Sahih al-Bukhari 4295

Hadith text

Narrated Abu Shuraih:Al-Adawi that he said to `Amr bin Sa`id while the latter was sending troops in batches to Mecca, "O chief! Allow me to tell you a statement which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said on the second day of the Conquest of Mecca. My two ears heard it and my heart remembered it and my two eyes saw him when he said it. He (i.e. the Prophet) praised Allah and then said, 'Mecca has been made a sanctuary by Allah and not by the people, so it is not lawful for a person, who believes in Allah and the Last Day to shed blood in it, or to cut its trees and if someone asks the permission to fight in Mecca because Allah's Apostle was allowed to fight in it, say to him; Allah permitted His Apostle and did not allow you, and even he (i.e. the Apostle) was allowed for a short period of the day, and today its (Mecca's sanctity has become the same as it was before (of old) so those who are present should inform those who are absent (this Hadith)." Then Abu Shuraih, was asked, "What did `Amr say to you? Abu Shuraih said, "He said, "I knew that better than you, O Abu Shuraih! The Haram (i.e. Mecca) does not give refuge to a sinner or a fleeing murderer or a person running away after causing destruction

Abu Shuraih bataate hain: Al-Adawi ne Amr bin Sa'id se kaha jabke woh Mecca ki taraf dale-dale sainikon ko bhej rahe the, "Aye sardaar! Mujhe aapko ek baat batane dijiye jo Allah ke Rasool ne Mecca ki Fatah ke doosre din kahi thi. Mere donon kaan ne ise suna aur mere dil ne ise yaad rakha aur meri donon aankhon ne unhe dekha jab unhone ise kaha. Unhone (yaani Nabi ne) Allah ki taarif ki aur phir kaha, 'Mecca ko Allah ne pavitra banaya hai, na ke logon ne, isliye yeh kisi aise shaks ke liye jaayaz nahi hai jo Allah aur Akhirat ke din par iman rakhta ho ke woh yahaan khoon bahaye, ya iske darakhton ko kate; aur agar koee yeh kahne ki ijazat maangta hai ke woh Mecca mein jung kar sakta hai kyunke Allah ke Rasool ko ismein jung karne ki ijazat mili thi, unse kaho; Allah ne apne Rasool ko ijazat di aur tumhe nahi, aur unhe bhi din ke ek chhote hisse ke liye hi ijazat mili thi, aur aaj iski pavitrata phir waisi hi ho gaee hai jaisi woh pahle thi, isliye jo yahaan hain unhe jinke yahaan nahi hain unhe iski khabar deni chahiye (yeh Hadith).'" Phir Abu Shuraih se pucha gaya, "Amr ne aapko kya kaha?" Abu Shuraih ne kaha, "Unhone kaha, 'Mujhe yeh tumse behtar pata hai, Aye Abu Shuraih! Al-Haram (yaani Mecca) kisi gunahgaar ko, ya bhaagte hue qaatil ko, ya vinaash phailane ke baad bhaagte hue kisi insaan ko panah nahi deta.'"

Sahih al-Bukhari 4295 · Book 64, Hadith 328