Book 29: The Merits of Medina
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 1867
Abu an-Nu'man related to us that Thabit bin Yazid told us. Asim Abu Abdur Rahman al-Ahwal related to us. It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (ra) that he narrated from the Prophet (saw). He said: “Medina is a sacred precinct (Haram) from here to there. Its trees are not to be cut, and no innovation is to be introduced in it. Whoever introduces any innovation in it, upon him is the curse of Allah, the Exalted, and of the angels and of all people.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1868
Abu Ma'mar related to us that Abdul Warith told us. He narrated from Abu at-Tayyah, and he from Hazrat Anas (ra), that the Prophet (saw) came to Medina and commanded that a mosque be built, and said: “O Banu Najjar, fix the price (of this site) with me.” They said: “We will not take its price except from Allah, the Exalted.” Then he gave orders about the graves of the idolaters, and they were dug up and the bones and so on removed. Then he gave orders about the ruins, which were levelled, and about the date palms, which were cut down; and the trunks of those date palms were set in order at the far end of the mosque.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1869
Isma'il bin Abdullah related to us; he said: My brother (Abdul Hamid) told me. He narrated from Sulaiman (bin Bilal), Sulaiman from Ubaidullah, Ubaidullah from Sa'id al-Maqburi, and Sa'id from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), that the Prophet (saw) said: “The area between the two stony plains of Medina has been declared sacred by my tongue.” And Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) said: The Prophet (saw) came to the Banu Harithah and said: “O Banu Harithah, I see that you have gone out of the sacred precinct (Haram).” Then he turned and looked and said: “You are within it.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1870
Muhammad bin Bashshar related to us that Abdur Rahman told us. Sufyan (ath-Thauri) related to us. He narrated from Al-A'mash, Al-A'mash from Ibrahim at-Taimi, Ibrahim from his father (Yazid bin Sharik), and his father from Hazrat Ali (ra), that he said: We have nothing except the Book of Allah and this sheet, in which there is also this saying of the Prophet (saw): “Medina is a sacred precinct (Haram) from the mountain of Air up to here. Whoever causes a breach in this sanctuary or gives refuge to one who causes a breach, upon him will be the curse of Allah and of the angels and of all people. Neither his intercession nor his ransom will be accepted.” And he also said: “The guarantee of protection of the Muslims is one. So whoever breaks faith with the Muslims and does not honour the guarantee, upon him is the curse of Allah, the Exalted, and of the angels and of all people. Neither a cash compensation nor any penalty will be accepted from him. And whoever makes a pact of alliance with a people without the permission of his allies (Mawali, that is, those bound by covenant with him), upon him too will be the curse of Allah and of the angels and of all people. Neither his intercession nor his ransom will be accepted.” Abu Abdullah (Imam Bukhari (rh)) said: The word adl means ransom.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1871
Abdullah bin Yusuf related to us that Malik informed us that it is narrated from Yahya bin Sa'id; he said: I heard Abu al-Hubab Sa'id bin Yasar say: I heard Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) say that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “I was commanded (to go) to a town that will devour other towns. It is called Yathrib, and that (town) is Medina. It will drive out (bad) people (like refuse), just as the furnace drives out the dross of iron.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1872
Khalid bin Makhlad related to us that Sulaiman told us; he said: Amr bin Yahya related to me. He narrated from Abbas bin Sahl bin Sa'd, and he from Hazrat Abu Humaid (as-Sa'idi) (ra) (he said) that we came back from Tabuk with the Prophet (saw), until when we reached the high ground near Medina, he said: “This is Tabah.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1873
Abdullah bin Yusuf related to us that Malik informed us. He narrated from Ibn Shihab, he from Sa'id bin Musayyab, and Sa'id from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), that he used to say: If I saw deer grazing in Medina, I would not frighten them, because the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “(The area) between the two stony plains of Medina is a sacred precinct (Haram).”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1874
Abu al-Yaman related to us that Shu'aib told us. It is narrated from Az-Zuhri. He said: Sa'id bin Musayyab informed us that Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) said that I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say: “People will leave Medina while it is in the very best condition. Then it will come to be that wild creatures will come and go there.” By this he meant wild beasts and birds. “And the last to be brought there will be two shepherds of (the tribe of) Muzainah. They will head for Medina, driving their goats, and will find it desolate. Then, when the two of them reach Thaniyyat-ul-Wada', they will fall on their faces.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1875
Abdullah bin Yusuf related to us that Malik told us. He narrated from Hisham bin Urwah, Hisham from his father, his father from Hazrat Abdullah bin Zubair (ra), and Hazrat Ibn Zubair (ra) from Hazrat Sufyan bin Abi Zuhair (ra). He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say: “Yemen will be conquered, and some people will come driving their camels and will carry off their families and those who obeyed them, although Medina would be better for them, if only they knew. And Syria will be conquered, and some people will come driving their camels. Then they will carry off their families and those who obeyed them, although Medina would be better for them, if only they knew. And Iraq will be conquered, and some people will come driving their camels. Then they will carry off their families and those who obey them, although Medina would be better for them, if only they knew.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1876
