Virtues of Madinah
- PART 1
Narrated Anas(radhiyallahu anhu): The Prophet(sallallahu
alaiyhi wassallam) said, "Madinah is a sanctuary from
that place to that. Its trees should not be cut and no heresy
should be innovated nor any sin should be committed in it,
and whoever innovates in it an heresy or commits sins (bad
deeds), then he will incur the curse of Allah, the angels,
and all the people." (Bukhari)
Narrated Anas(radhiyallahu anhu): The Prophet(sallallahu
alaiyhi wassallam) came to Madinah and ordered a masjid to be
built and said, "O Bani Najjar! Suggest to me the price (of
your land)." They said, "We do not want its price except from
Allah" (i.e. they wished for a reward from Allah for giving
up their land freely). So, the Prophet(sallallahu alaiyhi
wassallam) ordered the graves of the pagans to be dug out and
the land to be levelled, and the date-palm trees to be cut
down. The cut date-palms were fixed in the direction of the
Qibla of the (Grand) masjid. (Bukhari)
Narrated Abu Huraira(radhiyallahu anhu): The
Prophet(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) said, "I have made
Madinah a sanctuary between its two (Harrat) mountains." The
Prophet(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) went to the tribe of
Bani Haritha and said (to them), "I see that you have gone
out of the sanctuary," but looking around, he added, "No, you
are inside the sanctuary." (Bukhari)
Narrated 'Ali(radhiyallahu anhu): We have nothing except the
Book of Allah and this written paper from the
Prophet(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) (where-in is written:)
Madinah is a sanctuary from the 'Air Mountain to such and
such a place, and whoever innovates in it an heresy or
commits a sin, or gives shelter to such an innovator in it
will incur the curse of Allah, the angels, and all the
people, none of his compulsory or optional good deeds of
worship will be accepted. And the asylum (of protection)
granted by any Muslim is to be secured (respected) by all the
other Muslims; and whoever betrays a Muslim in this respect
incurs the curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people,
and none of his compulsory or optional good deeds of worship
will be accepted, and whoever (freed slave) befriends (take
as masters) other than his manumitters without their
permission incurs the curse of Allah, the angels, and all the
people, and none of his compulsory or optional good deeds of
worship will be accepted. (Bukhari)
Narrated Abu Huraira(radhiyallahu anhu): Allah's Apostle
said, "I was ordered to migrate to a town which will
swallow (conquer) other towns and is called Yathrib and that
is Madinah, and it turns out (bad) persons as a furnace
removes the impurities of iron." (Bukhari)
Narrated Abu Humaid(radhiyallahu anhu): We came with the
Prophet(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) from Tabuk, and when we
reached near Madinah, the Prophet(sallallahu alaiyhi
wassallam) said, "This is Tabah(meaning the good one)."
(Bukhari)
Jaabir bin Samurah(radhiyallahu anhu) says; "I heard
Rasulullah(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) say: ' Verily Allah
named Madinah, Taabah(meaning the good one) or Tayyibah(the
pure)."
Sa'ad(radhiyallahu anhu) reports that
Rasulullullah(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) said: "I
declare haraam that area between the rocky lands on both
sides of Madinah, that it's vegetation be not cut down nor
that animals be hunted within it's area."
Rasullullah(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) also said: "
For the believer, Madinah is the best place. If only they
could understand it's virtue fully, they would never leave
it, and whoever departs from Madinah, having become
disenchanted with it, Allah will send someone better to
replace him. And whoever bears patiently the ordeals of
Madinah, for him shall I be an intercessor(or witness) on the
Day of Qiyaamah." (Muslim)
Narrated Abu Huraira(radhiyallahu anhu): If I saw deers
grazing in Madinah, I would not chase them, for Allah's
Apostle said, "(Madinah) is a sanctuary between its two
mountains." (Bukhari)
Narrated Abu Huraira(radhiyallahu anhu): I heard Allah's
Apostle(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) saying, "The people
will leave Madinah in spite of the best state it will have,
and none except the wild birds and the beasts of prey will
live in it, and the last persons who will die will be two
shepherds from the tribe of Muzaina, who will be driving
their sheep towards Madinah, but will find nobody in it, and
when they reach the valley of Thaniyat-al-Wada', they will
fall down on their faces dead." (Bukhari)
Narrated Abu Zuhair(radhiyallahu anhu): I heard Allah's
Apostle(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) saying, "Yemen will be
conquered and some people will migrate (from Madinah) and
will urge their families, and those who will obey them to
migrate (to Yemen) although Madinah will be better for them;
if they but knew. Sham will also be conquered and some people
will migrate (from Madinah) and will urge their families and
those who will obey them, to migrate (to Sham) although
Madinah will be better for them; if they but knew. 'Iraq will
be conquered and some people will migrate (from Madinah) and
will urge their families and those who will obey them to
migrate (to 'Iraq) although Madinah will be better for them;
if they but knew." (Bukhari)
Narrated Abu Huraira(radhiyallahu anhu): Allah's
Apostle(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) said, "Verily,
Belief returns and goes back to Madinah as a snake returns
and goes back to its hole (when in danger)." (Bukhari)
Narrated Sad(radhiyallahu anhu): I heard the
Prophet(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) saying, "None plots
against the people of Madinah but that he will be dissolved
(destroyed) like the salt is dissolved in water."
