حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْکَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ جَائَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَبَايَعَهُ عَلَی الْإِسْلَامِ فَجَائَ مِنْ الْغَدِ مَحْمُومًا فَقَالَ أَقِلْنِي فَأَبَی ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ فَقَالَ الْمَدِينَةُ کَالْکِيرِ تَنْفِي خَبَثَهَا وَيَنْصَعُ طَيِّبُهَا
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 1883
Narrated Jabir: A bedouin came to the Prophet and gave a pledge of allegiance for embracing Islam. The next day he came with fever and said (to the Prophet ), "Please cancel my pledge (of embracing Islam and of emigrating to Medina)." The Prophet refused (that request) three times and said, "Medina is like a furnace, it expels out the impurities (bad persons) and selects the good ones and makes them perfect."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020