9/1. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 809 — Sanctity of Makkah
What Has Been Related About Makkah's Sanctity
Hadith About the Sanctity of Makkah
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 809
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 809
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي شُرَيْحٍ الْعَدَوِيِّ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِعَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ وَهُوَ يَبْعَثُ الْبُعُوثَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ ائْذَنْ لِي أَيُّهَا الأَمِيرُ أُحَدِّثْكَ قَوْلاً قَامَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْغَدَ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْفَتْحِ سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنَاىَ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي وَأَبْصَرَتْهُ عَيْنَاىَ حِينَ تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ أَنَّهُ حَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ " إِنَّ مَكَّةَ حَرَّمَهَا اللَّهُ وَلَمْ يُحَرِّمْهَا النَّاسُ وَلاَ يَحِلُّ لاِمْرِئٍ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ أَنْ يَسْفِكَ فِيهَا دَمًا أَوْ يَعْضِدَ بِهَا شَجَرَةً فَإِنْ أَحَدٌ تَرَخَّصَ بِقِتَالِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِيهَا فَقُولُوا لَهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَذِنَ لِرَسُولِهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَلَمْ يَأْذَنْ لَكَ وَإِنَّمَا أَذِنَ لِي فِيهِ سَاعَةً مِنَ النَّهَارِ وَقَدْ عَادَتْ حُرْمَتُهَا الْيَوْمَ كَحُرْمَتِهَا بِالأَمْسِ وَلْيُبَلِّغِ الشَّاهِدُ الْغَائِبَ " . فَقِيلَ لأَبِي شُرَيْحٍ مَا قَالَ لَكَ عَمْرُو بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ أَنَا أَعْلَمُ مِنْكَ بِذَلِكَ يَا أَبَا شُرَيْحٍ إِنَّ الْحَرَمَ لاَ يُعِيذُ عَاصِيًا وَلاَ فَارًّا بِدَمٍ وَلاَ فَارًّا بِخَرْبَةٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَيُرْوَى وَلاَ فَارًّا بِخِزْيَةٍ . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَبِي شُرَيْحٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَأَبُو شُرَيْحٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ اسْمُهُ خُوَيْلِدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو وَهُوَ الْعَدَوِيُّ وَهُوَ الْكَعْبِيُّ . وَمَعْنَى قَوْلِهِ " وَلاَ فَارًّا بِخَرْبَةٍ " يَعْنِي الْجِنَايَةَ يَقُولُ مَنْ جَنَى جِنَايَةً أَوْ أَصَابَ دَمًا ثُمَّ لَجَأَ إِلَى الْحَرَمِ فَإِنَّهُ يُقَامُ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدُّ .
Sa'eed bin Abi Sa'eed Al Maqbury Narrated from:
Abu Shuraih Al-Adawi Said That When Amr Bin Sa'Eed Was Sending Troops To Makkah He Said To Him: 'O Amr! Allow Me To Tell You What The Messenger Of Allah Said On The Day Following The Conquest Of Makkah. My Ears Heard It, My Heard Understood It Thoroughly, And With My Own Eyes, I Saw The Prophet When He - After Glorifying And Praising Allah - Said: "Indeed Allah, The Most High, Made Makkah A Sanctuary, It Was Not Made A Sanctuary By The People. So It Is Not Lawful For A Man Who Believes In Allah And The Last Day To Shed Blood It, Nor To Cut Down Its Trees.If Anybody Tries To Use The Messenger Of Allah To Make An Excuse For Fighting In It, Then Say To Him: 'Indeed Allah Permitted His Messenger And He Did Not Permit You.' Allah Only Allowed It For Me For A Few Hours Of One Day, And Today Its Sanctity Has Returned As It Was Before. So Let The One Who Is Present Convey To The One Who Is Absent."Abu Shuraih Was Asked: "What Was Amr Bin Sa'Eeds Reply To You?" He Said: "I Am More Knowledgeable About That Than You Abu Shuraih! The Haram Does Not Give Protection To A Disobedient Person, Nor A Person Fleeing For Murder, Nor Fleeing For (Kharbah) Lawlessness."
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 809In-book reference : Book 9, Hadith 1English translation : Vol. 2, Book 4, Hadith 809
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 809
This Hadith about the sanctity of Makkah records a serious reminder from Abu Shuraih to Amr bin Sa'eed. He said he heard and saw the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم speak after the conquest of Makkah. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم praised Allah and said that Allah made Makkah a sanctuary; people did not make it sacred by themselves. He stated that it is not lawful for a believer in Allah and the Last Day to shed blood there or cut down its trees. He also explained that his own permission to fight there was only for a few hours of one day, and that its sanctity had returned. The Hadith ends with the command that the present should convey it to the absent.
What we learn from this hadith
- Makkah’s sanctity is from Allah, not from people.
- Bloodshed and cutting trees in Makkah are forbidden in this text.
- Knowledge heard from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم should be conveyed to those absent.
