و حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ وَهُوَ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَدِيٍّ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَابِتٍ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ يَزِيدَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّهَا طَيْبَةُ يَعْنِي الْمَدِينَةَ وَإِنَّهَا تَنْفِي الْخَبَثَ کَمَا تَنْفِي النَّارُ خَبَثَ الْفِضَّةِ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 3356
Jabir b. `Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them) reported that a desert Arab swore allegiance to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). He suffered from a severe fever in Medina (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: Medina is like a furnace which drives away its impurity and purifies what is good.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020