Chapter on the Sanctity and Virtue of Medina
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 154
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