اَلَیْسَ ذُوالْحِجَّۃِ؟ - “Is it not Dhu al-Ḥijjah?” The Companions humbly replied with a yes.

The Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم then asked, اَیُّ بَلَدٍ ہٰذَا؟ - “Which city is this?” The Companions again submitted, اللہُ وَرَسُوْلُہٗ اَعْلَم - “Allah and His Messenger know best.” اَلَیْسَ الْبَلَدَۃَ؟ - “Is it not the City (Makkah)?”, he asked further, to which the Companions collectively said yes.

After this, he inquired, اَیُّ یَوْمٍ ہٰذَا؟ - “Which day is this?” The Companions replied with, “Allah and His Messenger know best.” اَلَیْسَ یَوْمَ النَّحْرِ؟ - “Is it not the Day of Sacrifice?” The Companions all replied together with yes.

The final Prophet of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم then declared, “Indeed, just as this day, city and month are sacred, your wealth and honour are also haram upon one another.”^[1]

Mufti Aḥmad Yār Khān NaꜤīmī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه comments on what this hadith means:

Just as a good deed within the Ḥaram’s boundaries is multiplied by 100,000, so too are evil deeds. For this reason, Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم described how just as a sin is more severe in Ḥaram’s boundaries than one committed elsewhere, unjustly spilling the blood of a Muslim, taking their wealth and violating their honour is also extremely grievous.^[2]

Harming a Muslim is a severe sin

Muftī Aḥmad Yār Khān NaꜤīmī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه also said: