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ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ خِيَارِ النَّاسِ، وَأَنَّ الْخَارِجَ عَنْهَا رَغْبَةً عَنْهَا مِنْ شِرَارِهِمْ

ibnhibban:3734 – Abū Khalīfah > al-Qaʿnabī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > al-ʿAlāʾ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[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."  

ابن حبّان:٣٧٣٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ

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»  

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muslim:1381 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz / al-Darāwardī > al-ʿAlāʾ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

A time will come for the people (of Medina) when a man will invite his cousin and any other near relation: Come (and settle) at (a place) where living is cheap, come to where there is plenty, but Medina will be better for them; would they know it! By Him in Whose Hand is my life, none amongst them would go out (of the city) with a dislike for it, but Allah would make his successor in it someone better than be. Behold. Medina is like furnace which eliminates from it the impurities. And the Last Hour will not come until Medina banishes its evils just as a furnace eliminates the impurities of iron.  

مسلم:١٣٨١ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي الدَّرَاوَرْدِيَّ عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ يَدْعُو الرَّجُلُ ابْنَ عَمِّهِ وَقَرِيبَهُ هَلُمَّ إِلَى الرَّخَاءِ هَلُمَّ إِلَى الرَّخَاءِ وَالْمَدِينَةُ خَيْرٌ لَهُمْ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لاَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ رَغْبَةً عَنْهَا إِلاَّ أَخْلَفَ اللَّهُ فِيهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهُ أَلاَ إِنَّ الْمَدِينَةَ كَالْكِيرِ تُخْرِجُ الْخَبِيثَ لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَنْفِيَ الْمَدِينَةُ شِرَارَهَا كَمَا يَنْفِي الْكِيرُ خَبَثَ الْحَدِيدِ  

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السيوطي:٢٧٥٨٥a –

"يَأتِى عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ يَدْعُو الرَّجُلُ ابْنَ عَمِّهِ وَقَرِيبَهُ: هَلُمَّ إِلَى الرَّخَاءِ، هَلُمَّ إِلَى الرَّخَاءِ، وَالْمَدينَةُ خَيْرٌ لَهُمْ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ، وَالَّذِى نَفْسِى بِيَدِهِ لَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا أَحَدٌ رَغْبَةً عَنْهَا إِلَّا أَخْلَفَ اللَّه فِيهَا مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ، أَلَا إِنَّ الْمَدِينَةَ كَالْكيرِ تُخْرجُ الخَبيثَ، لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعةُ حَتَّى تَنْفىَ الْمَدِينَةُ شِرارَهَا، كَمَا يَنْفِى الْكِيرُ خَبَثَ الْحَدِيدِ".  

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