Hadith #325
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ جُنْد
ُبٍ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ الْهُذَلِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ لَوْ رَأَيْتُ الْأَرْوَى تَجُوسُ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا يَعْنِي الْمَدِينَةَ مَا هِجْتُهَا وَلَا مَسِسْتُهَا وَذَلِكَ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُحَرِّمُ شَجَرَهَا أَنْ يُخْبَطَ أَوْ يُعْضَدَ
Isnad Chain
يزيد
ابن أبي ذئب
مسلم بن جند
English Translation
It was narrated from Abu Hurayra (رضي الله عنه) — via Yazid [ibn Harun], from Ibn Abi Dhi'b, from Muslim ibn Jundub, from Habib al-Hudhali — that Abu Hurayra said: 'If I were to see the mountain goats [al-arwa — wild ibex] roaming between the two lava-plains [la batayha] of al-Madina, I would not drive them away or touch them. That is because I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ declare its trees forbidden — [forbidden] to be beaten down or cut.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 17, Hadith 325
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 7163
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-43553