Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him) as saying: I have been commanded (to migrate) to a town (Medina) which would overpower other towns. They (the people) call it Yathrib; its correct name is (in fact) Medina. It eliminates (bad) people just as a furnace removes the alloy of iron.
Read More..This hadith has been narrated by Yabya b. Sa'id with the same chain of transmitters (and the words are): Just as a furance removes impurity, but no mention is made of iron.
Read More..Jabir b. `Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them) reported that a desert Arab swore allegiance to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). He suffered from a severe fever in Medina (and) so he came to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) saying: Muhammad, cancel my oath of allegiance. But Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) refused it. He again came and said: Cancel my oath of allegiance. But he (the Holy Prophet) refused it. He again came to him and said: Cancel my oath of allegiance, but he refused. The desert Arab, however, went away (cancelling the allegiance himself). Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Medina is like a furnace which drives away its impurity and purifies what is good.
Read More..Zaid b. Thabit reported Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: It is Taiba, thereby meaning Medina. It drives away impurity just as fire removes the impurity of silver.
Read More..Jabir b. Samura (Allah be pleased with him) reported that he heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) say: Allah named Medina as Tabba.
Read More..Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Abul-Qasim (Muhammad, may peace be upon him) said: He who intends to do harm to the people of this city (that is, Medina), Allah would efface him as salt is dissolved in water.
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