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Sahih al-Bukhari 5677 (Book 75, Hadith 37) #5451
The Prophet's Prayer for Medina

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad's prayer for Medina to be loved and blessed as much as Mecca.

Narrated 'Aisha: When Allah's Messenger emigrated to Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal had a fever. I entered upon them and said, "O my father! How are you? O Bilal! How are you?" Whenever Abu Bakr got the fever he used to say, "Everybody is staying alive with his people, yet death is nearer to him than his shoe laces". And when fever deserted Bilal, he would recite (two poetic verses): "Would that I could stay overnight in a valley wherein I would be surrounded by Idhkhir and Jalil (two kinds of good smelling grass). Would that one day I could drink of the water of Majinna, and would that Shama and Tafil (two mountains at Mecca) would appear to me!" I went to Allah's Messenger and informed him about that. He said, "O Allah! Make us love Medina as much or more than we love Mecca, and make it healthy, and bless its Sa and its Mudd, and take away its fever and put it in Al-Juhfa". .
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وُعِكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَبِلاَلٌ قَالَتْ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِمَا فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَتِ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ وَيَا بِلاَلُ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ قَالَتْ وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِذَا أَخَذَتْهُ الْحُمَّى يَقُولُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مُصَبَّحٌ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَالْمَوْتُ أَدْنَى مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ وَكَانَ بِلاَلٌ إِذَا أُقْلِعَ عَنْهُ يَرْفَعُ عَقِيرَتَهُ فَيَقُولُ أَلاَ لَيْتَ شِعْرِي هَلْ أَبِيتَنَّ لَيْلَةً بِوَادٍ وَحَوْلِي إِذْخِرٌ وَجَلِيلُ وَهَلْ أَرِدَنْ يَوْمًا مِيَاهَ مِجَنَّةٍ وَهَلْ تَبْدُوَنْ لِي شَامَةٌ وَطَفِيلُ قَالَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَجِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ كَحُبِّنَا مَكَّةَ أَوْ أَشَدَّ وَصَحِّحْهَا وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي صَاعِهَا وَمُدِّهَا وَانْقُلْ حُمَّاهَا فَاجْعَلْهَا بِالْجُحْفَةِ

TOPICS
mecca  *  fever  *  prayer  *  blessing  *  love  *  medina

QUICK LESSONS:
Have faith in God even during difficult times; Be grateful for what you have been given by God; Have sincerity of intention when making prayers to God; Appreciate your home no matter where you are located; Show kindness towards others who may be feeling homesickness or displacement .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith narrates the story of when the Prophet Muhammad emigrated to Medina with Abu Bakr and Bilal. When they arrived in Medina, both Abu Bakr and Bilal were suffering from a fever. Aisha visited them and asked how they were doing. Whenever Abu Bakr got a fever he would say that death was closer than his shoe laces. When Bilal recovered from his fever he would recite two poetic verses expressing his longing for Mecca. Aisha then went to tell the Prophet Muhammad about this and he prayed that Allah make them love Medina as much or more than they loved Mecca, make it healthy, bless its Sa and Mudd, take away its fever and put it in Al-Juhfa instead. This hadith teaches us that we should have faith in Allah even during difficult times like sickness or displacement because He will always answer our prayers if we are sincere in our intentions. It also teaches us to be grateful for what we have been given by Allah no matter where we are located or what situation we find ourselves in because He can always give us something better if He wills it so.

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