Ibn Sirin said, “This knowledge is a religion, so consider from whom you receive your religion.” Muslim transmitted it.

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger ﷺ as saying, "No one from among my people will endure the hardship and rigour of Medina without my being an intercessor on his behalf on the day of resurrection." Muslim transmitted it.

He told that when the people saw the first fruits they brought them to the Prophet, and when he received them he said, "O Allah, bless us in our fruits; bless us in our city; bless us in our sa‘; and bless us in our mudd. O Allah, Abraham was Thy servant, friend and prophet, and I am Thy servant and prophet. He made supplication to Thee on behalf of Mecca, and I make on behalf of Medina the same supplication as he made on behalf of Mecca and as much again." He would then call to him the youngest child and give him those fruits. Muslim transmitted it.

Abu Sa'id reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying, "Abraham declared Mecca sacred and made it a sacred area, and I declare Medina to be sacred throughout the area between its two mountain paths, so that no blood may be shed in it, weapons may not be carried in it for fighting, and leaves may not be beaten off trees in it except for fodder." Muslim transmitted it.

‘Amir b. Sa'd said that Sa‘d rode to his castle in al-'Aqiq and found a salve cutting down trees, or beating off their leaves, so he took what was on him. When Sa'd returned, the slave’s people came to him and asked him to return to their servant or to them what he had taken from their servant, but he replied, "Allah forbid that I should return anything which Allah's Messenger ﷺ has given me as spoil;" and he refused to return it to them. Muslim transmitted it.

‘A'isha said

'Abdallah b. ‘Umar told of the vision the Prophet (ﷺ) had about Medina. He said, “I saw a black woman with dishevelled hair go out of Medina and settle at Mahya'a, and interpreted it as meaning that the pestilence of Medina had been transferred to Mahya'a, which is al-Juhfa.” Bukhari transmitted it.

Sufyan b. Abu Zuhair told of hearing Allah's Messenger ﷺ say, "The Yemen will be conquered and- people will come driving their camels gently, removing their families and those who are under their authority, but Medina would be best for them if they only knew. Syria will be conquered and people will come driving their camels gently, removing their families and those who are under their authority, but Medina would be best for them if they only knew. ‘Iraq will be conquered and people will come driving their camels gently, removing their families and those who are under their authority, but Medina would be best for them if they only knew.” Bukhari and Muslim.

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger ﷺ as saying, " I have been commanded to go to a town which will devour all towns. People call it Yathrib, but it is Medina. It drives away people as the bellows drives away the impurity of iron.” Bukhari and Muslim.

Jabir b. Samura told that he heard Allah's Messenger ﷺ say, “Allah called Medina Taba.”( Taj al-'Arus says the objection to the name Yathrib was owing to the fact that the root from which this name comes has the meaning of corruption. Therefore Taba, which comes from a root meaning to be good, sweet, or pure, was considered better. Other forms which have been used are Taiba, al-Mutayyaba (or al-Mutayyiba)) Muslim transmitted it.

Jabir b. ‘Abdallah told of a desert Arab who had sworn allegiance to Allah's Messenger ﷺ, but who, when he suffered from a bout of fever in Medina, came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "Cancel my oath of allegiance, Muhammad;” but Allah's Messenger ﷺ refused. He came again with the same request and again he refused. He came once more with the same request, and when he again refused, the desert Arab went off. Allah's Messenger ﷺ then said, "Medina is like bellows which drives away its impurity and purifies what is good in it.” Bukhari and Muslim.