Sahih al-Bukhari: Virtues of Madinah

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Chapter: Haram (sanctuary) of Al-Madina

Narrated Anas:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Medina is a sanctuary from that place to that. Its trees should not be cut and no heresy should be innovated nor any sin should be committed in it, and whoever innovates in it an heresy or commits sins (bad deeds), then he will incur the curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people." (See Hadith No. 409, Vol 9).

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1867
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 1
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 91
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Narrated Anas:

The Prophet (ﷺ) came to Medina and ordered a mosque to be built and said, "O Bani Najjar! Suggest to me the price (of your land)." They said, "We do not want its price except from Allah" (i.e. they wished for a reward from Allah for giving up their land freely). So, the Prophet (ﷺ) ordered the graves of the pagans to be dug out and the land to be leveled, and the date-palm trees to be cut down. The cut datepalms were fixed in the direction of the Qibla of the mosque.

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1868
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 2
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 92
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Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I have made Medina a sanctuary between its two (Harrat) mountains." The Prophet (ﷺ) went to the tribe of Bani Haritha and said (to them), "I see that you have gone out of the sanctuary," but looking around, he added, "No, you are inside the sanctuary."

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1869
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 3
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 93
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Narrated `Ali:

We have nothing except the Book of Allah and this written paper from the Prophet (wherein is written:) Medina is a sanctuary from the 'Air Mountain to such and such a place, and whoever innovates in it an heresy or commits a sin, or gives shelter to such an innovator in it will incur the curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people, none of his compulsory or optional good deeds of worship will be accepted. And the asylum (of protection) granted by any Muslim is to be secured (respected) by all the other Muslims; and whoever betrays a Muslim in this respect incurs the curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people, and none of his compulsory or optional good deeds of worship will be accepted, and whoever (freed slave) befriends (take as masters) other than his manumitters without their permission incurs the curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people, and none of his compulsory or optional good deeds of worship will be accepted.

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1870
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 4
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 94
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Chapter: Superiority of Al-Madina. It expels (evil) persons

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "I was ordered to migrate to a town which will swallow (conquer) other towns and is called Yathrib and that is Medina, and it turns out (bad) persons as a furnace removes the impurities of iron.

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1871
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 5
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 95
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Chapter: Al-Madina is also called Taba

Narrated Abu Humaid:

We came with the Prophet (ﷺ) from Tabuk, and when we reached near Medina, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "This is Tabah."

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1872
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 6
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 96
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Chapter: The two mountains of Al-Madina

Narrated Abu Huraira:

If I saw deers grazing in Medina, I would not chase them, for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "(Medina) is a sanctuary between its two mountains."

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1873
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 7
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 97
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Chapter: The one who avoids living in Al-Madina?

Narrated Abu Huraira:

I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "The people will leave Medina in spite of the best state it will have, and none except the wild birds and the beasts of prey will live in it, and the last persons who will die will be two shepherds from the tribe of Muzaina, who will be driving their sheep towards Medina, but will find nobody in it, and when they reach the valley of Thaniyat-al-Wada`, they will fall down on their faces dead."

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1874
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 8
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 98
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Narrated Sufyan b. Abu Zuhair:

I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "Yemen will be conquered and some people will migrate (from Medina) and will urge their families, and those who will obey them to migrate (to Yemen) although Medina will be better for them; if they but knew. Sham will also be conquered and some people will migrate (from Medina) and will urge their families and those who will obey them, to migrate (to Sham) although Medina will be better for them; if they but knew. 'Iraq will be conquered and some people will migrate (from Medina) and will urge their families and those who will obey them to migrate (to 'Iraq) although Medina will be better for them; if they but knew."

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1875
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 9
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 99
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Chapter: Iman (Belief) returns and goes back to Al-Madina

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Verily, Belief returns and goes back to Medina as a snake returns and goes back to its hole (when in danger).

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1876
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 10
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 100
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Chapter: Sin of that person who harms the people of Al-Madina

Narrated Sa`d:

I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "None plots against the people of Medina but that he will be dissolved (destroyed) like the salt is dissolved in water."

