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Sahih al-Bukhari 7322 (Book 96, Hadith 52) #7027
The Bedouin's Pledge and the Prophet's Refusal

SUMMARY: The hadith is about a bedouin who wanted to cancel his pledge of embracing Islam, but the Prophet refused and instead compared Medina to a furnace that expels its impurities while it brightens and clears its good.

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'.
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السَّلَمِيِّ، أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا، بَايَعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى الإِسْلاَمِ، فَأَصَابَ الأَعْرَابِيَّ وَعْكٌ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، فَجَاءَ الأَعْرَابِيُّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَقِلْنِي بَيْعَتِي‏.‏ فَأَبَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ فَقَالَ أَقِلْنِي بَيْعَتِي‏.‏ فَأَبَى ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ فَقَالَ أَقِلْنِي بَيْعَتِي‏.‏ فَأَبَى فَخَرَجَ الأَعْرَابِيُّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ‏ "‏ إِنَّمَا الْمَدِينَةُ كَالْكِيرِ، تَنْفِي خَبَثَهَا، وَيَنْصَعُ طِيبُهَا
TOPICS
bedouin  *  pledge  *  islam  *  fever  *  furnace  *  medina

QUICK LESSONS:
Have patience when facing difficulties or hardships in your faith journey as Muslims; Strive through these challenges with perseverance; Remain committed towards Allah SWT .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about a bedouin who gave his pledge of embracing Islam to Allah's Messenger. However, he then got an attack of fever in Medina and asked the Prophet to cancel his pledge. Despite this request being repeated multiple times by the bedouin, the Prophet refused each time. Instead of cancelling his pledge, he compared Medina to a bellows furnace which expels its impurities while it brightens and clears its good. This teaches us that even if we face difficulties or hardships in our faith journey as Muslims we should not give up on our commitment towards Allah SWT but rather strive through these challenges with patience and perseverance.

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