He was dispatching troops to Mecca. Abu Shurayh said, "Permit me, commander, to relate to you a statement the Messenger of Allah ﷺ made on the day after the conquest of Mecca. My own ears heard it, my heart retained it, and my eyes saw him as he spoke. He praised Allah and extolled Him, then said, 'Mecca was made sacred by Allah, not by people. It is not lawful for anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day to shed blood within it or to cut down a tree there. If anyone seeks license on the basis of the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ fighting in it, tell him that Allah granted permission to His Messenger ﷺ but has not granted it to you. He only permitted it to me for a single hour of the day, and its sanctity has returned today as it was yesterday. Let those present convey this to those who are absent.'"Abu Shurayh was asked, "What did Amr say to you?"He replied, "Amr said, 'I know that better than you, Abu Shurayh. The Sacred Precinct does not grant refuge to a sinner, nor to one fleeing with bloodshed, nor to one fleeing with stolen goods.'"
حدثنا قتيبة حدثنا الليث بن سعد عن سعيد بن أبي سعيد المقبري عن أبي شريح العدوي أنه
وهو يبعث البعوث إلى مكة ائذن لي أيها الأمير أحدثك قولا قام به رسول الله ﷺ الغد من يوم الفتح سمعته أذناي ووعاه قلبي وأبصرته عيناي حين تكلم به أنه حمد الله وأثنى عليه ثم قال إن مكة حرمها الله ولم يحرمها الناس ولا يحل لامرئ يؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر أن يسفك فيها دما أو يعضد بها شجرة فإن أحد ترخص بقتال رسول الله ﷺ فيها فقولوا له إن الله أذن لرسوله ﷺ ولم يأذن لك وإنما أذن لي فيه ساعة من النهار وقد عادت حرمتها اليوم كحرمتها بالأمس وليبلغ الشاهد الغائب فقيل لأبي شريح ما قال لك عمرو قال أنا أعلم منك بذلك يا أبا شريح إن الحرم لا يعيذ عاصيا ولا فارا بدم ولا فارا بخربة
Agreed upon [by Bukhari and Muslim]. Muslim narrated it in the Book of Hajj, Chapter on the Prohibition of Makkah and the Prohibition of Hunting Within It, etc., hadith no. 1354, from Qutayba, and Bukhari, hadith no. 104, from the hadith of Layth bin Saad, with this same wording. On this topic there is also a narration from Abu Hurairah [Muslim, no. 1355, and Bukhari, no. 2434] and from Ibn Abbas [Bukhari, no. 1349, and Muslim, no. 1353].