Narrated Usama(radhiyallahu anhu): Once the
Prophet(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) stood at the top of
a castle amongst the castles (or the high buildings) of
Madinah and said, "Do you see what I see? (No doubt) I see
the spots where afflictions will take place among your houses
(and these afflictions will be) as numerous as the spots
where rain-drops fall." (Bukhari)
Narrated Abu Bakra(radhiyallahu anhu): The
Prophet(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) said, "The terror
caused by Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal will not enter Madinah and at
that time Madinah will have seven gates and there will be two
angels at each gate guarding them." (Bukhari)
Narrated Abu Huraira(radhiyallahu anhu): Allah's
Apostle(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) said, "There are
angels guarding the entrances (or roads) of Madinah, neither
plague nor Ad-Dajjal will be able to enter it." (Bukhari)
Narrated Anas bin Malik(radhiyallahu anhu): The
Prophet(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) said, "There will
be no town which Ad-Dajjal will not enter except Makkah and
Madinah, and there will be no entrance (road) (of both Makkah
and Madinah) but the angels will be standing in rows guarding
it against him, and then Madinah will shake with its
inhabitants thrice (i.e. three earth-quakes will take place)
and Allah will expel all the nonbelievers and the hypocrites
from it." (Bukhari)
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri(radhiyallahu anhu): Allah's
Apostle(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) told us a long
narrative about Ad-Dajjal, and among the many things he
mentioned, was his saying, "Ad-Dajjal will come and it will
be forbidden for him to pass through the entrances of Madinah.
He will land in some of the salty barren areas (outside)
Madinah; on that day the best man or one of the best men will
come up to him and say, 'I testify that you are the same
Dajjal whose description was given to us by Allah's Apostle
.' Ad-Dajjal will say to the people, 'If I kill this man and
bring him back to life again, will you doubt my claim?' They
will say, 'No.' Then Ad-Dajjal will kill that man and bring
him back to life. That man will say, 'Now I know your reality
better than before.' Ad-Dajjal will say, 'I want to kill him
but I cannot.' " (Bukhari)
Narrated Jabir(radhiyallahu anhu): A bedouin came to the
Prophet(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) and gave a pledge of
allegiance for embracing Islam. The next day he came with
fever and said (to the Prophet(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam)
), "Please cancel my pledge (of embracing Islam and of
emigrating to Madinah)." The Prophet(sallallahu alaiyhi
wassallam) refused (that request) three times and said, "
Madinah
is like a furnace, it expels out the impurities (bad persons)
and selects the good ones and makes them perfect." (Bukhari)
Virtues of Madinah
- PART 2
Narrated Zaid bin Thabit(radhiyallahu anhu): When the
Prophet(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) went out for (the
battle of) Uhud, some of his companions (hypocrites)
returned (home). A party of the believers remarked that
they would kill those (hypocrites) who had returned, but
another party said that they would not kill them. So, this
Divine Inspiration was revealed: "Then what is the matter
with you that you are divided into two parties concerning
the hypocrites." (4.88) The Prophet(sallallahu alaiyhi
wassallam) said, "Madinah expels the bad persons from
it, as fire expels the impurities of iron." (Bukhari)
Narrated Anas(radhiyallahu anhu): The Prophet(sallallahu
alaiyhi wassallam) said, "O Allah! Bestow on Madinah
twice the blessings You bestowed on Makkah." (Bukhari)
Narrated Anas(radhiyallahu anhu): Whenever the
Prophet(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) returned from a
journey and observed the walls of Madinah, he would make
his mount go fast, and if he was on an animal (i.e. a
horse), he would make it gallop because of his love for
Madinah. (Bukhari)
Narrated Anas(radhiyallahu anhu): (The people of) Bani
Salama intended to shift near the mosque (of the
Prophet(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam)) but Allah's Apostle
disliked to see Madinah vacated and said, "O the people of
Bani Salama! Don't you think that you will be rewarded for
your footsteps which you take towards the mosque?" So, they
stayed at their old places. (Bukhari)
Narrated Abu Huraira(radhiyallahu anhu): The
Prophet(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) said, "There is a
garden from the gardens of Paradise between my house and my
pulpit, and my pulpit is on my Pool of water (Al-Kauthar)."
