English translation
2017. Abū Hurairah narrated: "When Allāh made the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ to conquer Makkah, the Prophet ﷺ stood up in their midst, praised Allāh and glorified Him, and then said: 'Allāh protected Makkah from the elephants, and He made His Messenger and the believers to conquer it (from the pagans). And this (the fighting therein) was only permitted for me for an hour in the afternoon, and it is now a protected sanctuary until the Day of Judgment. Its trees cannot be uprooted, and its prey cannot be molested, and its lost items cannot be taken, except someone who wishes to announce it.” So Al-‘Abbās stood up and said: ‘OMessenger of Allāh! Except for theIdhkhīr (plant), for (we use it) forour graves and our houses.’ So theMessenger of Allāh ﷺ said:“Except for the Idhkhīr.” Abū Dāwūd said: Ibn Muṣṭafa added in his narration from Al-Walīd (one of the narrators): “A person from Yemen, by the name of Abū Shāh, stood up and said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! Write (this) for me.’ So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘Write it for Abū Shāh.’ I (Al-Walīd) said to Al-Awzā‘ī (one of the narrators): ‘What is the meaning of: “Write it for Abū Shāh?”’ He said: ‘Meaning this sermon that he heard from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.’’ (Ṣaḥīḥ)
