Abdullah bin Abbad Zarqi (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once he was hunting birds at his well named Bi’r Ahhab. Hazrat Ubadah bin Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) saw me, and at that time I had caught some birds. He snatched them from my hand and set them free, and said,“Son! The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has declared the area between the two boundaries of Madinah as a sanctuary (Haram) just as Hazrat Ibrahim (peace be upon him) had declared Makkah as a sanctuary.”