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| image_caption = The boundaries of Al-Haram Al- Madani from the north and south are defined by the two mountains, [[Mount Thawr]] and [[Mount ʿIr]].
| image_caption = The boundaries of Al-Haram Al- Madani from the north and south are defined by the two mountains, [[Mount Thawr]] and [[Mount ʿIr]].
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This area extends from the east and west between the eastern lava field (al-Ḥarra al-Sharqiyya) and the western lava field (al-Ḥarra al-Gharbiyya), and from the north and south, from [[Mount Thawr]] to [[Mount ʿAyr]].
This area extends from the east and west between the eastern lava field (al-Ḥarra al-Sharqiyya) and the western lava field (al-Ḥarra al-Gharbiyya), and from the north and south, from [[Mount Thawr]] to [[Mount ʿAyr]].
Al- Haram Al-Madani has rulings and etiquettes, such as the recommended act of performing [[ghusl]] and purification when entering it, and these are similar to the rulings and Manners of the [[Al-Haram Al-Makki]].
Al- Haram Al-Madani has rulings and etiquettes, such as the recommended act of performing [[ghusl]] and purification when entering it, and these are similar to the rulings and Manners of the [[Al-Haram Al-Makki]].
Some have considered the reason for [[Medina]] being made a sanctuary to be the granting of protection to Medina and its inhabitants, while others have attributed it to the presence of [[Prophet Muhammad(s)]].
Some have considered the reason for [[Medina]] being made a sanctuary to be the granting of protection to Medina and its inhabitants, while others have attributed it to the presence of [[Prophet Muhammad (s)|Prophet Muhammad(s)]].
==Boundaries==
==Boundaries==
The Al-Haram Al- Madani is an area within Medina in the [[Hijaz]].
The Al-Haram Al- Madani is an area within Medina in the [[Hijaz]].
This sanctuary lies, from the east and west, between the eastern lava field (al-Ḥarra al-Sharqiyya) and the western lava field (al-Ḥarra al-Gharbiyya).<ref> al-Kulaynī ,"al-Kāfī,",vol. 4,p. 564-565; ibn Ḥanbal ," Musnad al-Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal ",vol. 3,p. 23; al-Ḥajjāj al-Nīshābūrī Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim",vol. 4,p. 113.</ref>
This sanctuary lies, from the east and west, between [[al-Ḥarra al-Sharqiyya]] (the eastern lava field) and [[al-Ḥarra al-Gharbiyya]] (the western lava field).<ref> al-Kulaynī ,"al-Kāfī,",vol. 4,p. 564-565; ibn Ḥanbal ," Musnad al-Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal ",vol. 3,p. 23; al-Ḥajjāj al-Nīshābūrī Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim",vol. 4,p. 113.</ref> And according to one narration, it extends from the north and south, from [[Mount Thawr]] to [[Mount ‘Ayr]].<ref>al-Ḥajjāj al-Nīshābūrī Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim",vol. 4,p. 115. ,,, al-Bukhārī , "Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī ",vol. 8,p. 10.</ref>  
And according to one narration, it extends from the north and south, from [[Mount Thawr to Mount ‘Ayr.<ref>al-Ḥajjāj al-Nīshābūrī Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim",vol. 4,p. 115. ,,, al-Bukhārī , "Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī ",vol. 8,p. 10.</ref>  


In the narrations, other various expressions have also been mentioned for determining its northern and southern boundaries.<ref>al-Kulaynī ,"al-Kāfī,",vol. 4,p. 564; al-Majlisī ,"Marāʾat al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl ", vol. 18, p. 279; Najafī," Jawāhir al-Kalām fī Sharḥ Sharāʾiʿ al-Islām " ,vol. 20, p. 75; ibn Bābawayh ," Maʿānī al-Akhbār ",p. 337.</ref>
In the narrations, other various expressions have also been mentioned for determining its northern and southern boundaries.<ref>al-Kulaynī ,"al-Kāfī,",vol. 4,p. 564; al-Majlisī ,"Marāʾat al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl ", vol. 18, p. 279; Najafī," Jawāhir al-Kalām fī Sharḥ Sharāʾiʿ al-Islām " ,vol. 20, p. 75; ibn Bābawayh ," Maʿānī al-Akhbār ",p. 337.</ref>


