Sahih al-Bukhari 7322

Hadith text

Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah As-Salami: A bedouin gave the Pledge of allegiance for embracing Islam to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and then he got an attack of fever in Medina and came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ): and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Cancel my pledge." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) refused to do so. The bedouin came to him again and said, "Cancel my pledge," but he refused again, and then again, the bedouin came to him and said, "Cancel my pledge," and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) refused. The bedouin finally went away, and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Medina is like a pair of bellows (furnace), it expels its impurities while it brightens and clears its good

Jabir bin Abdullah As-Salami bataate hain: Ek badawi ne Allah ke Rasool (SAW) se Islam ki baiyat li, aur phir usse Madina mein bukhaar aaya, isliye wo Allah ke Rasool (SAW) ke paas aaya aur kaha, 'Aye Allah ke Rasool! Meri baiyat rad kar do.' Allah ke Rasool (SAW) ne inkaar kiya. Badawi phir unke paas aaya aur kaha, 'Meri baiyat rad kar do,' magar unhone phir inkaar kiya, aur phir dobara, badawi unke paas aaya aur kaha, 'Meri baiyat rad kar do,' aur Allah ke Rasool (SAW) ne inkaar kiya. Aakhirkaar badawi chala gaya, aur Allah ke Rasool (SAW) ne kaha, 'Madina ek dhoonkni (bhatti) jaisa hai, ye apni napaakiyon ko baahar nikaal deti hai jabke ye apni achhaai ko roshan aur saaf karti hai.'

Sahih al-Bukhari 7322 · Book 96, Hadith 52