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Summary
Malik transmits from Ibn Shihab, from Said ibn al-Musayyab, from Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him), that he used to say: if I saw gazelles grazing in Medina I would not startle them, because the Prophet ﷺ said: what lies between its two lava fields is sacred. 1
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Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Comprehensive Matters (al-Jami). Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Malik ibn Anas, Medina, Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, Said ibn al-Musayyab, Abu Hurayra. Built on in the chapters on haram.
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People and things also explored
Muwatta 2637· Muwatta 2541· Muwatta 231· Muwatta 342· Muwatta 372· Muwatta 373· Muwatta 493· Muwatta 1714
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.467
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islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta 2600”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-31-2600/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.