It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (al-Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him) that a Bedouin pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, for Islam (and to remain in Madinah). Then that Bedouin became feverish in Madinah, so he came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: "O Messenger of Allah! Cancel my pledge." The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, refused, so he came again and said: "Cancel my pledge." The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, refused, so he came a third time and said: "Cancel my pledge." The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, refused, then that Bedouin left (Madinah) and went away. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, then said: "Madinah is like a furnace of a goldsmith; it removes impurities and filth and refines and brightens the good."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sufyan bin Zuhair (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Yemen will be conquered, then a people will come (and leave Madinah), they will take their families and dependents with them, even though Madinah would be better for them if they knew. Iraq will be conquered, then a people will come who will travel taking their families and dependents with them, even though Madinah would be better for them if they knew. And Shaam will be conquered, then a people will come who will travel taking their families and dependents with them, and Madinah would be better for them if they knew. And Shaam will be conquered, then a people will come who will travel taking their families and dependents with them, and Madinah would be better for them if they knew.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "I have been commanded regarding a town which consumes (i.e., prevails over) other towns. People call it Yathrib, and it is Madinah. It expels evil people just as a furnace expels the impurities of iron."

And with this same chain (it is narrated from Sayyida Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her) that when the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, arrived in Madinah, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Bilal, may Allah be pleased with them both, became ill with fever. I went to them and said: O my father! How is your health? And O Bilal! How is your health? When Sayyiduna Abu Bakr’s fever would intensify, he would say: Every person wakes up in his own home, and death is closer to him than the strap of his sandal. And when Sayyiduna Bilal’s fever would subside, he would, in his loud voice (remembering Makkah), say: I wish I knew if I would spend a night in a valley, and around me would be the grasses of Idhkhir and Jalil, and would I ever reach the water of Majannah one day? And would Shamah and Tufail (the mountains) ever appear for me? Sayyida Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said: I came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and mentioned this, so he said:“O Allah! Make Madinah beloved to us as You have made Makkah beloved, or even more so, and make it healthy, and bless its measures (Sa’ and Mudd), and transfer its fever from here to Juhfah.”

And with the same chain of narration, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), he used to say: If I see deer grazing in Madinah, I will not scare them away. (Because) the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "The area between the two black stones (the land of Madinah) is a sanctuary (Haram)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw Uhud (mountain), he said: "This mountain loves us and we love it. O Allah! Ibrahim (peace be upon him) declared Makkah a sanctuary, and I declare (Madinah) between these two black tracts of land a sanctuary."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw Uhud (mountain), he said: "This mountain loves us and we love it. O Allah! Ibrahim (peace be upon him) declared Makkah a sanctuary, and I declare (Madinah) between these two black tracts of land a sanctuary."

And it is narrated with the same chain that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "O my Allah! Bless the weights of these, meaning the people of Madinah, and bless their Sa’ and Mudd (measures of weight)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) or Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Between my house and my pulpit (the ground) is one of the gardens of Paradise, and my pulpit is upon my cistern."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Between my house and my pulpit is one of the gardens from the gardens of Paradise."