternatives: either he should receive blood-money or get the life of the (murderer) in return. He (the narrator said): A person from the Yemen, who was called Abu Shah, came to him and said: Messenger of Allah, write it down for me, whereupon he (Messenger of Allah) said: Write it down for Abu Shah. One of the persons from among the Quraish also said: Except Idhkhir, for we use it in our houses ant our graves. Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Except Idhkhir.  

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ خُزَاعَةَ قَتَلُوا رَجُلاً مِنْ بَنِي لَيْثٍ عَامَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ بِقَتِيلٍ مِنْهُمْ قَتَلُوهُ فَأُخْبِرَ بِذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرَكِبَ رَاحِلَتَهُ فَخَطَبَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ حَبَسَ عَنْ مَكَّةَ الْفِيلَ وَسَلَّطَ عَلَيْهَا رَسُولَهُ وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَلاَ وَإِنَّهَا لَمْ تَحِلَّ لأَحَدٍ قَبْلِي وَلَنْ تَحِلَّ لأَحَدٍ بَعْدِي أَلاَ وَإِنَّهَا أُحِلَّتْ لِي سَاعَةً مِنَ النَّهَارِ أَلاَ وَإِنَّهَا سَاعَتِي هَذِهِ حَرَامٌ لاَ يُخْبَطُ شَوْكُهَا وَلاَ يُعْضَدُ شَجَرُهَا وَلاَ يَلْتَقِطُ سَاقِطَتَهَا إِلاَّ مُنْشِدٌ وَمَنْ قُتِلَ لَهُ قَتِيلٌ فَهُوَ بِخَيْرِ النَّظَرَيْنِ إِمَّا أَنْ يُعْطَى يَعْنِي الدِّيَةَ وَإِمَّا أَنْ يُقَادَ أَهْلُ الْقَتِيلِ قَالَ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو شَاهٍ فَقَالَ اكْتُبْ لِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ اكْتُبُوا لأَبِي شَاهٍ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ إِلاَّ الإِذْخِرَ فَإِنَّا نَجْعَلُهُ فِي بُيُوتِنَا وَقُبُورِنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلاَّ الإِذْخِرَ  

[Machine] He heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then he went out to his people's gathering, and he sat among them. So I approached him and sat with him, as he spoke to his people as Amr ibn Sa'id had reported from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and what Amr ibn Sa'id said to him was: I said, "O Messenger of Allah, we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he opened Mecca. So, on the day after the conquest, Khuzayah killed a man from Huza'il, and he was a polytheist. So, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood among us as a preacher and said, "O people, verily, Allah ﷻ has made Mecca sacred on the day He created the heavens and the earth. It remains sacred from Allah's sanctity until the Day of Resurrection. It is not permissible for anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day to shed blood therein or to support a tree therewith that was not allowed for anyone before me or will be allowed for anyone after me. It is not allowed for me except during the state of falling into divine wrath. Verily, it has now returned to its state of sanctity as it was yesterday. So, let those who witnessed it inform those who were absent. For anyone who says to you that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ fought with Mecca, say, "Allah ﷻ has allowed it for His Messenger and has not allowed it for you, O people of Huza'il. Put your hands off killing, for it has become common that if you kill a person, you will have to bear the burden of his guilt. So, whoever is killed after my statement, his relatives will have the choice to either take the blood money or retaliate. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ approached the man whom Huza'il had killed and said so, then Amr ibn Sa'id said to Abu Shuraih, "You may go, O Sheik, as we know better than you its sanctity, that it does not prevent shedding blood, disobeying, or paying compensation. So, I said, "I was present and you were absent, and I conveyed it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to convey to our absentees what we witnessed, and I have conveyed it to you, and it is your matter now."  

سَمِعَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى نَادِي قَوْمِهِ فَجَلَسَ فِيهِ فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَجَلَسْتُ مَعَهُ فَحَدَّثَ قَوْمَهُ كَمَا حَدَّثَ عَمْرَو بْنَ سَعِيدٍ مَا سَمِعَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَعَمَّا قَالَ لَهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا هَذَا إِنَّا كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ افْتَتَحَ مَكَّةَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْغَدُ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْفَتْحِ عَدَتْ خُزَاعَةُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ فَقَتَلُوهُ وَهُوَ مُشْرِكٌ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِينَا خَطِيبًا فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ حَرَّمَ مَكَّةَ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِوَالْأَرْضَ فَهِيَ حَرَامٌ مِنْ حَرَامِ اللهِ تَعَالَى إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ لَا يَحِلُّ لِامْرِئٍ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ أَنْ يَسْفِكَ فِيهَا دَمًا وَلَا يَعْضِدَ بِهَا شَجَرًا لَمْ تَحْلِلْ لِأَحَدٍ كَانَ قَبْلِي وَلَا تَحِلُّ لِأَحَدٍ يَكُونُ بَعْدِي وَلَمْ تَحْلِلْ لِي إِلَّا هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ غَضَبًا عَلَى أَهْلِهَا أَلَا ثُمَّ قَدْ رَجَعَتْ كَحُرْمَتِهَا بِالْأَمْسِ أَلَا فَلْيُبَلِّغِ الشَّاهِدُ مِنْكُمُ الْغَائِبَ فَمَنْ قَالَ لَكُمْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ قَاتَلَ بِهَا فَقُولُوا إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَدْ أَحَلَّهَا لِرَسُولِهِ وَلَمْ يُحْلِلْهَا لَكُمْ يَا مَعْشَرَ خُزَاعَةَ ارْفَعُوا أَيْدِيَكُمْ عَنِ الْقَتْلِ فَقَدْ كَثُرَ أَنْ يَقَعَ لَئِنْ قَتَلْتُمْ قَتِيلًا لَأَدِيَنَّهُ فَمَنْ قُتِلَ بَعْدَ مَقَامِي هَذَا فَأَهْلُهُ بِخَيْرِ النَّظَرَيْنِ إِنْ شَاءُوا فَدَمُ قَاتِلِهِ وَإِنْ شَاءُوا فَعَقْلُهُ ثُمَّ وَدَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي قَتَلَتْهُ خُزَاعَةُ فَقَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ سَعِيدٍ لِأَبِي شُرَيْحٍ انْصَرِفْ أَيُّهَا الشَّيْخُ فَنَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِحُرْمَتِهَا مِنْكَ إِنَّهَا لَا تَمْنَعُ سَافِكَ دَمٍ وَلَا خَالِعَ طَاعَةٍ وَلَا مَانِعَ جِزْيَةٍ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ قَدْ كُنْتُ شَاهِدًا وَكُنْتَ غَائِبًا فَقَدْ بَلَّغْتُ وَقَدْ أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُبَلِّغَ شَاهِدُنَا غَائِبَنَا وَقَدْ بَلَّغْتُكَ فَأَنْتَ وَشَأْنُكَ