The reason for the naming of the Sacred House
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The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Question:
In his second question, he asks: Why is the Sacred House of Allah called that?
Answer:
Because it is a sanctuary (haram); hunting is not permitted in it, and no one is to be assassinated in it. It is a sanctuary, meaning a place of safety, as Allah said regarding the place of safety: its trees are not cut down, its game is not driven away, its thorns are not uprooted, and blood is not shed in it. Rather, it is obligatory for Muslims to respect it and to be cautious of what Allah has forbidden, such as killing its game, driving it away, cutting down its trees, or shedding blood without right. However, the one who violates the sanctity is subject to the hudud (fixed punishments).
Likewise, if they violate the sanctity of the month, they fight the people, and the people fight them, as Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:191] the soul [Al-Baqarah 2:191]. If they transgress, they fight, but we do not transgress against them; the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments) are established against them, they are commanded to enjoin good and forbid evil, and if they do wrong and commit what warrants the hadd or execution, they are killed.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
May Allah reward you.
Question:
In his second question, he asks: Why is the Sacred House of Allah called that?
Answer:
Because it is a sanctuary (haram); hunting is not permitted in it, and no one is to be assassinated in it. It is a sanctuary, meaning a place of safety, as Allah said regarding the place of safety: its trees are not cut down, its game is not driven away, its thorns are not uprooted, and blood is not shed in it. Rather, it is obligatory for Muslims to respect it and to be cautious of what Allah has forbidden, such as killing its game, driving it away, cutting down its trees, or shedding blood without right. However, the one who violates the sanctity is subject to the hudud (fixed punishments).
Likewise, if they violate the sanctity of the month, they fight the people, and the people fight them, as Allah the Exalted said:
And do not fight them
وَلَا تُقَاتِلُوهُمْat al-Masjid al- Haram until they fight you there. But if they fight you, then kill them.
عِندَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ حَتَّىٰ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فِيهِ فَإِن قَاتَلُوكُمْ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
Source
فتاوى المسجد الحرام (شعبان ١٤١٧ هـ) - ١ — archive.org (33:17)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.