Residing in Madina and Leaving It

3 Yahya related to me from Malik from Qatan ibn Wahb ibn 'Umayr in al-Ajda' that Yuhannas, the mawla of az-Zubayr ibn al-'Awwam, informed him that he was sitting with 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar during the troubles (at the time of al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf). A female mawla of his came and greeted him. She said, " I want to leave, Abu 'Abd ar-Rahman. The times are harsh for us." 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar told her, " Stay put, O you with little knowledge, for I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'No one will be patient in hunger and hardship in Madina without my being a witness or intercessor for him on the Day of Rising."

[In Muslim]

4 Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir from Jabir ibn 'Abdullah that a Bedouin took an oath of allegiance in Islam with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. A fever befell the Bedouin at Madina and he went to the Messenger of Allah and said, " Messenger of Allah, release me from my pledge! " The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, refused. Then the Bedouin went to him again and said, " Release me from my pledge! " The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, refused. Then he came yet again and said, " Release me from my pledge! " He refused. The Bedouin left and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, " Madina is like the blacksmith's furnace. It removes impurities and purifies the good."

[In Bukhari and Muslim]

5 Malik related to me from that Yahya ibn Sa'id said, " I heard Abu'l-Hubab Sa'id ibn Yasar say that he heard Abu Hurayra say that he heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'I was ordered to a town which will eat up towns. They used to say " Yathrib" but it is Madina. It expels bad people like the blacksmith's furnace expels impurities from the iron."

[cf Bukhari 1772]

6 Malik related to me from Hisham ibn 'Urwa from his father that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and gnt him peace, said, " No one leaves Madina preferring to live elsewhere but that Allah will give it better than him in his place."

7 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn 'Urwa from his father from 'Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr that Sufyan ibn Abi Zuhayr said, " I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'Yemen will be conquered and people will be attracted to it, taking their families and whoever obeys them. Madina would have been better for them had they but known. Syria will be conquered and people will be attracted to it, taking their families and whoever obeys them. Madina would have been better for them had they but known. Iraq will be conquered and people will be attracted to it, taking their families and whoever obeys them. Madina would have been better for them had they but known.' "

[cf Bukhari 1776, also in Muslim]

8 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Himas from his paternal uncle from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, " Madina will be left in the best way until a dog or wolf enters it and urinates on one of the pillars of the mosque or on the mimbar." They asked, " Messenger of Allah, who will have the fruit at that time? " He replied, " Animals seeking food - birds and wild beasts."

[cf Bukhari 1775, also in Muslim]

9 Malik related to me that he had heard that when 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz left Madina, he turned back towards it and wept. Then he said, " O Muzahim! Aren't you afraid that we might be among those that Madina casts off? "

Making Madina a Haram

10 Yahya related to me from Malik from 'Amr, the mawla of al-Muttalib, from Anas ibn Malik that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saw Uhud and said, " This is a mountain which loves us and we love it. O Allah, Ibrahim made Makka a Haram and I will make what is betwen the two tracts of black stones (in Madina) a haram."

[Bukhari and Muslim]

11 Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Sa'd ibn al-Musayyab that Abu Hurayra said, " If I had seen a gazelle at Madina, I would have left it to graze and would not have frightened it. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'What is between the two tracts of black stones is a haram.' "

[cf Bukhari 1774]

12 Malik related to me from Yunus ibn Yusuf from 'Ata' ibn Yasar that Abu Ayyub al-Ansari found some boys who had driven a fox into a corner and he chased them away from it.

Malik said, " I only know that he said, 'Have you done this in the haram of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace? ' "

13 Yahya related to me from Malik from a man who said, " Zayd ibn Thabit came across me while I was at al-Aswaf (on the outskirts of Madina). I had captured a hawk. He took it from my hands and set it free."

The Epidemic of Madina

14 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn 'Urwa from his father that 'A'isha, Umm al-Muminin, said, " When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came to Madina, Abu Bakr and Bilal came down with a fever. I visited them and said, 'Father, how are you. Bilal, how are you? ' " She continued, " When Abu Bakr's fever worsened, he would say,

" Every man is struck down among his

people in the morning -

Death is nearer

than the strap of his sandal."

When the fever left Bilal, he raised his voice and said,

" Would that I knew whether I would

spend a night in the valley of Makka

with the sweet rushes and panic grass

around me!

Will I one day return

to the waters of Majinna?

Will the mountains of Shama and

Tafil loom before me? *"

'A'isha continued, I went to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and told him. He said, 'O Allah! Make us love Madina as much as we love Makka or even more! Make it healthy and bless us in our sa' and our mudd. Remove its fever and put it in al-Juhfa! ' "

[In Bukhari 3711, and Muslim]

* Sweet rushes and panic grass are two plants that grow in the valley of Makka. Majinna is a market-place a few miles from Makka. Shama and Tafil are two mountains about 30 miles from Makka.

15 Malik said that Yahya ibn Sa'id had related to him that 'A'isha said that 'Amir ibn Fuhayra had recited at the time of the epidemic,

" I have seen death before tasting it,

the coward's death is above him."

16 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nu'aym ibn 'Abdullah al-Mujmir that Abu Hurayra said, " The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'There are angels at the entries of Madina, and neither plague nor the Dajjal will enter it.' "

[cf. Bukhari 1781]

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