Sahih Muslim Book - 15, Hadith - 3336

حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِى عَنْ وُهَيْبٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِى إِسْحَاقَ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَ عَنْ أَبِى سَعِيدٍ مَوْلَى الْمَهْرِىِّ أَنَّهُ أَصَابَهُمْ بِالْمَدِينَةِ جَهْدٌ وَشِدَّةٌ وَأَنَّهُ أَتَى أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِىَّ فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنِّى كَثِيرُ الْعِيَالِ وَقَدْ أَصَابَتْنَا شِدَّةٌ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَنْقُلَ عِيَالِى إِلَى بَعْضِ الرِّيفِ. فَقَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ لاَ تَفْعَلِ الْزَمِ الْمَدِينَةَ فَإِنَّا خَرَجْنَا مَعَ نَبِىِّ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- - أَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ - حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا عُسْفَانَ فَأَقَامَ بِهَا لَيَالِىَ فَقَالَ النَّاسُ وَاللَّهِ مَا نَحْنُ هَا هُنَا فِى شَىْءٍ وَإِنَّ عِيَالَنَا لَخُلُوفٌ مَا نَأْمَنُ عَلَيْهِمْ. فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِىَّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَقَالَ « مَا هَذَا الَّذِى بَلَغَنِى مِنْ حَدِيثِكُمْ - مَا أَدْرِى كَيْفَ قَالَ - وَالَّذِى أَحْلِفُ بِهِ أَوْ وَالَّذِى نَفْسِى بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَوْ إِنْ شِئْتُمْ - لاَ أَدْرِى أَيَّتَهُمَا قَالَ - لآمُرَنَّ بِنَاقَتِى تُرْحَلُ ثُمَّ لاَ أَحُلُّ لَهَا عُقْدَةً حَتَّى أَقْدَمَ الْمَدِينَةَ - وَقَالَ - اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَرَّمَ مَكَّةَ فَجَعَلَهَا حَرَمًا وَإِنِّى حَرَّمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ حَرَامًا مَا بَيْنَ مَأْزِمَيْهَا أَنْ لاَ يُهَرَاقَ فِيهَا دَمٌ وَلاَ يُحْمَلَ فِيهَا سِلاَحٌ لِقِتَالٍ وَلاَ يُخْبَطَ فِيهَا شَجَرَةٌ إِلاَّ لِعَلْفٍ اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِى مَدِينَتِنَا اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِى صَاعِنَا اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِى مُدِّنَا اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِى صَاعِنَا اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِى مُدِّنَا اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِى مَدِينَتِنَا اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ مَعَ الْبَرَكَةِ بَرَكَتَيْنِ وَالَّذِى نَفْسِى بِيَدِهِ مَا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ شِعْبٌ وَلاَ نَقْبٌ إِلاَّ عَلَيْهِ مَلَكَانِ يَحْرُسَانِهَا حَتَّى تَقْدَمُوا إِلَيْهَا - ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلنَّاسِ - ارْتَحِلُوا ». فَارْتَحَلْنَا فَأَقْبَلْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَوَالَّذِى نَحْلِفُ بِهِ أَوْ يُحْلَفُ بِهِ - الشَّكُّ مِنْ حَمَّادٍ - مَا وَضَعْنَا رِحَالَنَا حِينَ دَخَلْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ حَتَّى أَغَارَ عَلَيْنَا بَنُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ غَطَفَانَ وَمَا يَهِيجُهُمْ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ شَىْءٌ.

It was narrated from Abu Saeed, the freed slave of Al-Mahri, that he experienced distress and hardship in Al-Madinah. He came to Abu Saeed Al-Khudri and said to him: “I have many dependents and we are experiencing hardship, so I want to move my family to a rural area.” Abu Saeed said: “Do not do that; stay in Al-Madinah, for we went out with the Messenger of Allah (SAW) –I think he said – “until we reached ‘Usfan, where he stayed for several nights. The people said: ‘ By Allah, we are not doing anything here, and our families are left behind with no protection.’ News for that reached the Prophet (SAW) and he said: ‘What is this that I have heard of what you are saying?’” – I do not know how he said it: “‘by the One by Whom I swear,’” or ‘“by the One in Whose Hand is my soul’” - ‘“I was thinking,’” or ‘ “ if you wish’” – I am not sure which of them he said – ‘ “I will order that my she-camel be prepared and I would let her keep going until I come to Al-Madinah.’ And he said: ‘O Allah! Ibrahim, peace and blessings be upon him, declared Makkah sacred and made it a sanctuary. I declared Al-Madinah sacred; the area between its two mountains is a sanctuary. No blood is to be shed therein and no weapons are to be carried for fighting, and the leaves are not to be shaken from its trees, except for fodder. O Allah, bless us in our city. O Allah, bless us in our Sa. O Allah, bless us in our Mudd. O Allah, bless us in our Mudd. O Allah, bless us in our city. To each blessing add two more. By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, there is neither mountain pass nor road around Al-Madinah but there are two Angels standing guard over it, until you return to it.’ Then he said to the people: ‘Move on,’ so we moved on and we cane to Al-Madinah. By the One by Whom we swear,” or “by Whom oaths are sworn” – Hammad (a narrator) was not sure – “hardly had we put down our saddles after entering Al-Madinah but Banu Abdullah bin Ghatafan attached us, and they had no reason to have attached before that.”