Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man accepted Islam at the blessed hand of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He developed a fever in Madinah and left for the countryside (leaving Madinah). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Madinah is like a furnace; it removes impurities and refines what is pure."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Whoever leaves here out of aversion (the Prophet’s intention was Madinah Munawwarah), Allah Almighty will grant Madinah Munawwarah someone better than him in his place, and Madinah is better for the people, if only they knew.”

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A time will come upon the people when a man will call his paternal cousins and close relatives, saying, 'Come towards ease, come towards ease,' whereas if they knew, Madinah would be better for them. By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! Whoever leaves here out of dislike, Allah the Exalted will grant (Madinah) someone better than him. Beware! Madinah is like a furnace, which removes impurities, and the Hour will not be established until Madinah expels its evil people just as a furnace removes the impurities (or rust) of iron."

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A Bedouin accepted Islam at the blessed hand of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). That Bedouin developed a fever in Madinah. He (left Madinah and) went away, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Madinah is like a furnace; it removes impurities and refines goodness."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A time will soon come when people will melt the livers of camels in pursuit of knowledge (i.e., they will undertake extremely long journeys), but they will not find any scholar greater than the scholar of Madinah." The narrator named Abu Musa states: I have come to know that Ibn Jurayj used to say: We think that by this is meant Sayyiduna Imam Malik (may Allah be pleased with him). I mentioned this to Sufyan, so he said: A scholar is the one who fears Allah, and we do not know of anyone who fears Allah more than 'Umari; by this he meant Abdullah bin Abdulaziz.

Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever intends evil against the people of Madinah, Allah will dissolve him (in the fire of Hell) just as salt dissolves in water."

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with both of them) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever frightens the people of Madinah, Allah will frighten him."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever endures the hardships and severity of this place with patience, I will be his intercessor on the Day of Resurrection."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever endures the hardship and difficulty of Madinah Munawwarah, I will be his 'intercessor' (the narrator is in doubt whether these are the words) 'witness'."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever among you is able to die in Madinah should die there, for whoever dies there, I will intercede for him."