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1877
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 11
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 101
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Chapter: The high buildings of Al-Madina

Narrated Usama:

Once the Prophet (ﷺ) stood at the top of a (looked out from upon one) castle amongst the castles (or the high buildings) of Medina and said, "Do you see what I see? (No doubt) I see the spots where afflictions will take place among your houses (and these afflictions will be) as numerous as the spots where raindrops fall."

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1878
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 12
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 102
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Chapter: Ad-Dajjal will not be able to enter Al-Madina

Narrated Abu Bakra:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The terror caused by Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal will not enter Medina and at that time Medina will have seven gates and there will be two angels at each gate guarding them."

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1879
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 13
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 103
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Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "There are angels guarding the entrances (or roads) of Medina, neither plague nor Ad-Dajjal will be able to enter it."

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1880
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 14
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 104
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Narrated Anas bin Malik:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There will be no town which Ad-Dajjal will not enter except Mecca and Medina, and there will be no entrance (road) (of both Mecca and Medina) but the angels will be standing in rows guarding it against him, and then Medina will shake with its inhabitants thrice (i.e. three earthquakes will take place) and Allah will expel all the non-believers and the hypocrites from it."

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1881
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 15
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 105
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Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) told us a long narrative about Ad-Dajjal, and among the many things he mentioned, was his saying, "Ad-Dajjal will come and it will be forbidden for him to pass through the entrances of Medina. He will land in some of the salty barren areas (outside) Medina; on that day the best man or one of the best men will come up to him and say, 'I testify that you are the same Dajjal whose description was given to us by Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) .' Ad-Dajjal will say to the people, 'If I kill this man and bring him back to life again, will you doubt my claim?' They will say, 'No.' Then Ad-Dajjal will kill that man and bring him back to life. That man will say, 'Now I know your reality better than before.' Ad-Dajjal will say, 'I want to kill him but I cannot.' "

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1882
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 16
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 106
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Chapter: Al-Madina expels all the evil and bad persons

Narrated Jabir:

A bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and gave a pledge of allegiance for embracing Islam. The next day he came with fever and said (to the Prophet (ﷺ) ), "Please cancel my pledge (of embracing Islam and of emigrating to Medina)." The Prophet (ﷺ) 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."

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1883
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 17
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 107
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Narrated Zaid bin Thabit:

When the Prophet (ﷺ) 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 (ﷺ) said, "Medina expels the bad persons from it, as fire expels the impurities of iron."

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1884
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 18
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 108
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Chapter:

Narrated Anas:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Allah! Bestow on Medina twice the blessings You bestowed on Mecca."

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1885
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 19
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 109
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Narrated Anas:

Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) 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.

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1886
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 20
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 110
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Chapter: The dislike of the Prophet (saws) that Al-Madina should be vacated

Narrated Anas:

(The people of) Bani Salama intended to shift near the mosque (of the Prophet) but Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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.

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1887
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 21
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 111
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Chapter:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet (ﷺ) 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).

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1888
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 22
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 112
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Narrated `Aisha:

When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) reached Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal became ill. When Abu Bakr's fever got worse, he would recite (this poetic verse): "Everybody is staying alive with his People, yet Death is nearer to him than His shoe laces." And Bilal, when his fever deserted him, would recite: "Would that I could stay overnight in A valley wherein I would be Surrounded by Idhkhir and Jalil (kinds of goodsmelling grass). Would that one day I could Drink the water of the Majanna, and Would that (The two mountains) Shama and Tafil would appear to me!" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Allah! Curse Shaiba bin Rabi`a and `Utba bin Rabi`a and Umaiya bin Khalaf as they turned us out of our land to the land of epidemics." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) then said, "O Allah! Make us love Medina as we love Mecca or even more than that. O Allah! Give blessings in our Sa and our Mudd (measures symbolizing food) and make the climate of Medina suitable for us, and divert its fever towards Aljuhfa." Aisha added: When we reached Medina, it was the most unhealthy of Allah's lands, and the valley of Bathan (the valley of Medina) used to flow with impure colored water.

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1889
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 23
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 113
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Narrated Zaid bin Aslam from his father:

`Umar said, O Allah! Grant me martyrdom in Your cause, and let my death be in the city of Your Apostle."

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1890
In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 24
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 114
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