أَخْبَرَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هَانِئٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَرْبُ بْنُ شَدَّادٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّهُ عَامَ فُتِحَتْ مَكَّةُ ، قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ :" إِنَّ اللَّهَ حَبَسَ عَنْ مَكَّةَ الْفِيلَ، وَسَلَّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ، أَلَا وَإِنَّهَا لَمْ تَحِلَّ لِأَحَدٍ قَبْلِي وَلَا تَحِلُّ لِأَحَدٍ بَعْدِي، أَلَا وَإِنَّهَا سَاعَتِي هَذِهِ حَرَامٌ لَا يُخْتَلَى خَلَاهَا، وَلَا يُعْضَدُ شَجَرُهَا وَلَا تُلْتَقَطُ سَاقِطَتُهَا إِلَّا لِمُنْشِدٍ "

Muadh bin Hani from the people of Basra told us, Harb bin Shaddad told us, Yahya bin Abi Kathir told us, Abu Salamah told us, Abu Hurairah told us that in the year Mecca was conquered, the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, stood up and said: “God has withheld the elephant from Mecca. And the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and the believers, made it lawful for them. It was not lawful for anyone before me, nor is it lawful for anyone after me. “This hour of mine is sacred. Its leaves cannot be separated, its trees must not be uprooted, and its fallen pieces must not be picked up except for one who seeks.”