Chapter on the Sanctity and Virtue of Medina

حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْمَدِينَةَ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا صَيْدَهَا وَ حَرَّمَ ع مَا حَوْلَهَا بَرِيداً فِي بَرِيدٍ أَنْ يُخْتَلَى خَلَاهَا أَوْ يُعْضَدَ شَجَرُهَا إِلَّا عُودَيِ النَّاضِحِ[1].

"The Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) sanctified the area between its two rocky grounds as the sanctuary of Medina, prohibiting its game. He (sw) also prohibited the area surrounding it—extending a barid by a barid (approximately 22 kilometers by 22 kilometers)—from having its vegetation clea

وَ رُوِيَ‌ أَنَّ لَابَتَيْهَا مَا أَحَاطَتْ بِهِ الْحِرَارُ[2].

Hadith.3149 - It is narrated: "Its two rocky grounds (Lābatayhā) encompass what the volcanic lands surround (al-hirar)."

وَ رُوِيَ فِي خَبَرٍ آخَرَ : «أَنَّ مَا بَيْنَ لاَبَتَيْهَا مَا بَيْنَ اَلصَّوْرَيْنِ إِلَى اَلثَّنِيَّةِ ».

Hadith.3150 - It is narrated in another report: "The area between the two lava plains (labatayha) is what lies between as-Sawrayn and ath-Thaniyyah."

وَ رَوَى أَبُو بَصِيرٍ[2] عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ‌ حَدُّ مَا حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ رَبَابٍ‌[3] إِلَى وَاقِمٍ وَ الْعُرَيْضِ وَ النَّقْبِ‌[4] مِنْ قِبَلِ مَكَّةَ.

Hadith.3151 - Abu Basir narrates from Abu Abdullah (as): "The boundaries of what the Messenger of Allah (swt) (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."

وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ‌[5] عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ‌ يَحْرُمُ مِنْ‌ صَيْدِ الْمَدِينَةِ مَا صِيدَ بَيْنَ الْحَرَّتَيْنِ‌[1].

Hadith.3152 - Abdullah ibn Sinan narrates from Abu Abdullah (as): "It is prohibited to hunt in Medina what is hunted between the two Harras (rocky tracts)."

لَا[2].

Hadith.3153 - Yunus ibn Ya’qub asked Imam (as): "Is what is prohibited for me in the sanctuary of the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) the same as what is prohibited for me in the sanctuary of Allah (swt), the Exalted?" Imam (as) replied: "No."

لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْمَدِينَةَ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ حَرَّمَ بَرِيداً فِي بَرِيدٍ عِضَاهاً قُلْتُ صَيْدَهَا قَالَ لَا يَكْذِبُ النَّاسُ‌[3].

I asked Abu Abdullah (as), "Did the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) declare Medina a sanctuary?" Imam (as) 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 hunt

وَ لَمَّا دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْمَدِينَةَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ كَمَا حَبَّبْتَ إِلَيْنَا مَكَّةَ أَوْ أَشَدَّ وَ بَارِكْ فِي صَاعِهَا وَ مُدِّهَا وَ انْقُلْ حُمَّاهَا وَ وَبَاهَا إِلَى الْجُحْفَةِ[1].

Hadith.3155 - When the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) entered Medina, he said: "O Allah (swt), 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

وَ رُوِيَ‌ أَنَّ الصَّادِقَ ع ذَكَرَ الدَّجَّالَ فَقَالَ لَا يَبْقَى مِنْهَا سَهْلٌ إِلَّا وَطِئَهُ إِلَّا مَكَّةَ وَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَإِنَّ عَلَى كُلِّ نَقْبٍ مِنْ أَنْقَابِهِمَا مَلَكاً يَحْفَظُهُمَا مِنَ الطَّاعُونِ وَ الدَّجَّالِ‌[2]. وَ اللَّهُ الْمُوَفِّقُ.

Hadith.3156 - It is narrated that Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) 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."