The Book of Pilgrimage

كتاب الحج

Chapter 88: Al-Madinah eliminates its Dross and it is also called Tabah, and Taibah

Zaid b. Thabit reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying

It is Taiba, thereby meaning Medina. It drives away impurity just as fire removes the impurity of silver.

Jabir b. Samura (Allah be pleased with him) reported that he heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say

Allah named Medina as Tabba.

Chapter 89: The prohibition of wishing ill towards the people of Al-Madinah, and that the one who wishes them ill will be caused to melt by Allah

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Abul-Qasim (Muhammad, may peace be upon him) said

He who intends to do harm to the people of this city (that is, Medina), Allah would efface him as salt is dissolved in water.

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

He who intends to do harm to its people (he meant Medina), Allah would efface him as salt is dissolved in water. Ibn Hatim (one of the narrators) substituted the word" harm" for" mischief".

This hadith is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira by another chain of transmitters.

Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

He who intends to do harm to the people of Medina, Allah would efface him just as water dissolves salt.

Sa'd b. Malik heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying like this except (this variation) that he said

" Sudden attack or harm."

Abu Huraira and Sa'd reported Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him) as saying

O Allah, bless the people of Medina in their mudd, the rest of the hadith being the same, and in It (this is also mentioned):" He wo intends to do harm to its people, Allah would efface him just as salt it dissolved in water."

Chapter 90: Encouraging people to stay in Al-Madinah when the regions were conquered

Sufyan b. Abd Zuhair reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

Syria will be conquered and some people will go out of Medina along with their families driving their camels. and Medina is better for them if they were to know it. Then Yemen will be conquered and some people will go out of Medina along with their families driving their camels, and Medina is better for them if they were to know it. Then Iraq will be conquered and some people will go out of it along with their families driving their camels, and Medina is better for them if they were to know it.

Sufyan b. Abu Zuhair heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say

Yemen will be conquered and some people will go away (to that country) driving their camels and carrying their families on them and those who are under their authority, while Medina is better for them if they were to know it. Then Syria will be conquered and some people will go away driving their camels along with them and carrying their families with them and those who are under their authority, while Medina is better for theni if they were to know it. Thtn lraq will be conquered and some people will go away (to that country) driving their camels and carrying their families with them and those who are under their authority. while Medina is better for them if they were to know it.

Chapter 91: The Prophet saws foretold that the people will abandon Al-Madinah when it is the best it ever was

Salid b. Musayyib heard Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) say that 'Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said about Medina

Its inhabitants will abandon it, whereas it is good for them and it will become the haunt of beasts and birds. (Imam Muslim said that Abu Safwan, one of the narrators whose name was 'Abdullah b. 'Abd al-Malik, was an orphan and I bn juraij took him under his care for ten years.)

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say

They (the residents of) Medina will abandon Medina whereas it is good for them and it will be haunted by beasts and birds, and two shepherds will come out from Muzainah intending (to go) towards Medina and tending their herd, and will find nothing but wilderness there until when they will reach the mountain path of Wada, they will fall down on their faces.

Chapter 92: The virtue of the area between the prophet's grave and his Minbar, and the virtue of the spot where his minbar is

AbduUah b. Zaid al-Mazini (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

That which is between my house" and my pulpit is a garden from the gardens of Paradise.

Abdullah b. Zaid al-Ansari heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

That which exists between my pulpit and my house is a garden from the gardens of Paradise.

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

That which exists between my house and my pulpit is a garden from the gardens of Paradise, and my pulpit is upon my cistern.

Chapter 93: The virtue of Uhud

Abu Humaid (Allah be pleased with him) reported

We went out along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in the expedition of Tabuk, and Abu Humaid further related: We proceeded until we reached the valley of Qura; and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: I am going forth, so he among you who wants to move fast with me may do so; and he who likes to go slowly may do so. We proceeded until Medina was within our sight, and he said: This is Tabah (another name of Medina); this is Uhud, the mountain which loves us and we love it.

Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him) as saying

Uhud is a mountain which loves us and which we love.

This hadith is narrated by Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleased with him) with another chain of transmitters (and the words are)

" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) cast a glance at Uhud and said: Uhud is a mountain which loves us and we love it."

Chapter 94: The virtue of praying in the Masajid of Makkah and Al-Madinah

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) narrated It directly from Allah's Apostle' (ﷺ) having said this

A prayer in my mosque is a thousand times more excellent than a prayer in any other mosque, except Masjid al-Haram (Mosque of the Ka'ba).

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

Prayer in my mosque is more excellent than a thousand prayers observed in other mosques except the Masjid al- Haram.