It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, when Uhud mountain appeared before him: "This is the mountain that loves us and we love it. O my Lord! Ibrahim (peace be upon him) declared Makkah sacred (i.e., he made hunting, fighting, and uprooting trees or grass there forbidden), and I declare sacred the area between the two boundaries of Madinah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he used to say: If I see deer grazing in Madinah, I would never disturb them; the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The two boundaries of Madinah are sacred."

Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) saw some boys who had cornered a fox in one corner, so he drove the boys away and released the fox (because it is forbidden to capture the animals of Madinah, just as in Makkah).

Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Does such an act take place in the sanctuary of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?"

It is narrated from a person (Sharjeel bin Sa’d) that Sayyiduna Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) came to me while I was in Aswaaf (a place on the outskirts of Madinah), and I had hunted a bird. He took it from my hand and set it free.