Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 7211
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ،. أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا، بَايَعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى الإِسْلاَمِ فَأَصَابَ الأَعْرَابِيَّ وَعْكٌ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، فَأَتَى الأَعْرَابِيُّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَقِلْنِي بَيْعَتِي، فَأَبَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ فَقَالَ أَقِلْنِي بَيْعَتِي فَأَبَى، ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ فَقَالَ أَقِلْنِي بَيْعَتِي فَأَبَى فَخَرَجَ الأَعْرَابِيُّ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّمَا الْمَدِينَةُ كَالْكِيرِ تَنْفِي خَبَثَهَا وَيَنْصَعُ طِيبُهَا ".
Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh reported: A Bedouin pledged allegiance to the Messenger of God to accept Islam, then was afflicted by a fever in Medina. He came to the Messenger of God and said, “Messenger of God, release me from my pledge.” The Messenger of God refused. He came again and said, “Release me from my pledge,” but the Messenger of God refused. He came a third time and said, “Release me from my pledge,” but the Messenger of God refused. The Bedouin then left. The Messenger of God said, “Medina is like a blacksmith’s bellows: it removes its impurities and makes its good pure.”
Translation notes
This version specifies that the Bedouin was afflicted by fever in Medina and asked three times to be released from his pledge; each request was refused.