Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 1873
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ لَوْ رَأَيْتُ الظِّبَاءَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ تَرْتَعُ مَا ذَعَرْتُهَا، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَا بَيْنَ لاَبَتَيْهَا حَرَامٌ ".
Translation
Abdullah ibn Yusuf informed us; Malik informed us, from Ibn Shihab, from Said ibn al-Musayyab, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), who used to say: If I saw gazelles grazing in Medina, I would not frighten them. The Messenger of Allah said: What lies between its two lava plains is sacred.