Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: Dajjal will come from the eastern side with the intention of attacking Madinah until he will get down behind Uhud. Then the angels will turn his face towards Syria and there he will perish.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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.

This hadith has been narrated by Yahya bin Sa'id with the same chain of transmitters (and the words are): "Just as a furnace removes impurity," but no mention is made of iron.

Jabir bin'Abdullah (RA) reported that a desert Arab swore allegiance to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) . He suffered from a severe fever in Madinah (and) so he came to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) saying: Muhammad, cancel my oath of allegiance, but Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) refused it. He again came and said: Cancel my oath of allegiance, but he (the Holy Prophet) refused it. He again came to him and said: Cancel my oath of allegiance, but he refused. The desert Arab, however, went away (cancelling the allegiance himself); thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Madinah is like a furnace which drives away its impurity and purifies what is good.

Zaid bin Thabit reported Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: It is Taiba, thereby meaning Madinah. It drives away impurity just as fire removes the impurity of silver.

Jabir bin ahadeeth (RA) reported that he heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) say: Allah named Madinah as Taaba.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that Abu'I-Qasim (Muhammad, may peace be upon him) said: He who intends to do harm to the people of this city (that is, Madinah) Allah would efface him as salt is dissolved in water.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: He who intends to do harm to its people (he meant Madinah), Allah would efface him as salt is dissolved in water. Ibn Hatim (one of the narrators) substituted the word "harm" for "mischief".

This hadith is narrated on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA) by another chain of transmitters.