It is narrated from Yahya bin Saeed that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was sitting while a grave was being dug in Madinah. A man looked at the grave and said: "What a bad place this is for a Muslim." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "You have said a bad thing." The man said: "O Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him! I meant that being killed in the way of Allah is better than this." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Indeed, there is nothing equal to being killed in the way of Allah, but there is no place on the whole earth where I would prefer my grave to be than Madinah," three times. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said this.