Sahih Muslim
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Chapter 17 · The Book of Pilgrimageإخباره ﷺ بترك الناس المدينةعلى خير ما كانت
حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو صَفْوَانَ، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، ح وحَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لِلْمَدِينَةِ لَيَتْرُكَنَّهَا أَهْلُهَا عَلَى خَيْرِ مَا كَانَتْ مُذَلَّلَةً لِلْعَوَافِي» يَعْنِي السِّبَاعَ وَالطَّيْرَ، قَالَ مُسْلِمٌ: «أَبُو صَفْوَانَ هَذَا هُوَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، يَتِيمُ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَشْرَ سِنِينَ كَانَ فِي حَجْرِهِ».
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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.
The Prophet saws foretold that the people will abandon Al-Madinah when it is the best it ever was
'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 bin 'Abdul-Malik, was an orphan and Ibn juraij took him under his care for ten years.)