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 1382
This hadith is listed as number 3353 in Maktaba Shamila
وحدثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ ، فِيمَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحُبَابِ سَعِيدَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ ، يَقُولُ : سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ، يَقُولُ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " أُمِرْتُ بِقَرْيَةٍ تَأْكُلُ الْقُرَى ، يَقُولُونَ : يَثْرِبَ وَهِيَ الْمَدِينَةُ ، تَنْفِي النَّاسَ كَمَا يَنْفِي الْكِيرُ خَبَثَ الْحَدِيدِ " ،
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: I have been commanded (to migrate) to a town (Madinah) which would overpower other towns. They (the people) call it Yathrib; its correct name is (in fact) Madinah. It eliminates (bad) people just as a furnace removes the alloy of iron.
