Narrated Jabir: A bedouin came to the Prophet and gave a pledge of allegiance for embracing Islam. The next day he came with fever and said (to the Prophet ), Please cancel my pledge (of embracing Islam and of emigrating to Medina). The Prophet refused (that request) three times and said, Medina is like a furnace, it expels out the impurities (bad persons) and selects the good ones and makes them perfect.
Read More..Narrated Zaid bin Thabit: When the Prophet went out for (the battle of) Uhud, some of his companions (hypocrites) returned (home). A party of the believers remarked that they would kill those (hypocrites) who had returned, but another party said that they would not kill them. So, this Divine Inspiration was revealed: Then what is the matter with you that you are divided into two parties concerning the hypocrites. (4.88) The Prophet said, Medina expels the bad persons from it, as fire expels the impurities of iron.
Read More..Narrated Anas: The Prophet said, O Allah! Bestow on Medina twice the blessings You bestowed on Mecca.
Read More..Narrated Anas: Whenever the Prophet returned from a journey and observed the walls of Medina, he would make his Mount go fast, and if he was on an animal (i.e. a horse), he would make it gallop because of his love for Medina.
Read More..Narrated Anas: (The people of) Bani Salama intended to shift near the mosque (of the Prophet) but Allah's Apostle disliked to see Medina vacated and said, O the people of Bani Salama! Don't you think that you will be rewarded for your footsteps which you take towards the mosque? So, they stayed at their old places.
Read More..Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, There is a garden from the gardens of Paradise between my house and my pulpit, and my pulpit is on my Lake Fount (Al-Kauthar).
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