Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 2737
Arabic hadith text
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " أُمِرْتُ بِقَرْيَةٍ تَأْكُلُ الْقُرَى. يَقُولُونَ: يَثْرِبَ وَهِيَ الْمَدِينَةُ تَنْفِي النَّاسَ كَمَا يَنْفِي الْكِيرُ خَبَثَ الْحَدِيدِ "
Translation
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Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “I was commanded to go to a town that consumes other towns.” They say: “Yathrib,” but it is Madinah. It expels people as a furnace removes impurities from iron. [Agreed upon]