Abu Shuraih, Al-`Adawi said that he had said to `Amr bin Sa`id when he was sending the troops to
Mecca (to fight `Abdullah bin Az-Zubair), "O Chief! Allow me to tell you what Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said
on the day following the Conquest of Mecca. My ears heard that and my heart understood it
thoroughly and I saw with my own eyes the Prophet (ﷺ) when he, after Glorifying and Praising Allah,
started saying, 'Allah, not the people, made Mecca a sanctuary, so anybody who has belief in Allah
and the Last Day should neither shed blood in it, nor should he cut down its trees. If anybody tells
(argues) that fighting in it is permissible on the basis that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) did fight in Mecca, say to
him, 'Allah allowed His Apostle and did not allow you.' "Allah allowed me only for a few hours on
that day (of the conquest) and today its sanctity is valid as it was before. So, those who are present
should inform those who are absent (concerning this fact." Abu Shuraih was asked, "What did `Amr
reply?" He said, (`Amr said) 'O Abu Shuraih! I know better than you in this respect Mecca does not
give protection to a sinner, a murderer or a thief."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 28, Hadith 12
Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard Rabia ibn Abd ar-
Rahman say that a slave could marry four women.
Malik said,
"This is the best of what I have heard about the matter."
Malik said, "The slave differs with the muhallil if the slave is given
permission by his master for his ex-wife. If his master does not give
him permission, he separates them. The muhallil is separated in any
case if he intends to make the woman halal by marriage."
Malik said, "When a slave is owned by his wife or a husband owns his
wife, the possession of each of them is rendered void without divorce.
If a man, for instance, is married to a slave-girl, and then he buys
her, he must divorce her as a matter of course. They can then re-
marry. If they re-marry afterwards, that separation was not divorce."
Malik said, "When a slave is freed by his wife who owns him
and she is in the idda-period from him, they can only return to each
other after she has made another marriage."
Muwatta Malik Book 28, Hadith 47