==Why it became a Haram==
==Why it became a Haram==
Various reasons have been mentioned for why the city of [[Medina]] was made a sanctuary (ḥaram).
Various reasons have been mentioned for why the city of [[Medina]] was made a Haram (sanctuary).
Some of them are as follows:
Some of them are as follows:
*Providing protection to Medina and its inhabitants;<ref>al-Ḥajjāj al-Nīshābūrī Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim",vol. 4,p. .117-118; al-Bayhaqī ," al-Sunan al-Kubrā " ,vol. 5, p. 198; al-Ṭabarānī ,   " al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr " ,vol. 6, p. 92; ibn Ḥanbal ," Musnad al-Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal ",vol. 4, p. 55-56; al-Haythamī , “Majmaʿ al-Zawāʾid wa Manbaʿ al-Fawāʾid " ,vol. 3, p. 306; al-Ṭūsī , "Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqnaʿah li al-Shaykh al-Mufīd ",vol. 10, p. 216.</ref>
*Providing protection to Medina and its inhabitants;<ref>al-Ḥajjāj al-Nīshābūrī Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim",vol. 4,p. .117-118; al-Bayhaqī ," al-Sunan al-Kubrā " ,vol. 5, p. 198; al-Ṭabarānī , " al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr " ,vol. 6, p. 92; ibn Ḥanbal ," Musnad al-Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal ",vol. 4, p. 55-56; al-Haythamī , “Majmaʿ al-Zawāʾid wa Manbaʿ al-Fawāʾid " ,vol. 3, p. 306; al-Ṭūsī , "Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqnaʿah li al-Shaykh al-Mufīd ",vol. 10, p. 216.</ref>
*Showing reverence to [[Prophet Muhammad (s)|Prophet Muhammad(s)]];
*Showing reverence to [[Prophet Muhammad (s)|Prophet Muhammad(s)]];
*The witnessing of divine lights by the Prophet (s) within this area;
*The witnessing of divine lights by the Prophet (s) within this area;
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==Etiquettes and Rules==
==Etiquettes and Rules==
Main Article| The Manners of the [[Haramayn]] (Two Sanctuaries)
[[Main Article| The Manners of the Haramayn]]
According to Shia hadith sources, the Medina sanctuary has etiquettes and rulings similar to the Mecca sanctuary; such as the virtue of performing ghusl (ritual purification) and maintaining cleanliness upon entering Medina and when visiting the [[Prophet’s Haram]].
According to Shia hadith sources, the Al-Haram Al-Madani has etiquettes and rulings similar to the Al-Haram Al-Makki; such as the virtue of performing ghusl (ritual purification) and maintaining cleanliness upon entering Medina and when visiting the [[Prophet’s Haram]].
Some Sunni jurists have also issued rulings recommending ghusl upon entering the Medina sanctuary.<ref>al-Ḥaskafī , "al-Durr al-Mukhtār " ,vol. 1, p. 184; al-Majmūʿ Sharḥ al-Muḥadhdhab ",vol. 8, p. 273; Fatḥ al-Wahhāb, vol. 1, p. 257.</ref>
Some Sunni jurists have also issued rulings recommending ghusl upon entering the Al-Haram Al-Madani.<ref>al-Ḥaskafī , "al-Durr al-Mukhtār " ,vol. 1, p. 184; al-Majmūʿ Sharḥ al-Muḥadhdhab ",vol. 8, p. 273; Fatḥ al-Wahhāb, vol. 1, p. 257.</ref>
In Shia narrations, regarding hunting and cutting trees, there are narrations permitting.<ref>al-Ḥumayrī ," Qurb al-Isnād ", p. 301.</ref> And narrations indicating non-permissibility.<ref>ibn Bābawayh ," Maʿānī al-Akhbār ",p. 337.</ref>
In Shia narrations, regarding hunting and cutting trees, there are narrations permitting.<ref>al-Ḥumayrī ," Qurb al-Isnād ", p. 301.</ref> And narrations indicating non-permissibility.<ref>ibn Bābawayh ," Maʿānī al-Akhbār ",p. 337.</ref>
They indicate this. In narrations from the Sunni tradition, cutting the trees of the Haram Madani (the Sanctuary of Medina) has been deemed forbidden.<ref>ibn Bābawayh ," Maʿānī al-Akhbār ",p. 337.</ref>
They indicate this. In narrations from the Sunni tradition, cutting the trees of the Medina Haram has been deemed forbidden.<ref>ibn Bābawayh ," Maʿānī al-Akhbār ",p. 337.</ref>


==Related topics==
==Related topics==
*[[Haramayn]](The Two Sanctuaries)
*[[Haramayn]]
*[[Al-Haram Al-Makki]](The Meccan Sanctuary)
*[[Al-Haram Al-Makki]]


==Notes==
==Notes==