2. We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan bin Ahmad bin Waleed, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan al-Saffar, from Abbas bin Ma’ruf, from Ali bin Mahziyar, that he said: We were told by Hussain bin Sa’eed, from Safwan bin Yahya, from Ibn Maskan, from Hasan al-Sayqal, that he said: Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, said:

I was at the place of Ziyad bin Ubaidullah, and at his place was Rabee’a al-Ra’y. Ziyad said to him: O Rabee’a, what did the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, declare as forbidden in Medina? He said to him: Mail for mail. Then I said to Rabee’a: Was there mail during the era of Allah’s Messenger, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family? Then he became silent and did not answer me. He said: Then Ziyad approached me and said: O father of Abdullah, then what do you say? I said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, declared as forbidden, in Medina, that which is between the two laba’s of hunted prey. He said: And what are their two laba’s? He said: That which is surrounded by grounds with black stone. He said: And he said to me: What did the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, declare as forbidden from trees? I said: From ‘Eer to Wa’eer. [1] Safwan said: Ibn Maskan said: Hasan said: Then a person asked him while I was sitting, and he said to him: And what is their two laba’s? He said: That which is between the two trumpets until the narrow mountain pass.