(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا
سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ
يَحْيَى ، عَنْ
سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ، عَنْ
أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " أُمِرْتُ بِقَرْيَةٍ تَأْكُلُ الْقُرَى ، يَقُولُونَ : يَثْرِبُ ، وَهِيَ الْمَدِينَةُ ، تَنْفِي النَّاسَ كَمَا يَنْفِي الْكِيرُ خَبَثَ الْحَدِيدِ " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I have been commanded to go to a town which will consume all other towns. People call it Yathrib, whereas its correct name is Madinah, and Madinah removes people's sins just as a blacksmith's furnace removes the impurities of iron.