صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الحج
The Book of Pilgrimage
بَابُ : اَلْمَدِينَهُ تَنْفِي خَبَثَهَا وَتُسمَّي طَابَةُ وَّ طَيْبَهٌ
Chapter: Al-Madinah eliminates its Dross and it is also called Tabah, and Taibah
Hadith 1381
This hadith is listed as number 3352 in Maktaba Shamila
حدثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حدثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي الدَّرَاوَرْدِيَّ ، عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ : أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، 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 ، لَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ رَغْبَةً عَنْهَا ، إِلَّا أَخْلَفَ اللَّهُ فِيهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهُ ، أَلَا إِنَّ الْمَدِينَةَ كَالْكِيرِ تُخْرِجُ الْخَبِيثَ لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَنْفِيَ الْمَدِينَةُ شِرَارَهَا ، كَمَا يَنْفِي الْكِيرُ خَبَثَ الْحَدِيدِ " .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: A time will come for the people (of Madinah) 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 Madinah 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 he. Behold. Madinah is like a furnace which eliminates from it the impurities. And the Last Hour will not come until Madinah banishes its evils just as a furnace eliminates the impurities of iron.