(Bukhari)
Narrated 'Aisha(radhiyallahu anha): When Allah's Apostle
reached Madinah, Abu Bakr and Bilal became ill. When Abu
Bakr's fever got worse, he would recite (this poetic
verse): "Everybody is staying alive with his People, yet
Death is nearer to him than His shoe laces." And Bilal,
when his fever deserted him, would recite: "Would that I
could stay overnight in A valley wherein I would be
Surrounded by Idhkhir and Jalil (kinds of good-smelling
grass). Would that one day I could Drink the water of the
Majanna, and Would that (The two mountains) Shama and Tafil
would appear to me!" The Prophet(sallallahu alaiyhi
wassallam) said, "O Allah! Curse Shaiba bin Rabi'a and 'Utba
bin Rabi'a and Umaiya bin Khalaf as they turned us out of
our land to the land of epidemics." Allah's Apostle then
said, "O Allah! Make us love Madinah as we love Makkah or
even more than that. O Allah! Give blessings in our Sa and
our Mudd (measures symbolizing food) and make the climate
of Madinah suitable for us, and divert its fever towards
Aljuhfa." Aisha added: When we reached Madinah, it was the
most unhealthy of Allah's lands, and the valley of Bathan
(the valley of Madinah) used to flow with impure colored
water. (Bukhari)
Narrated Zaid bin Aslam from his father: Umar(radhiyallahu
anhu) said, O Allah! Grant me martyrdom in Your cause,
and let my death be in the city of Your Apostle." (Bukhari)
Ibn Umar(radhiyallahu anhu) reports that
Rasullullah(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) said: "Whoever
has the means to die in Madinah, let him die there for I
shall intercede on behalf of everyone who dies there."
(Bukhari)
Hazrat Abu Hurairah(radhiyallahu anhu) reports that
Rasullullah(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) has said: "
O Allah ! Grant fertility to the fruits of Madinah and to
our measures. Ibrahim was Your servant and friend. I am
also Your servant and Prophet. He(Ibrahim(alaiyis salaam)
had prayed to You for fertility for Makkah, but I pray to
You for the fertility of Madinah and twice more than him."
(Muslim)
Masjid-e-Nabawi
Anas(radhiyallahu anhu) reports that
Rasullullah(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) said: "Whoever
performs forty salaah in my Masjid, not missing one
salaah in the Masjid, for him is granted exemption from
the fire of Jahannam, and exemption and he shall remain
free of hypocrisy." (Ahmad, Tabraani)
Hazrat Anas(radhiyallahu anhu) reports that
Rasullullah(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) has said that the
reward of salaah in his masjid and in that of Masjid-e-Aqsa,
is of fifty thousand salaahs, but the reward of salaah in
the Ka'ba, is equal to hundred thousand salaahs. (Ibn
Majah)
Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri(radhiyallahu anhu) reports that
Rasullullah(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) has said that his
masjid is unique, the foundation of which has been laid on
piety. (Muslim)
Masjid-e-Quba
Hazrat Usaid bin Huzair(radhiyallahu anhu) reports that
Rasullullah(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) said that the
merit of salaah in the Masjid of Quba is equal to
performing one Umrah. (Tirmizi)
Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar(radhiyallahu anhu) reports that
every Saturday Rasullullah(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam)
would go to Masjid-e-Quba, sometimes walking and sometimes
by conveyance, and he would perform two raka'at of salaah
there." (Bukhari, Muslim)
Mount Uhud
Hazrat Anas bin Malik(radhiyallahu anhu) reports that
Rasullullah(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) has said that the
mountain of Uhud loved him and he loved it. (Muslim).
In
the Name of Allah, Most
Gracious, Most Merciful