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Medina Sanctuary
Medina Sanctuary (Sahih el Boykhari · Select Collections) — "Narrated Anas:\n\nThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, \"Medina is a sanctuary from that place to that. Its trees…
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- Medina is a sacred sanctuary with specific protections and obligations.
- The sanctuary extends between designated landmarks, including the two Harrat mountains and the Air Mountain.
- The Bani Haritha were confirmed to be inside the sanctuary.
- Trees should not be cut, heresy should not be innovated, and sins should not be committed within Medina.
- Giving shelter to an innovator in Medina is also prohibited.
- Those who violate these protections incur the curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people.
- The Prophet ordered a mosque to be built in Medina.
- Bani Najjar offered their land freely, seeking its reward from Allah rather than its price.
- The graves of the pagans were dug out, the land was leveled, and the date-palm trees were cut down for the mosque.
- The cut date palms were fixed in the direction of the mosque's Qibla.
- Protection granted by any Muslim must be respected by all other Muslims.
- Betraying a Muslim's protected status incurs the curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people.
- The compulsory and optional good deeds of violators are not accepted.
- A freed slave who takes as masters people other than the manumitters without permission incurs the same curse and rejection of good deeds.