This hadeeth comes under the following chapter: EMINENCE OF MEDINA. ALLAAH'S APOSTLE (SALLALLAAHU ALAYHI WA SALLAM) SHOWERED BLESSINGS UPON IT, ITS SACREDNESS, AND UNLAWFULNESS OF HUNTING AND LOPPING OF TREES AND DEMARCATION ITS PRECINCTS
Abd al-Rahman reported on the authority of his father Abu Sa'id (Allaah be pleased with him) that he heard Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: I have declared sacred what is between the two lava grounds of Medina just as Ibrahim (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) declared Mecca as sacred. He (the narrator) then said: Abu Sa'id caught hold of (Abu Bakr, another narrator, used the word" found" ) a bird in his hand and then released it from his hand and set it free.