Chapter on the Sanctity and Virtue of Medina
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 154
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 154
Chapter on the Sanctity and Virtue of Medina
9 hadiths · 1 commentary
رَوَى زُرَارَةُ بْنُ أَعْيَنَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: «حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ اَلْمَدِينَةَ مَا بَيْنَ لاَبَتَيْهَا صَيْدَهَا وَ حَرَّمَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ مَا حَوْلَهَا بَرِيداً فِي بَرِيدٍ أَنْ يُخْتَلَى خَلاَهَا أَوْ يُعْضَدَ شَجَرُهَا إِلاَّ عُودَيِ اَلنَّاضِحِ ».
It is narrated from Zurarah ibn A’yun, from Abu Ja’far عليه السلام, who said: "The Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى (peace be upon him and his family) sanctified the area between its two rocky grounds as the sanctuary of Medina, prohibiting its game. He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم also prohibited the area surrounding it—extending a barid by a barid (approximately 22 kilometers by 22 kilometers)—from having its vegetation cleared or its trees cut, except for branches used to drive camels (‘udayn al-nadhih)."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 180
وَ رُوِيَ: «أَنَّ لاَبَتَيْهَا مَا أَحَاطَتْ بِهِ اَلْحِرَارُ ».
It is narrated: "Its two rocky grounds (Lābatayhā) encompass what the volcanic lands surround (al-hirar)."
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وَ رُوِيَ فِي خَبَرٍ آخَرَ: «أَنَّ مَا بَيْنَ لاَبَتَيْهَا مَا بَيْنَ اَلصَّوْرَيْنِ إِلَى اَلثَّنِيَّةِ ».
It is narrated in another report: "The area between the two lava plains (labatayha) is what lies between as-Sawrayn and ath-Thaniyyah."
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وَ رَوَى أَبُو بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: «حَدُّ مَا حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِنَ اَلْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ رَبَابٍ إِلَى وَاقِمٍ وَ اَلْعُرَيْضِ وَ اَلنَّقْبِ مِنْ قِبَلِ مَكَّةَ ».
Abu Basir narrates from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام: "The boundaries of what the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى (peace be upon him and his family) declared sacred from Medina are from Rabab to Waqim, and from al-‘Urays to an-Naqb, in the direction of Mecca."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 181
وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: «يَحْرُمُ مِنْ صَيْدِ اَلْمَدِينَةِ مَا صِيدَ بَيْنَ اَلْحَرَّتَيْنِ ».
Abdullah ibn Sinan narrates from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام: "It is prohibited to hunt in Medina what is hunted between the two Harras (rocky tracts)."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 181
وَ سَأَلَهُ يُونُسُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ قَالَ: يَحْرُمُ عَلَيَّ فِي حَرَمِ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مَا يَحْرُمُ عَلَيَّ فِي حَرَمِ اَللَّهِ تَعَالَى قَالَ «لاَ».
Yunus ibn Ya’qub asked Imam عليه السلام: "Is what is prohibited for me in the sanctuary of the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى (peace be upon him and his family) the same as what is prohibited for me in the sanctuary of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Exalted?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "No."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 181
وَ رَوَى أَبَانٌ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْعَبَّاسِ يَعْنِي اَلْفَضْلَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اَلْمَلِكِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ اَلْمَدِينَةَ فَقَالَ «نَعَمْ حَرَّمَ بَرِيداً فِي بَرِيدٍ عِضَاهاً» قُلْتُ صَيْدَهَا قَالَ «لاَ يَكْذِبُ اَلنَّاسُ.
Aban narrated from Abu al-‘Abbas, meaning al-Fadl ibn Abd al-Malik, who said: I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, "Did the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى (peace be upon him and his family) declare Medina a sanctuary?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "Yes, he declared an area of a barid (about 22 kilometers) by a barid as a sanctuary, forbidding the cutting of its of its ʿIdhāhāʾ (trees)." I then asked: "What about its hunting?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "People do not lie."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 181
وَ لَمَّا دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ اَلْمَدِينَةَ قَالَ « اَللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا اَلْمَدِينَةَ كَمَا حَبَّبْتَ إِلَيْنَا مَكَّةَ أَوْ أَشَدَّ وَ بَارِكْ فِي صَاعِهَا وَ مُدِّهَا وَ اُنْقُلْ حُمَّاهَا وَ وَبَاهَا إِلَى اَلْجُحْفَةِ ».
When the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى (peace be upon him and his family) entered Medina, he said: "O Allah سبحانه وتعالى, make Medina beloved to us as You made Mecca beloved to us, or even more so. Bless its sa‘ (a measure of weight) and its mudd (a smaller measure of weight), and transfer its fever and pestilence to al-Juhfa."
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وَ رُوِيَ: أَنَّ اَلصَّادِقَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ ذَكَرَ اَلدَّجَّالَ فَقَالَ «لاَ يَبْقَى مِنْهَا سَهْلٌ إِلاَّ وَطِئَهُ إِلاَّ مَكَّةَ وَ اَلْمَدِينَةَ فَإِنَّ عَلَى كُلِّ نَقْبٍ مِنْ أَنْقَابِهِمَا مَلَكاً يَحْفَظُهُمَا مِنَ اَلطَّاعُونِ وَ اَلدَّجَّالِ ».
It is narrated that Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام mentioned the Dajjal and said: "There will not remain any plain area except that he will tread upon it, except Mecca and Medina, for at every entrance to them, there is an angel protecting them from plague and the Dajjal."
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