Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 1883

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Sahih al-Bukhari 1883
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَبَايَعَهُ عَلَى الإِسْلاَمِ، فَجَاءَ مِنَ الْغَدِ مَحْمُومًا، فَقَالَ أَقِلْنِي، فَأَبَى ثَلاَثَ مِرَارٍ، فَقَالَ ‏"‏ الْمَدِينَةُ كَالْكِيرِ، تَنْفِي خَبَثَهَا، وَيَنْصَعُ طَيِّبُهَا ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

Amr ibn Abbas narrated to us; Abd al-Rahman narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, from Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: A Bedouin came to the Prophet and pledged allegiance to him upon Islam. The next day he came with a fever and said: Release me from my pledge. The Prophet refused three times, then said: Medina is like a furnace: it casts out its dross and refines what is good in it.