The virtues and sanctity of Medina

Medina in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the city of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace.

The city of the Messenger is considered a meeting place for immigrants and a good and blessed land. In it, Gabriel, the faithful one, descended upon the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, where God honored and favored it and made it the best and purest place on earth, after the holy city of Makkah in the Kingdom. In addition to its great prestige.

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City Virtues

Texts about the virtues and sanctity of the city

The virtue of the people of the city and their residence in it

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The virtues and sanctity of the city

Before the beginning of talking about the virtues of the city, in the name of God the Merciful (Praise be to Allaah.

Madinah was honored by the Prophet’s migration to it, and its virtues have been talked about in many prophetic hadiths, because of its great importance, which we will stop at, until we know what the Islamic heritage says about it, during the following lines.

And it was stated in the book “The Beginning and the End” by Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir under the title “Separation of honoring the city with his emigration, peace be upon him,” that the city migrated to our master Muhammad, the best of prayers and peace be upon him, in addition to that it became a cave for God’s parents and righteous servants, and also became a stronghold and an impregnable fortress for Muslims and the abode of guidance For the worlds.

It was also proven in (The Two Sahihs) by Habib bin Yasaf, on the authority of Jaafar bin Asim, on the authority of Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Faith returns to Medina as a serpent returns to its hole.”

And also in the two Sahihs on the authority of Malik, by Yahya bin Saeed that he heard Abu Al-Habbab Saeed bin Yasar say: “The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: I was commanded to eat the villages, he says: Yathrib, which is: Medina, people are purified as the bellows purifies the slag of iron, and it is isolated. Imam Malik distinguished from the rest of the four imams by giving it preference over Mecca.

These are some of the hadiths that talked about the virtues of Madinah Al Munawwarah, and the most correct of them are those mentioned above, and God knows best.

Texts about the virtues and sanctity of Medina

When talking about Medina, the talk about it does not end, as it is one of the blessed cities that God has honored and a great favor, and a number of texts came about its virtues and sanctity, and that is news, supplication, exhortation and intimidation.

Among these texts are:

That God made it a sanctuary, as Muslim narrated in his Sahih from the hadith of Abu Saeed Al-Khudri, may God be pleased with him:

 "The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:" Oh God, Ibrahim is denied Mecca. "

 In addition, Muslim narrated in his Sahih from the hadith of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him:

“The Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said: What is between its two fathers is forbidden.” Also, the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, called it Tayyiba and Taba.

In another text, Muslim narrated in his Sahih from the hadith of Fatimah bint Qais, may God be pleased with her, in the hadith of al-Jassasah, the saying of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him: “This is goodness, this is goodness, this is goodness which means the city.”

Among the virtues of Medina is that neither the plague nor the Antichrist will enter it, as Al-Bukhari and Muslim narrated in their Sahihs on the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him:

The Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said: “Angels are upon the ruins of Medina, neither the plague nor the Antichrist will enter it.”

In the narration of Al-Bukhari: “This is a ball,” Ibn Hajar, may God have mercy on him, said:

“Al-Taab and Al-Tayyib are two languages, meaning, and their derivation is from the good thing.

Where some of the people of knowledge said: “And in the goodness of its soil and its air is evidence of the correctness of this name, because whoever resides in it will find from its soil and walls a pleasant aroma that is hardly found in any other.”

The virtue of the people of Medina and residing there

After talking about the virtues of Medina and its sanctity, we will talk about the virtues of the people of Medina, for they have a great and great position with the people of Islam, because they are among the companions of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him.

They sheltered him and helped him, and they struggled - with him and after him - with their money and themselves, just as they followed him. May Allah reward them with them, and they called migrants and supporters.

And it came in the texts that whoever lived in Medina, in addition to being one of its people, adhering to the law of God Almighty, and following the guidance of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, he will receive from the favor of the choice of the people of Medina to the extent of his adherence to his religion.

And we will find that our master Muhammad, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, has warned against any harm to the people of Medina, as he has told that those who harm them will have exposed himself to God’s revenge on him.

In this context, the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said: “No one desires the people of Madinah with evil except that God will melt him in the fire of lead, or the slanderer.”

And also said the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "From the fear of the people of the city unjustly fear God, and there is no curse of God, angels and all people, does not accept God from the Day of Resurrection and not just."

There is a text in which the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, says: “He who fears the people of the city has feared what is between my sides.” And in another hadith, he said: “Whoever is able to die in the city, let him do so, for I will intercede for the one who died there.”

And in hadiths on the authority of the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, that he urged people to live in Madinah, not to move from it, and in addition to that he was told that a people would move away, so that they would move away from me, may God’s peace and blessings be upon him:

“A time will come upon people when a man will call upon his cousin and his relative: Come to prosperity, come to prosperity! And the city is better for them, if they only knew. And by the One in Whose hand is my life, none of them takes it out of desiring it, but God will replace it with something better than himself.”

The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told him that he was interpreted for those who resolve her, and patience on her.

The pool of Medina

Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah is considered one of the blessed cities, where God Almighty blessed everything in it, in addition to the fact that the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, called for its blessing, as he said, “Abraham made Mecca sacred and supplicated for its people, and I made sacred sacred to you.” in its Sa` and extend it twice as much as what Abraham supplicated for the people of Mecca.”

And also said our master Muhammad (peace and blessings of blessings.) Our city, may God bless you with two blessings.

At the end of the article, we would like to have been able to provide a number of information about the virtues of the city, its sanctity, its blessing, and its goodness, through many hadiths and texts that spoke about its virtues.