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6880. Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: In the year of the conquest of Makkah, the tribe of Khuzā'a killed a man from the tribe of Banī Laith in revenge for a killed person belonging to them in the Pre-Islāmic Period of Ignorance. So Allāh's Messenger ﷺ got up saying, "Allāh held back the (army having) elephants from Makkah, but He let His Messenger and the believers overpower the infidels (of Makkah). Beware! (Makkah is a sanctuary)! Verily! Fighting in Makkah 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 Abū Shāh, stood up and said, "Write (that) for me, O Allāh's Messenger!" Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said (to his Companions), "Write that for Abū Shāh." Then another man from Quraish got up, saying, "O Allāh's Messenger! Except Al-Idhkhīr (a special kind of grass) as we use it in our houses and for graves." Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "Except Al-Idhkhīr."(1)
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(1) (H. 6880) Al-Idhkhīr is permitted to be cut in Makkah.
