"I once," said al-Wâḳidi," asked ath-Thauri and abu-Yûsuf regarding the case of one who plants in the Ḥaram something that is not ordinarily grown and which he tends until it grows high, would it be right for him to cut it. They answered in the affirmative. Then I asked about the case of a tree that may grow of its own accord in his garden and that does not belong to the category of trees planted by man, and they said, 'He can do with it whatever he likes.'"
Muḥammad ibn-Saʿd from al-Wâḳidi:—The latter said, "It has been reported to us that ibn-ʿUmar used to eat in Makkah vegetables grown in the Ḥaram."
Muḥammad ibn-Saʿd from Muʿâdh ibn-Muḥammad:—The latter said, "I have seen on the table of az-Zuhri vegetables grown in the Ḥaram."
"No pilgrim or visitor of the Ḥaram," said abu-Ḥanîfah, "shall have his camel graze in the Ḥaram, nor shall he cut grass for it." The same view is held by Zufar. But Mâlik, ibn-abi-Dhiʾb, Sufyân, abu-Yûsuf and ibn-abi-Sabrah are of the opinion that there is no harm in having the animals graze, but the man should not cut the grass for them. Ibn-abi-Laila, however, holds that there is no harm in having someone cut the grass.
ʿAffân and alʿAbbâs ibn-al-Walîd an-Narsi from Laith:—ʿAṭâʾ found no harm in using the vegetables of the Ḥaram as well as what is planted therein including the branches and the tooth-picks, but Mujâhid disapproved of it.
The history of the Ḥaram-mosque. The Ḥaram-mosque at the time of the Prophet and abu-Bakr had no wall to surround it. When ʿUmar, however, became caliph and the number of the Moslems increased, he enlarged the mosque and bought certain houses which he demolished to increase its size. Certain neighbors of the mosque refused to sell their houses and ʿUmar had to demolish their houses, the
