Al-Haramayn: Difference between revisions

• According to the ruling of some Shia jurists<ref>Ḥillī , "Tadhkirat al-Fuqahāʾ", vol. 7, p. 380; Ḥillī , "Muntahā al-Maṭlab fī Taḥqīq al-Madhhab" , vol. 2, P. 799; Najafī , " Jawāhir al-Kalām fī Sharḥ Sharāʾiʿ al-Islām. ", vol. 20, p. 77-79.</ref> and Sunni<ref>Nawawī , "Al-Majmūʿ Sharḥ al-Muḥaḏhab" ,vol. 7, p. 480/497.</ref> Hunting and cutting trees in the Sacred Area of Medina is not forbidden and does not require expiation.

• According to the ruling of Shia jurists, wearing Ihram is not obligatory for entering the Sacred Area of [[Medina]].<ref>Ḥillī , "Tadhkirat al-Fuqahāʾ", vol. 7, p. 381; Najafī , " Jawāhir al-Kalām fī Sharḥ Sharāʾiʿ al-Islām. ", vol. 20, p. 79.</ref>

• According to Shia narrations, what is forbidden in the Sacred Area of Mecca is not forbidden in the Sacred Area of Medina.<ref>Ḥumayrī , "Qurb al-Isnād" , p. 301.</ref>

Considering the characteristics of each of these two sacred areas, there has been disagreement about which one is superior to the other.<ref>al-Zarandī, ". Al-Murūr bayn al-ʿIlmayn fī Mafākhirat al-Ḥaramayn", p. 91-124; al-Samhūdī, " Wafāʾ al-Wafāʾ bi Akhbār Dār al-Muṣṭafā" ,vol. 1, p. 85-95; al-Rifāʿī , "Al-Aḥādīth al-Wārida fī Faḍāʾil al-Madīna" , p. 1-3.</ref>

According to a narration in Shia sources, residing in Medina is considered superior to [[Mecca]].<ref>al-Zarandī, ". Al-Murūr bayn al-ʿIlmayn fī Mafākhirat al-Ḥaramayn", p. 91-124; al-Samhūdī, " Wafāʾ al-Wafāʾ bi Akhbār Dār al-Muṣṭafā" ,vol. 1, p. 85-95; al-Rifāʿī , "Al-Aḥādīth al-Wārida fī Faḍāʾil al-Madīna" , p. 1-3.</ref>

And according to a narration from Sunni sources as well, the virtues of Medina are not limited to the lifetime of [[Prophet Muhammad(a)|Prophet Muhammad(s)]].<ref>al-Bukhārī  , "Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī" ,vol. 2, p. 222-224;***</ref>

Nevertheless, regarding the sanctity of Mecca, verses have been revealed;<ref>Baqara125–126; Ibrāhīm 14/35; Naml 27/91; Tīn 95/3 </ref> Although no such thing exists regarding the Sacred Area of Medina.