حَدَّثَنَا
إِسْمَاعِيلُ ، حَدَّثَنِي
مَالِكٌ ، عَنْ
هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ
أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ
عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ : " لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وُعِكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ، وَبِلَالٌ ، قَالَتْ : فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِمَا ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا أَبَتِ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ ؟ ، وَيَا بِلَالُ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ ؟ قَالَتْ : وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِذَا أَخَذَتْهُ الْحُمَّى ، يَقُولُ : كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مُصَبَّحٌ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَالْمَوْتُ أَدْنَى مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ ، وَكَانَ بِلَالٌ إِذَا أُقْلِعَ عَنْهُ يَرْفَعُ عَقِيرَتَهُ ، فَيَقُولُ : أَلَا لَيْتَ شِعْرِي ، هَلْ أَبِيتَنَّ لَيْلَةً بِوَادٍ وَحَوْلِي إِذْخِرٌ وَجَلِيلُ وَهَلْ أَرِدَنْ يَوْمًا مِيَاهَ مِجَنَّةٍ وَهَلْ تَبْدُوَنْ لِي شَامَةٌ وَطَفِيلُ قَالَ : قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ : فَجِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ ، فَقَالَ : " اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ كَحُبِّنَا مَكَّةَ ، أَوْ أَشَدَّ ، وَصَحِّحْهَا وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي صَاعِهَا ، وَمُدِّهَا ، وَانْقُلْ حُمَّاهَا فَاجْعَلْهَا بِالْجُحْفَةِ " .
Narrated `Aisha: When Allah's Apostle emigrated to Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal had a fever. I entered upon them and said, "O my father! How are you? O Bilal! How are you?" Whenever Abu Bakr got the fever he used to say, "Everybody is staying alive with his people, yet death is nearer to him than his shoe laces." And when fever deserted Bilal, he would recite (two poetic verses): "Would that I could stay overnight in a valley wherein I would be surrounded by Idhkhir and Jalil (two kinds of good smelling grass). Would that one day I could drink of the water of Majinna, and would that Shama and Tafil (two mountains at Mecca) would appear to me!" I went to Allah's Apostle and informed him about that. He said, "O Allah! Make us love Medina as much or more than we love Mecca, and make it healthy, and bless its Sa and its Mudd, and take away its fever and put it in Al-Juhfa." (See Hadith No 558) .
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
This supplication of the Prophet was accepted; the air of Madinah became extremely pleasant, and the place of Juhfah remains famous to this day for the badness of its climate.
Love for one’s homeland is a natural trait for a human being.
This can be understood from the poetry of Hazrat Bilal radi Allahu anhu. He supplicated for the removal of fever from Madinah, which is in accordance with the subject of this chapter.
Shamah and Tufail are two mountains of Makkah.
Idhkhir and Jalil are two types of herbs that grow in the forests of Makkah, and Juhfah is the name of a watering place.
There, the Arabs used to water their camels and engage in recreation.
Love for one’s homeland is a natural inclination of a human being. The statement of Hazrat Yusuf alayhis salam is well-known, that he would often remember his homeland, Canaan.
May Allah, the Most Pure, make our homeland also a cradle of peace and well-being. Ameen.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 5677
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) supplicated to Allah Almighty to remove the epidemic diseases and fever, etc., from Madinah Tayyibah, and his supplication was accepted. The climate of Madinah Tayyibah became pleasant and excellent. The climate of the place Juhfah is still known for its unpleasantness.
(2)
Love for one’s homeland is a natural thing for a human being. This can be well understood from the poetry of Hazrat Bilal (radi Allahu anhu). O Allah! Make our homeland Pakistan also a cradle of peace. Ameen, O Lord of the worlds.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 5677