Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle 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 iron.
— Sahih Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 30: Virtues of Madinah, Hadith #95
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle 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 iron.
This hadith is from the book of Virtues of Madinah in Sahih Bukhari, compiled by Imam al-Bukhari. It is hadith number 95 in book 30 of volume 3.
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