و حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِکِ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ اللَّيْثِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ يَتْرُکُونَ الْمَدِينَةَ عَلَی خَيْرِ مَا کَانَتْ لَا يَغْشَاهَا إِلَّا الْعَوَافِي يُرِيدُ عَوَافِيَ السِّبَاعِ وَالطَّيْرِ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ رَاعِيَانِ مِنْ مُزَيْنَةَ يُرِيدَانِ الْمَدِينَةَ يَنْعِقَانِ بِغَنَمِهِمَا فَيَجِدَانِهَا وَحْشًا حَتَّی إِذَا بَلَغَا ثَنِيَّةَ الْوَدَاعِ خَرَّا عَلَی وُجُوهِهِمَا
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 3367
Salid b. Musayyib heard Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) say that 'Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said about Medina: Its inhabitants will abandon it, whereas it is good for them and it will become the haunt of beasts and birds. (Imam Muslim said that Abu Safwan, one of the narrators whose name was 'Abdullah b. 'Abd al-Malik, was an orphan and I bn juraij took him under his care for ten years.)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020