Hadith 23655

Chapter 88

باب 88

(88) باب الْمَدِينَةِ تَنْفِي شِرَارَهَا

(88) Chapter: Al-Madinah eliminates its Dross and it is also called Tabah, and Taibah (RU)
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وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، - فِيمَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِ - عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ، سَعِيدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحُبَابِ، سَعِيدَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أُمِرْتُ بِقَرْيَةٍ تَأْكُلُ الْقُرَى يَقُولُونَ يَثْرِبَ وَهْىَ الْمَدِينَةُ تَنْفِي النَّاسَ كَمَا يَنْفِي الْكِيرُ خَبَثَ الْحَدِيدِ " .

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. (RU)

Reference (RU): Sahih Muslim 1382 a (RU)

In-book reference (RU): Book 15, Hadith 557 (RU)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 7, Hadith 3189 (RU)