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 Shaibân from ʿAbdallâh ibn-ʿUbaid ibn-ʿUmair:—The Prophet said in his khuṭbah, "Yea, all Makkah is inviolable. What is between its two rugged mountains was not lawful for any one before me, nor will it be made for any after me. To me it was made lawful for only one hour on one day. Its fresh herbage shall not be cut, its thorny trees shall not be felled, its game shall not be chased, what is found in it shall not be kept unless previous announcement has been made of the find." Al-ʿAbbâs said, "From this should be excluded the idhkhir plant to be used by our jewelers, blacksmiths and as a means of cleansing our houses." The Prophet then added, "The idhkhir is excluded."

Yûsuf ibn-Mûsa-l-Ḳaṭṭân from ibn-ʿAbbâs:—The Prophet said, "The fresh herbage of Makkah shall not be cut, its trees shall not be felled." "With the exception of the idhkhir plant," remarked al-ʿAbbâs, "which is for the blacksmiths and for the cleansing of the houses." This the Prophet allowed.

. Shaibân from al-Ḥasan:—ʿUmar wanted to seize the treasure of the Kaʿbah to use it in the cause of Allah. But Ubai ibn-Kaʿb al-Anṣâri turned to him and said: "Before thee, 'Commander of the Believers' came thy two companions; who would have surely done so, if it were an act of virtue."

. ʿAmr an-Nâḳid from Mujâhid: