I have been commanded (to migrate) to a town (Medina) which would overpower other towns. They (the people) call it Yathrib; its correct name is (in fact) Medina. It eliminates (bad) people just as a furnace removes the alloy of iron. (Using translation from Muslim 1382a)  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أُمِرْتُ بِقَرْيَةٍ تَأْكُلُ الْقُرَى يَقُولُونَ يَثْرِبُ وَهِيَ الْمَدِينَةُ تَنْفِي النَّاسَ كَمَا يَنْفِي الْكِيرُ خَبَثَ الْحَدِيدِ»  

When Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal got fever, and I went to both of them and said, "O my father, how do you feel? O Bilal, how do you feel?" Whenever Abu Bakr's fever got worse, he would say, "Every man will meet his death once in one morning while he will be among his family, for death is really nearer to him than his leather shoe laces (to his feet)." And whenever fever deserted Bilal, he would say aloud, "Would that I know whether I shall spend a night in the valley (of Mecca) with Idhkhir and Jalil (i.e. kinds of grass) around me, and whether I shall drink one day the water of Mijannah, and whether I shall see once again the hills of Shamah and Tafil?" Then I went to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him of that. He said, "O Allah, make us love Medina as much as or more than we used to love Mecca, O Allah, make it healthy and bless its Sa' and Mud (i.e. measures), and take away its fever to Al-Juhfa." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3926)  

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ لَمَّا قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وُعِكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَبِلَالٌ قَالَتْ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِمَا فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَتِ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ وَيَا بِلَالُ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ؟ قَالَتْ وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ إِذَا أَخَذَتْهُ الْحُمَّى يَقُولُ  

" Messenger of Allah ﷺ cast a glance at Uhud and said: Uhud is a mountain which loves us and we love it." (Using translation from Muslim 1393b)  

نَظَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى أُحُدٍ وَقَالَ «إِنَّ أُحُدًا جَبَلٌ يُحِبُّنَا وَنُحِبُّهُ»  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ naming the city Tabah.  

«سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَمَّى الْمَدِينَةَ طَابَةَ»  

“Faith will retreat to Al-Madinah as a snake retreats to its hole.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3111)  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْإِيمَانَ لَيَأْرِزُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ كَمَا تَأْرِزُ الْحَيَّةُ إِلَى جُحْرِهَا»  

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, Belief returns and goes back to Medina as a snake returns and goes back to its hole (when in danger). (Using translation from Bukhārī 1876)  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْإِيمَانَ لَيَأْرِزُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةَ كَمَا تَأْرِزُ الْحَيَّةُ إِلَى جُحْرِهَا»  

“Faith will retreat to Al-Madinah as a snake retreats to its hole.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3111)  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْإِيمَانَ لَيَأْرِزُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةَ كَمَا تَأْرِزُ الْحَيَّةُ إِلَى جُحْرِهَا»  

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, "Rejoice, O Muslim community! The Dajjal (false messiah) will not enter it." It means the city (referring to Medina).  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «أَبْشِرُوا مَعْشَرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ لَا يَدْخُلُهَا الدَّجَّالُ» يَعْنِي الْمَدِينَةَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The terror of the Antichrist will not enter Medina on that day. It will have seven gates, and for each gate there will be two angels."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَنْ يَدْخُلَ الْمَدِينَةَ رُعْبُ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ لَهَا يَوْمَئِذٍ سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَابٍ لِكُلِّ بَابٍ مِنْهَا مَلَكَانِ»  

[Machine] "That a Bedouin pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on Islam and then the Bedouin became sick in the city. So, the Bedouin left and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Indeed, the city is like a fever that expels its impurities and leaves behind what is pure.'"  

أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا بَايَعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَأَصَابَ الْأَعْرَابِيَّ وَعْكٌ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَخَرَجَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّمَا الْمَدِينَةُ كَالْكِيرِ تَنْفِي خَبَثَهَا وَيَنْصَعُ طَيِّبُهَا»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No one leaves it, meaning the city, out of their desire for it, except that Allah will replace it with something better for it. And the city is better for them if they only knew."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا أَحَدٌ يَعْنِي الْمَدِينَةَ رَغْبَةً عَنْهَا إِلَّا أَبْدَلَهَا اللَّهُ مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَهَا مِنْهُ وَالْمَدِينَةُ خَيْرٌ لَهُمْ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ»  

[Machine] Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There will come a time upon the people when a man will invite his cousin and his close relative, saying, 'Come, let's enjoy prosperity.' But Medina is better for them if only they knew. By the One in whose hand is my soul, no one leaves Medina out of desire for something else except that Allah will replace it with something better for him. Behold, Medina is like a furnace that expels impurities, and the Hour will not be established until it expels its evils just as the furnace expels the impurities of iron."  

حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ يَدْعُو الرَّجُلُ ابْنَ عَمِّهِ وَقَرِيبِهِ هَلُمَّ إِلَى الرَّخَاءِ هَلُمَّ إِلَى الرَّخَاءِ وَالْمَدِينَةُ خَيْرٌ لَهُمْ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا يَخْرُجُ أَحَدٌ مِنْهَا رَغْبَةً عَنْهَا إِلَّا أَخْلَفَ اللَّهُ فِيهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهُ أَلَا إِنَّ الْمَدِينَةَ كَالْكِيرِ تُخْرِجُ الْخَبَثَ وَلَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَنْفِيَ الْمَدِينَةُ شِرَارَهَا كَمَا يَنْفِي الْكِيرُ خَبَثَ الْحَدِيدِ»  

[Machine] "A Bedouin pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for Islam, and the Bedouin contracted a disease in Medina. The Bedouin left and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Indeed, Medina is like a furnace, it drives away its impurities and refines its good.'"  

أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا بَايَعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَأَصَابَ الْأَعْرَابِيَّ وَعْكٌ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَخَرَجَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّمَا الْمَدِينَةُ كَالْكِيرِ تَنْفِي خَبَثَهَا وَيَنْصَعُ طَيِّبُهَا»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A time is soon to come when a person will strike the livers of camels in search of knowledge, but he will not find a scholar more knowledgeable than the scholar of Madinah." Abu Musa said, "I heard from Ibn Juraij that he used to say, 'We consider Malik ibn Anas to be the most knowledgeable. I mentioned this to Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah, and he said, 'Indeed, a scholar is only someone who fears Allah, and we do not know anyone who fears Allah more than Al-Umari, who is the intended servant of Abdullah ibn Abdul Aziz.'"  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَضْرِبَ الرَّجُلُ أَكْبَادَ الْإِبِلِ فِي طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ فَلَا يَجِدُ عَالِمًا أَعْلَمَ مِنْ عَالِمِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ» قَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى بَلَغَنِي عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ انْهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ نَرَى أَنَّهُ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِسُفْيَانَ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا الْعَالِمُ مَنْ يخْشَى اللَّهَ وَلَا نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا كَانَ أَخْشَى لِلَّهِ مِنَ الْعُمَرِيِّ يُرِيدُ بِهِ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ  

“Whoever wishes bad upon the people of Al-Madinah, Allah will cause him to melt as salt melts in water.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3114)  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَرَادَ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ بِسُوءٍ أَذَابَهُ اللَّهُ كَمَا يَذُوبُ الْمِلْحُ فِي الْمَاءِ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever fears the people of Medina, Allah will fear him."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَخَافَ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ أَخَافَهُ اللَّهُ»  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "Anyone who endures the difficulties and hardships of traveling [for the sake of Allah] will have me interceding for him on the Day of Judgment."  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَصْبِرُ عَلَى لَأْوَائِهَا وَشِدَّتِهَا أَحَدٌ إِلَّا كُنْتُ لَهُ شَفِيعًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No one endures the difficulties and hardships of Madinah and its exertions except that I will be an intercessor or a witness for him.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَصْبِرُ أَحَدٌ عَلَى لَأْوَاءِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَجَهْدِهَا إِلَّا كُنْتُ لَهُ شَفِيعًا أَوْ شَهِيدًا»  

‘Whoever among you can die in Al-Madinah, let him do so, for I will bear witness in favor of those who die there.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3112)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَمُوتَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَلْيَمُتْ بِالْمَدِينَةَ فَإِنِّي أَشْفَعُ لِمَنْ مَاتَ بِهَا»  

[Machine] I heard Safiyyah bint Abi Ubaidah saying that she heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Whoever among you is able to die only in Madinah, then let him die there, for whoever dies there, it will intercede for him and testify for him."  

سَمِعْتُهَا تُحَدِّثُ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ لَا يَمُوتَ إِلَّا بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَلْيَمُتْ بِهَا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَمُتْ بِهَا تَشْفَعْ لَهُ وَتَشْهَدُ لَهُ»  

O Allah, bless us in our sa' and mud and shower with its blessings two other blessings (multiply blessings showerted upon it). (Using translation from Muslim 1374b)  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي مُدِّنَا وَصَاعِنَا وَاجْعَلْ مَعَ الْبَرَكَةِ بَرَكَتَيْنِ»  

[Machine] It was said, "O Messenger of Allah, our measure (of crops) is the smallest and our provisions are the least." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Allah, bless our measure, our provisions, our small amount, and our abundance, and bestow upon us double blessings."  

قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَاعُنَا أَصْغَرُ الصِّيعَانِ وَمُدُّنَا أَصْغَرُ الْأَمْدَادِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي صَاعِنَا وَمُدِّنَا وَقَلِيلِنَا وَكَثِيرِنَا وَاجْعَلْ مَعَ الْبَرَكَةِ بَرَكَتَيْنِ»  

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Allah bestow your blessings on their measures, bless their Mudd and Sa." The Prophet ﷺ meant the people of Medina. (Using translation from Bukhārī 2130)  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَهُمْ فِي مِكْيَالِهِمْ وَبَارِكْ لَهُمْ فِي صَاعِهِمْ وَمُدِّهِمْ» يَعْنِي أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ  

We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and when we were in the Harrah, at as-Suqya (a halting place between Makkah and Madinah) which belonged to Saʿd bin Abi Waqqas, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿBring me some water for wudoo’.” When he had done wudoo he stood up and turned to face the qiblah, then he said takbeer, then he said: O Allah, Ibrahim was Your slave and Your close friend; he prayed for blessing for the people of Makkah. I am Muhammad, Your slave and Your Messenger; I am praying to You for the people of Madinah - bless their mudd and saʿ [weights and measures] as You blessed the people of Makkah, double the blessing You bestowed upon the people of Makkah, a twofold blessing.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 936)  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِالْحَرَّةِ بِالسُّقْيَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِيتُونِي بِوِضُوءٍ» فَلَمَّا تَوَضَّأَ قَامَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كَانَ عَبْدُكَ وَخَلِيلُكَ دَعَاكَ لِأَهْلِ مَكَّةَ بِالْبَرَكَةِ وَأَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ عَبْدُكُ وَرَسُولُكَ أَدْعُوكَ لِأَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ أَنْ تَبَارَكَ لَهُمْ فِي مُدِّهِمْ وَصَاعِهِمْ مِثْلَ مَا بَارَكْتَ لِأَهْلِ مَكَّةَ مَعَ الْبَرَكَةِ بَرَكَتَيْنِ»  

“When the people would see the first fruit, they would bring it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would take it, he would say: ‘O Allah, bless for us our fruits, and bless for us our city, and bless for us our Saʿ and our Mudd, O Allah, verily, Ibrahim is Your worshipper and Your friend and Your Prophet, and verily I am Your slave and Your Prophet, and indeed, he (i.e., Ibrahim AS) supplicated to You for Makkah, and I supplicate to You for Al-Madinah with the like of that with which he supplicated to You for Makkah, and the like of it with it.’ He said: Then he would call the smallest young child he saw and give him that fruit. (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3454)  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ كَانَ النَّاسُ إِذَا رَأَوَا الثَّمَرَ جَاؤُوا بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا أَخَذَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي ثَمَرِنَا وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي مَدِينَتِنَا وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي صَاعِنَا وَمُدِّنَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَبْدُكَ وَخَلِيلُكَ وَنَبِيُّكَ وَإِنِّي عَبْدُكَ وَنَبِيُّكَ وَإِنَّهُ دَعَاكَ لِمَكَّةَ وَأَنَا أَدْعُوكَ لِلْمَدِينَةِ بِمِثْلِ مَا دَعَا بِهِ لِمَكَّةَ وَمِثْلُهُ مَعَهُ» ثُمَّ يَدْعُو أَصْغَرَ وَلِيدٍ يَرَاهُ فَيُعْطِيهِ ذَلِكَ الثَّمَرَ  

[Machine] She said, "I heard Aisha say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ woke up one night, wore his clothes, and then went out."  

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَلَبِسَ ثِيَابَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ  

"The columns of this Minbar of mine will be in Paradise." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 696)   

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «قَوَائِمُ الْمِنْبَرِ رَوَاتِبُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ»  

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Between my house and my pulpit there is a garden of the gardens of Paradise, and my pulpit is on my fountain tank (i.e. Al-Kauthar)." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1196)  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا بَيْنَ بَيْتِي وَمِنْبَرِي رَوْضَةٌ مِنْ رِيَاضِ الْجَنَّةِ وَمِنْبَرِي عَلَى حَوْضِي»  

If I saw deers grazing in Medina, I would not chase them, for Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "(Medina) is a sanctuary between its two mountains." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1873)  

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ لَوْ رَأَيْتُ الظِّبَاءَ تَرْتَعُ بِالْمَدِينَةَ مَا ذَعَرْتُهَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا حَرَامٌ»  

[Machine] We have sheep and young men, and they are hitting their sheep with this fruit called "thamara al-hubla" which is a type of tamarind. Jabir said, "No, don't hit or cut the rope belonging to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, but gently move it." He then said, "If the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited us from cutting the green trees and young palm trees..."  

لَنَا غَنَمٌ وَغِلْمَانٌ وَهُمْ يُخَبِّطُونَ عَلَى غَنَمِهِمْ هَذِهِ الثَّمَرَةَ الْحُبْلَةَ وَهِيَ ثَمَرَةُ السَّمُرِ؟ فَقَالَ جَابِرُ لَا ثُمَّ قَالَ لَا يُخْبَطُ وَلَا يُعْضَدُ مُحْرِمُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَكِنْ هُشُّوا هَشًّا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيَنْهانَا أَنْ نَقْطَعَ الْمَسَدَ وَمِرْوَدَ الْبَكَرَةِ  

If I live, in sha Allah, I shall certainly expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula. (Using translation from Aḥmad 215)   

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَئِنْ عِشْتُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهِ لَأُخْرِجَنَّ الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى مِنْ جَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِ حَتَّى لَا يَبْقَى فِيهَا إِلَّا مُسْلِمٌ»