Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from hisfather that A'isha, umm al-muminin said, "When the Messenger of Allah,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came to Madina, Abu Bakr andBilal came down with a fever. I visited them and said, 'Father, howare you? Bilal, how are you?'" She continued, "When Abu Bakr's feverworsened he would say, 'Every man is struck down among his people inthe morning - death is nearer than the strap of his sandal.'"When it left Bilal, he raised his voice and said, 'Would that I knewwhether I will spend a night at the valley of Makka with the idhkhirherb and jalil herb around me. Will I go one day to the waters ofMajinna? Will the mountains of Shama and Tafil appear to me?' " 'A'isha continued, "I went to the Messenger of Allah, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, and informed him. He said, 'O Allah!Make us love Madina as much as we love Makka or even more. Make itsound and bless us in our sa and mudd. Remove its fever and put it inal-Juhfa.' "
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 45, Hadith 14
Arabic reference: Book 45, Hadith 1614