وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رضى الله عنه
قَالَ: «لَمَّا فَتَحَ اَللَّهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ (مَكَّةَ، قَامَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ) صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي اَلنَّاسِ، فَحَمِدَ اَللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «إِنَّ اَللَّهَ حَبَسَ عَنْ مَكَّةَ اَلْفِيلَ، وَسَلَّطَ عَلَيْهَا رَسُولَهُ وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ،
وَإِنَّهَا لَمْ تَحِلَّ لِأَحَدٍ كَانَ قَبْلِي، وَإِنَّمَا أُحِلَّتْ لِي سَاعَةٌ مِنْ نَهَارٍ، وَإِنَّهَا لَنْ تَحِلَّ لِأَحَدٍ بَعْدِي، فَلَا يُنَفَّرُ صَيْدُهَا، وَلَا يُخْتَلَى شَوْكُهَا، وَلَا تَحِلُّ سَاقِطَتُهَا إِلَّا لِمُنْشِدٍ، وَمَنْ قُتِلَ لَهُ قَتِيلٌ فَهُوَ بِخَيْرِ اَلنَّظَرَيْنِ «فَقَالَ اَلْعَبَّاسُ: إِلَّا اَلْإِذْخِرَ، يَا رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ، فَإِنَّا نَجْعَلُهُ فِي قُبُورِنَا وَبُيُوتِنَا، فَقَالَ: «إِلَّا اَلْإِذْخِرَ»
‘When Allah, the Most High granted His Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) victory on the conquest of Makkah, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) addressed the people, so he glorified Allah and praised Him, and said, ‘Allah withheld the elephant from Makkah and empowered His Messenger and the believers over it. It has not been made lawful (i.e. fighting in it) for anyone before me, but it has been lawful for me only for a few hours on that day (of the conquest), and it will not be made lawful to anyone after me (to enter it lighting).
Its wild game must not be frightened, its thorns are not to be cut. No one is allowed to pick up lost articles (Luqatah) unless he announces it (what he has found) publicly (in order to return it to the owner). If anyone has someone murdered inside its boundaries, then he has the choice of the best of two options (i.e. either to accept compensation, i.e. blood money or to retaliate).
Al-Abbas then said, ‘Except for the Idhkhar (a kind of nice smelling grass, which is used by goldsmiths and burnt in households.)’’’