It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zaid bin Asim (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) declared Makkah as a sanctuary (i.e., he made its sanctity apparent, otherwise its sanctity was from the day the heavens and the earth were created) and prayed for its people, and I declare Madinah as a sanctuary just as Ibrahim (peace be upon him) declared Makkah as a sanctuary, and I have prayed for the sa’ and mudd of Madinah, double what Ibrahim (peace be upon him) prayed for the people of Makkah.