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Umdat al-Ahkam (al-Maqdisi) 348عمدة الأحكام 348
عن أبي هريرة - رضي الله عنه - قال: «لما فتح الله - تعالى - على رسوله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - مكة قتلت هذيل رجلا من بني ليث بقتيل كان لهم في الجاهلية، فقام رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - فقال: إن الله عز وجل قد حبس عن مكة الفيل، وسلط عليها رسوله والمؤمنين، وإنها لم تحل لأحد كان قبلي، ولا تحل لأحد بعدي، وإنما أحلت لي ساعة من نهار، وإنها ساعتي هذه: حرام، لا يعضد شجرها، ولا يختلى خلاها، ولا يعضد شوكها، ولا تلتقط ساقطتها إلا لمنشد. ومن قتل له قتيل: فهو بخير النظرين: إما أن يقتل، وإما أن يودي، فقام رجل من أهل اليمن - يقال له: أبو شاه فقال: يا رسول الله، اكتبوا لي فقال رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم -: اكتبوا لأبي شاه، ثم قام العباس فقال: يا رسول الله، إلا الاذخر، فإنا نجعله في بيوتنا وقبورنا. فقال رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم -: إلا الإذخر».
Narrated Abu Huraira: In the year of the Conquest of Mecca, the tribe of Khuza`a 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 Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said (to his companions), "Write that for Abu Shah." Then another man from Quraish got up, saying, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Except Al- Idhkhir (a special kind of grass) as we use it in our houses and for graves." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Except Al-idhkkir."
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Its text is in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim
Chain of narrators
عبد الرحمن بن صخر
Abu Huraira