Sahih al-Bukhari · Book 29

كِتَاب فَضَائِلِ الْمَدِينَةِ

The Book About The Virtues Or Al-Madina.

24 hadith · 13 chapters

The chapter divisions

Chapters in this book

11- بَابُ حَرَمِ الْمَدِينَةِ:(1) Chapter. Haram (sanctuary) of Al-Madina.22- بَابُ فَضْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَأَنَّهَا تَنْفِي النَّاسَ:(2) Chapter. Superiority of Al-Madina. And that it expells (evil, vicious) persons.33- بَابُ الْمَدِينَةُ طَابَةُ:(3) Chapter. Al-Madina is also called Taba.44- بَابُ لاَبَتَيِ الْمَدِينَةِ:(4) Chapter. The two mountains of Al-Madina.55- بَابُ مَنْ رَغِبَ عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ:(5) Chapter. (What about) the one who avoids (runs away) from living in Al-Madina?66- بَابُ الإِيمَانُ يَأْرِزُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ:(6) Chapter. Iman (Belief) returns and goes back to Al-Madina.77- بَابُ إِثْمِ مَنْ كَادَ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ:(7) Chapter. Sin of that person who betrays and harms the people of Al-Madina.88- بَابُ آطَامِ الْمَدِينَةِ:(8) Chapter. The high building of Al-Madina.99- بَابُ لاَ يَدْخُلُ الدَّجَّالُ الْمَدِينَةَ:(9) Chapter. Ad-Dajjal will not be able to enter Al-Madina.1010- بَابُ الْمَدِينَةُ تَنْفِي الْخَبَثَ:(10) Chapter. Al-Madina expels Al-Khabath (all the evil and bad persons, etc.).1110 م- بَابٌ:(10b) Chapter.1211- بَابُ كَرَاهِيَةِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ تُعْرَى الْمَدِينَةُ:(11) Chapter. The dislike of the Prophet ﷺ that Al-Madina should be vacated.1312- بَابٌ:(12) Chapter.

Opening leaves

First narrations

Bukhari · 1867الْمَدِينَةُ حَرَمٌ مِنْ كَذَا إِلَى كَذَا ، لَا يُقْطَعُ شَجَرُهَا ، وَلَا يُحْدَثُ فِيهَا حَدَثٌ مَنْ أَحْدَثَ حَدَثًا ، فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Medina 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 4 narratorsBukhari · 1868فَأَمَرَ بِقُبُورِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَنُبِشَتْ ، ثُمَّ بِالْخِرَبِ فَسُوِّيَتْ ، وَبِالنَّخْلِ فَقُطِعَ ، فَصَفُّوا النَّخْلَ قِبْلَةَ الْمَسْجِدِThe Prophet (ﷺ) came to Medina and ordered a mosque 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 fr4 narratorsBukhari · 1869حُرِّمَ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْ الْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى لِسَانِيThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I have made Medina a sanctuary between its two (Harrat) mountains." The Prophet (ﷺ) went to the tribe of Bani Haritha and said (to them), "I see that you have gone out of the sanctuary," but lookin6 narratorsBukhari · 1870مَا عِنْدَنَا شَيْءٌ إِلَّا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ ، وَهَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةُ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَدِينَةُ ، حَرَمٌ مَا بَيْنَ عَائِرٍ إِلَى كَذَا مَنْ أَحْدَثَ فِيهَا حَدَثًا ، أَوْ آوَى مُحْدِWe have nothing except the Book of Allah and this written paper from the Prophet (wherein is written) Medina is a sanctuary from the 'Air Mountain to such and such a place, and whoever innovates in it an heresy or commit7 narratorsBukhari · 1871أُمِرْتُ بِقَرْيَةٍ تَأْكُلُ الْقُرَى ، يَقُولُونَ يَثْرِبُ وَهِيَ الْمَدِينَةُ ، تَنْفِي النَّاسَ كَمَا يَنْفِي الْكِيرُ خَبَثَ الْحَدِيدِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "I was ordered to migrate to a town which will swallow (conquer) other towns and is called Yathrib and that is Medina, and it turns out (bad) persons as a furnace removes the impurities of iro5 narratorsBukhari · 1872أَقْبَلْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ تَبُوكَ حَتَّى أَشْرَفْنَا عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ ، فَقَالَ : هَذِهِ طَابَةٌWe came with the Prophet (ﷺ) from Tabuk, and when we reached near Medina, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "This is Tabah."5 narratorsBukhari · 1873لَوْ رَأَيْتُ الظِّبَاءَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ تَرْتَعُ مَا ذَعَرْتُهَا ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا حَرَامٌIf I saw deers grazing in Medina, I would not chase them, for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "(Medina) is a sanctuary between its two mountains."5 narratorsBukhari · 1874يَتْرُكُونَ الْمَدِينَةَ عَلَى خَيْرِ ، مَا كَانَتْ لَا يَغْشَاهَا إِلَّا الْعَوَافِ ، يُرِيدُ عَوَافِيَ السِّبَاعِ وَالطَّيْرِ ، وَآخِرُ مَنْ يُحْشَرُ رَاعِيَانِ مِنْ مُزَيْنَةَ يُرِيدَانِ الْمَدِينَةَ يَنْعِقَانِ بِغَنI heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "The people will leave Medina 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 b5 narratorsBukhari · 1875تُفْتَحُ الْيَمَنُ فَيَأْتِي قَوْمٌ يُبِسُّونَ فَيَتَحَمَّلُونَ بِأَهْلِهِمْ وَمَنْ أَطَاعَهُمْ ، وَالْمَدِينَةُ خَيْرٌ لَهُمْ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ ، وَتُفْتَحُ الشَّأْمُ فَيَأْتِي قَوْمٌ يُبِسُّونَ فَيَتَحَمَّلُونَ I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "Yemen will be conquered and some people will migrate (from Medina) and will urge their families, and those who will obey them to migrate (to Yemen) although Medina will be better fo6 narratorsBukhari · 1876إِنَّ الْإِيمَانَ لَيَأْرِزُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ كَمَا تَأْرِزُ الْحَيَّةُ إِلَى جُحْرِهَاAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Verily, Belief returns and goes back to Medina as a snake returns and goes back to its hole (when in danger).6 narratorsBukhari · 1877سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ :I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "None plots against the people of Medina but that he will be dissolved (destroyed) like the salt is dissolved in water."5 narratorsBukhari · 1878أَشْرَفَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى أُطُمٍ مِنْ آطَامِ الْمَدِينَةِ ، فَقَالَ : هَلْ تَرَوْنَ مَا أَرَى ؟ إِنِّي لَأَرَى مَوَاقِعَ الْفِتَنِ خِلَالَ بُيُوتِكُمْ كَمَوَاقِعِ الْقَطْرِOnce the Prophet (ﷺ) stood at the top of a (looked out from upon one) castle amongst the castles (or the high buildings) of Medina and said, "Do you see what I see? (No doubt) I see the spots where afflictions will take 8 narrators·parallel chain