مسند أحمد بن حنبل
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Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal
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Chapter: Musnad of Jābir ibn ʿAbdillāh al-Anṣārī (may Allāh be pleased with him)
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مُسْنَدُ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
Three-Narrator Ahadith 30
Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported:
“A Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ), accepted Islam, and pledged allegiance to him [vowing] to migrate [to Medina]. He had not waited long before he was struck by fever. He came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: ‘Release me [from my pledge].’ The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘I will not release you.’ He came again and said: ‘Release me.’ He said: ‘I will not release you.’ He came a third time and said: ‘Release me.’ He said: ‘No.’ The man then fled. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Medina is like a furnace (kīr): it expels its impurities and refines what is good.’”
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 30
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ: جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ فَأَسْلَمَ، فَبَايَعَهُ عَلَى الْهِجْرَةِ، فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ حُمَّ، فَجَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: أَقِلْنِي، فَقَالَ: «لَا أُقِيلُكَ.» ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ فَقَالَ: أَقِلْنِي، فَقَالَ: «لَا أُقِيلُكَ.» ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ فَقَالَ: أَقِلْنِي، فَقَالَ: «لَا.» فَفَرَّ، فَقَالَ: «الْمَدِينَةُ كَالْكِيرِ، تَنْفِي خَبَثَهَا وَتَنْصَعُ طَيِّبَهَا.»
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isnād meets the conditions of al-Bukhārī and Muslim (al-Arnaʾūṭ, no. 14300). Ibn al-Munkadir here confirms he heard this from Jābir directly (samiʿtu Jābiran).
Isnād and Rijāl: Imām Aḥmad ← Sufyān ibn ʿUyayna ← Muḥammad ibn al-Munkadir ← Jābir ibn ʿAbdillāh (same chain as Ḥadīth 23). Sufyān ibn ʿUyayna: thiqah ḥāfiẓ faqīh imām. Muḥammad ibn al-Munkadir: thiqah fāḍil. Jābir ibn ʿAbdillāh: Companion. Takhrīj: al-Bukhārī, no. 1883; Muslim, no. 1383; al-Nasāʾī, no. 4168. The kīr is the blacksmith’s bellows or furnace, which separates dross from pure metal through the heat of fire. The Prophet’s (ﷺ) refusal to release the Bedouin from his pledge was not harsh inflexibility, but wisdom: the testing of Medina purges weak faith and insincerity, leaving only the committed. Another ḥadīth adds: “The Hour will not be established until Medina expels its wicked ones as a furnace expels its dross” (Muslim, no. 1381). This characteristic of Medina is understood to persist until the Day of Judgment.
Isnād and Rijāl: Imām Aḥmad ← Sufyān ibn ʿUyayna ← Muḥammad ibn al-Munkadir ← Jābir ibn ʿAbdillāh (same chain as Ḥadīth 23). Sufyān ibn ʿUyayna: thiqah ḥāfiẓ faqīh imām. Muḥammad ibn al-Munkadir: thiqah fāḍil. Jābir ibn ʿAbdillāh: Companion. Takhrīj: al-Bukhārī, no. 1883; Muslim, no. 1383; al-Nasāʾī, no. 4168. The kīr is the blacksmith’s bellows or furnace, which separates dross from pure metal through the heat of fire. The Prophet’s (ﷺ) refusal to release the Bedouin from his pledge was not harsh inflexibility, but wisdom: the testing of Medina purges weak faith and insincerity, leaving only the committed. Another ḥadīth adds: “The Hour will not be established until Medina expels its wicked ones as a furnace expels its dross” (Muslim, no. 1381). This characteristic of Medina is understood to persist until the Day of Judgment.
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