Ibrahim bin Mundhir related to us that Anas bin Iyad told us; he said: Ubaidullah (al-Umari) related to me. He narrated from Khubaib bin Abdur Rahman, he from Hafs bin Asim, and he from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Faith will draw back into Medina just as a snake draws back into its hole.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1877
Husain bin Huraith related to us that Fadl (bin Musa) informed us. He narrated from Ju'aid, and Ju'aid from Aishah, who is the daughter of Hazrat Sa'd (ra). She said: I heard Hazrat Sa'd (ra) say: I heard the Prophet (saw) say: “No one will deceive or plot against the people of Medina but he will dissolve just as salt dissolves in water.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1878
Ali bin Abdullah (al-Madini) related to us; he said that Sufyan (bin Uyainah) told us. Ibn Shihab related to us; he said: Urwah informed me. (He said:) I heard Hazrat Usamah (ra) say: The Prophet (saw) looked out from one of the fortresses of Medina and said: “Do you also see what I see? I see the places where trials will break out in your houses, as many as the drops of rain.” Ma'mar and Sulaiman bin Kathir also reported it from Az-Zuhri as Sufyan did.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1879
Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah related to us; he said: Ibrahim bin Sa'd told me. He narrated from his father, his father from his grandfather (Ibrahim), his grandfather from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (ra), and he from the Prophet (saw), that he said: “The terror of the Messiah, the Dajjal, will not enter Medina. On that day it will have seven gates, and at each gate two angels will be posted.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1880
Isma'il (bin Abi Uwais) related to us; he said: Malik told me. He narrated from Nu'aim bin Abdullah al-Mujmir, and Nu'aim from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), that he said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “There will be angels at the gates of Medina. Neither the plague will enter it nor the Dajjal.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1881
Ibrahim bin Mundhir related to us that Walid (bin Muslim) told us. Abu Amr (al-Auza'i) related to us. Ishaq (bin Abdullah) told us. Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra) told me that it is narrated from the Prophet (saw). He said: “There is no city but that the Dajjal will soon trample it, except Mecca and Medina. There will not be a single one of its roads but there will be angels standing in rows upon it, guarding it. Then Medina will shake with its inhabitants three times, and Allah, the Exalted, will drive out every disbeliever and hypocrite (to battle).”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1882
Yahya bin Bukair related to us that Laith (bin Sa'd) told us. He narrated from Uqail, and Uqail from Ibn Shihab. He said: Ubaidullah bin Abdullah bin Utbah informed me that Hazrat Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (ra) said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) told us a long account about the Dajjal. In it he also said: “The Dajjal will come to a salty land, one of the salt marshes of Medina, while entering the gates of Medina will be forbidden to him. On that day a man, who will be the most righteous of people, will go out to him.” He said khair-un-nas (the best of people) or min khair-in-nas (one of the best of people). “He will say: ‘I bear witness that you are that very Dajjal about whom the Messenger of Allah (saw) told us.’ The Dajjal will say: ‘Tell me, if I kill this man and then bring him back to life, will you have any doubt in this matter?’ The people will say: ‘No.’ So he will kill him and then bring him back to life. When the Dajjal has brought him back to life, he (the righteous man) will say: ‘By Allah, I have never had clearer insight (about you) than I have today.’ The Dajjal will say to himself: ‘I will kill him,’ but he will not have the power over him.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1883
Amr bin Abbas related to us that Abdur Rahman told us. Sufyan (ath-Thauri) related to us. He narrated from Muhammad bin Munkadir, and Ibn Munkadir from Hazrat Jabir (ra), that a Bedouin came to the Prophet (saw) and pledged allegiance (Bai'at) to him on Islam. The next day he came with a fever and said: “Release me from the pledge.” He refused. He said this three times. Then he said: “Medina is like a furnace that casts out its dross, and its pure metal becomes refined gold.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1884
Sulaiman bin Harb related to us that Shu'bah told us. He narrated from Adi bin Thabit, and Adi from Abdullah bin Yazid. He said: I heard Hazrat Zaid bin Thabit (ra) say: When the Prophet (saw) set out for the Battle of Uhud, some of his companions turned back. One group said: “We will kill them,” and another group said: “We will not kill them.” Then this verse was revealed: “What has happened to you that you are divided into two parties regarding the hypocrites?” (Qur’an 4:89). And the Prophet (saw) said: “It (that is, Medina) drives away (such) men just as fire drives away the dross of iron.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1885
Abdullah bin Muhammad (al-Musnadi) related to us that Wahb bin Jarir told us. My father related to us, (he said:) I heard Yunus. He narrated from Ibn Shihab, Ibn Shihab from Hazrat Anas (ra), and he from the Prophet (saw). He said: “O my Allah, grant Medina twice the blessing that You have granted Mecca.” Uthman bin Umar also reported it from Yunus as they did.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1886
Qutaibah related to us that Isma'il bin Ja'far told us. He narrated from Humaid, and Humaid from Hazrat Anas (ra): When the Prophet (saw) returned from a journey and saw the walls of Medina, he would make his she-camel go fast, and if he was on some other animal, he would make it run too, out of love for Medina.
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