RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, in a hadith by Bukhaari, that a time would
come when a man would call his cousin and his relative, telling him, “Come to
the luxurious life. Come to the luxurious life.” This is talking about people
from Madinah, who would go to other lands where life is more luxurious and they
would call their relatives to leave Madinah and come and enjoy life where there
is a ‘better standard.’ Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “Madinah is
better for them, if they know.” Then the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam
said, “In the name of the One in Whose Hand is my soul Allah], anyone who
leaves Madinah and gives it up, Allah subhaana wa ta’ala will replace in
Madinah someone better than him.” Then the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam
said, “AlMadinah is like a furnace that separates the impurities and Madinah
will expel all of the impurities out.”
Imagine it like
the people who come from other countries in the world and come to America. Then
they call their family because of the better standard of living. Similarly,
these people will leave Madinah and call their relatives to a more luxurious
life. The Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said that Madinah is better for
them.
[Also, if you
would like, see Bukhari, chapter 30: Virtues of Madinah]
Is this hadith
talking about all times or a specific time? There are two opinions, and each of
them has their evidence:
1. AlQaadi Iyaad says that this hadith is
specific to the time of the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam.
AlQaadi’s
evidence is this hadith in Bukhari [3/30/107]: Jaabir ibn ‘Abdillah narrates
that a bedouin came to the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam and gave a
pledge of allegiance for embracing Islam. The next day he came with fever and
said (to the Prophet), “Please cancel my pledge (of embracing Islam and of
immigrating to Medina).” The Prophet refused (that request) three times and
said, “Medina is like a furnace, it expels out the impurities (bad persons) and
selects the good ones and makes them perfect.”
Madinah has a
rough environment, even with the standard of the area. It’s very hot and dry.
When the Sahabah went from Makkah to Madinah, they couldn’t handle it. The
muhajireen [the ones who migrated] had a lot of fever and different types of
diseases. The Ansaar handled it; they were used to it. The news got back to the
Quraysh that the Muslims had lost their health and become weak. The Prophet
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam wanted the sahabah to show the Quraysh that they
were strong and that the fever didn’t harm them, so he told them to run the
first 3 times when they made Umrah and did the tawaaf. That’s why it is sunnah
to do the first three rounds of tawaaf running. The Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi
wa sallam made du’aa` to push the fever out of Madinah. So the fever was pushed
out of Madinah by the barakah/blessing of the du’aa` of RasulAllah sallallahu
‘alayhi wa sallam.
2. Al Imaam AnNawawi says that this hadith
is specific for the time of ad-Dajjaal.
What is the
evidence of AnNawawi? His evidence is the hadith in Bukhaari [3/30/105]:
narrated by Anas ibn Maalik that the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said:
“There will be no town which Ad-Dajjal will not enter except Mecca and Medina,
and there will be no entrance (road) (of both Mecca and Medina) but the angels
will be standing in rows guarding it against him, and then Medina 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.”
3. Ibn Hajar al-Askalaani says that this
hadith is talking about the time of RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallaam
and Ad-Dajjaal both.
4. Some of the scholars of hadith say that
it is general and applies to all times. But then one would ask the question:
Why did many of the great Sahabah leave Madinah? We know many great Sahabah
left Madinah, such as Mu’aadh ibn Jabl, Abu ‘Ubaydah ibn AlJarrah and ‘Ali ibn
Abi Taalib left Madinah. ‘Ali made his capital outside of Madinah, in Iraaq. If
it applies to all time, how did these great Sahabah leave Madinah to go other
places?
During these
times, the evil people would leave Madinah, but there would come a time when
Madinah will be deserted. This is towards the end of time – after Mehdi, after
the blessed time of ‘Isa [Jesus]. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said,
in a hadith by Bukhaari [3/30/98]: narrated by Abu Hurayrah: I heard Allah’s
Apostle 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 be two shepherds from the tribe of
Muzaina, who will be driving their sheep towards Medina, but will find nobody
in it, and when they reach the valley of Thaniyat-al-Wadaa`, they will fall
down on their faces dead.”
Yahya related to
me from Malik from Ibn Himas from his paternal uncle from Abu Hurayra that the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Madina will
be left in the best way that it is until a dog or wolf enters it and urinates
on one of the pillars of the mosque or on the mimbar.” They asked, “Messenger
of Allah! Who will have the fruit at that time?” He replied, “Animals seeking
food, birds and wild beasts.” [Malik’s Muwatta, Book 45, #45.2.8] “Who will
harvest the crop?” Madinah was known for its dates and fruits. This shows that
Madinah is deserted.
Ibn Katheer says
that AlMadinah would be revived and alive and strong during the time of
Ad-Dajjaal and in the time of ‘Isa, until ‘Isa dies. He will die and be buried
in Madinah. After that, Madinah will be deserted and destroyed. But this is at
the end of time, when there are no more righteous people any more.
How long will
Madinah be deserted? For 40 years. The reason it will be empty is because there
will be no ‘ibaadah during that time. What is making Madinah alive today? It is
not commerce or business – it is the worship of Allah and the Ummah
establishing the rituals of Islam in these two places [Makkah and Madinah].
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