Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:3985 حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ ثنا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الْأَشْجَعِيُّ ثنا سَعْدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ عَنْ وَاقِدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ عَنْ أَفْلَحَ مَوْلَى أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ أَنَّهُ مَرَّ بِزَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ وَأَبِي أَيُّوبَ وَهُمَا قَاعِدَانِ عِنْدَ مَسْجِدِ الْجَنَائِزِ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ تَذْكُرُ حَدِيثَنَا حَدَّثَنَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي هَذَا الْمَجْلِسِ الَّذِي نَحْنُ فِيهِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ سَمِعْتُهُ وَهُوَ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ سَيَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ يُفْتَحُ فِيهِ فَتَحَاتُ الْأَرْضِ فَيَخْرُجُ إِلَيْهَا رِجَالٌ يُصِيبُونَ رَخَاءً وعَيْشًا وَطَعَامًا فَيَمُرُّونَ عَلَى إِخْوَانٍ لَهُمْ حُجَّاجًا أَوْ عُمَّارًا فَيَقُولُونَ مَا يُقِيمُكُمْ فِي لَأْوَاءِ الْعَيْشِ وَشِدَّةِ الْجُوعِ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «فَذَاهِبٌ وَقَاعِدٌ حَتَّى قَالَهَا مِرَارًا وَالْمَدِينَةُ خَيْرٌ لَهُمْ لَا يُثْبُتُ بِهَا أَحَدٌ فَيَصْبِرُ عَلَى لَأْوَائِهَا وَشِدَّتِهَا حَتَّى يَمُوتَ إِلَّا كُنْتُ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ شَهِيدًا أَوْ شَفِيعًا»
English Translation
Aflah, the freed slave of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, reported that he passed by Zayd ibn Thabit and Abu Ayyub while they were sitting near the funeral mosque. One of them said to the other: "Do you remember the hadith that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) told us in this very place where we are sitting?" He said: "Yes, about Madinah. I heard him saying that a time will come upon people when territories will be conquered, and men will go out to them and find comfort, abundance, and food. They will pass by their brothers who are pilgrims or performing 'umrah and say: 'What keeps you in the hardship and severity of living?'" The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "One leaves and one stays" — repeating it several times — "and Madinah is better for them. No one remains in it patiently enduring its hardships until he dies except that I will be a witness or intercessor for him on the Day of Resurrection."