Admiration and Virtues of Madina Al Munawwarah

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Admiration and Virtues of Madina al-Munawwarah

As to proclaim the favor of my Lord, I would like to compile some gems about theAdmiration and Virtues of the Queen of Lands... Land of Blessings... Beloved

Land of Beloved Prophet Peace Be With Him i.e Madinah al-Munawwarah.

Taybah mein Mar Kay Thanday Chalay Jao Aankhain Bund

Seedhi Sarrak yeh Shehr-e-Shafa'at Nagar ki hay!!

Virtues Of Madina al-Munawwarah

First of all the soul of the admiration of Madina al-Munawwarah is the blessed and

august presence of Sayyiduna Rasoolullah Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam. The merits

of Madina Munawwarah, of prayer in Madina Munawwarah, of visiting the Masjidal-Nabawi Sharif, of living and residing in Madina Munawwarah, of not cutting its


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trees, etc. are all based on the fact that the Prophet Peace and Blessings be with

Him is there. The fact that it is a sanctuary (haram) and a preserve (hima) is welldocumented in numerous ahadith. It is even strongly recommended not to enter

Madina Munawwarah except on foot, and many Companions, Tabi`in, and Tabi`

al-Tabi`in never entered it except on foot, in respect for the Holy Presence of theProphet.

Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala says in the Holy Quran:

.1 "And when they impose on their lives (sin), they must come to your (the Nabi's)

presence, then seek repentance from ALLAH and the Rasool (Peace be upon Him)

also asks for their forgiveness. Then, they will indeed find ALLAH MostForgiving and Compassionate." [An-Nisa:61]


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2. Dawud ibn Salih says: " Marwan [ibn al-Hakam] one day saw a man placing hisface on top of the grave of the Prophet. He said: "Do you know what you are

doing?" When he came near him, he realized it was Abu Ayyub al-Ansari. The

latter said: "Yes; I came to the Prophet, not to a stone."

3. Ibn Hibban in his Sahih, Ahmad (5:422), Tabarani in his Mu`jam al-kabir(4:189) and his Awsat according to Haythami in al-Zawa'id (5:245), al-Hakim in

his Mustadrak (4:515); both the latter and al-Dhahabi said it was sahih. It is also

cited by al-Subki in Shifa' al-siqam (p. 126), Ibn Taymiyya in al-Muntaqa(2:261f.), and Haythami in al-Zawa'id (4:2).

4. Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho), The Prophet (Sallallaho

Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam) said, "I have made Madinah a sanctuary between itstwo (Harrat) mountains." The Prophet(Sallallaho Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam) went

to the tribe of Bani Haritha and said (to them), "I see that you have gone out of the

sanctuary," but looking around, he added, "No, you are inside the sanctuary."

5. Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho): Allah's Apostle said, "I was

ordered to migrate to a town which will swallow (conquer) other towns and iscalled Yathrib and that is Madinah, and it turns out (bad) persons as a furnace

removes the impurities of iron."

6. Jaabir bin Samurah (Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho) says; "I heard Rasulullah


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(Sallallaho Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam) say: ' Verily Allah named Madinah,

Taabah (meaning the good one) or Tayyibah (the pure)."

7. Sa'ad (Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho) reports that Rasulullullah (Sallallaho Alaihiwa Aalihi wa Sallam) said: "I declare haraam that area between the rocky lands on

both sides of Madinah, that it's vegetation be not cut down nor that animals be

hunted within it's area." Rasullullah(Sallallaho Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam) alsosaid: " For the believer, Madinah is the best place. If only they could understand

it's virtue fully, they would never leave it, and whoever departs from Madinah,having become disenchanted with it, Allah will send someone better to replace

him. And whoever bears patiently the ordeals of Madinah, for him shall I be anintercessor(or witness) on the Day of Qiyaamah."

8. Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho): Allah's Apostle (SallallahoAlaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam) said, "Verily, Belief returns and goes back to


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Madinah as a snake returns and goes back to its hole (when in danger)."

9. Narrated Sa'ad (Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho): I heard the Prophet (Sallallaho

Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam) saying, "None plots against the people of Madinah

but that he will be dissolved (destroyed) like the salt is dissolved in water."

10. Narrated Abu Bakr (Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho): The Prophet (SallallahoAlaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam) said, "The terror caused by Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal will

not enter Madinah and at that time Madinah will have seven gates and there will betwo angels at each gate guarding them."

11. Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho): Allah's Apostle

(Sallallaho Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam) said, "There are angels guarding the

entrances (or roads) of Madinah, neither plague nor Ad-Dajjal will be able to enterit."


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12. Narrated Anas (Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho): The Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi

wa Aalihi wa Sallam) said, "O Allah! Bestow on Madinah twice the blessings Youbestowed on Makkah."

13. Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho): The Prophet(SallallahoAlaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam) said, "There is a garden from the gardens of Paradise

between my house and my pulpit is on my Pool of water (Al-Kauthar)."

14. Narrated Zaid bin Aslam from his father: Umar (Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho)

said, O Allah! Grant me martyrdom in Your cause, and let my death be in the cityof Your Apostle."

15. Ibn Umar (Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho) reports that Rasullullah (Sallallaho

Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam) said: "Whoever has the means to die in Madinah, let


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him die there for I shall intercede on behalf of everyone who dies there." [Musnad

Ahmad, Sunan al-Tirmidhi]

16. Syyeduna Rasoolullah Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam said: "One who visits my

grave, my Shafa'at (Intersession) will be necessary (wajib) upon him". [Daar Qutni,Bazaz, Baheeqi, Ibn-e-Khuzaima]

17. The Prophet (Peace be upon Him) once said: "The person who comes solely for

the purpose of paying a visit to my grave, has a right on me that I should intercede

for him." [Ilm al-Fiqh, Vol 5]

18. Syyeduna Rasoolullah Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam said: "One who performs

Hajj after me and then visits my grave, that means he visits me in my life". [DaarQutni, Bayhaqi, Mishkaat, Tibrani Fil Saghir al-Awsat, Majma' al-Zawaid]

19. Sayyiduna Rasoolullah Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam said: "Piece of earth whereI would like to have my grave is Madinatul Munawarah" [Mishkat al-Masabih,

Page 426]


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20. Syyeduna Rasoolullah Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam said: "One who travelled to

visit me he will be my neighbour in paradise and one who bears the difficulties inthe stay of Madina Munawwarah; I will be His Intercessor on the day of

judgment." [Sunan al-Bayhaqi, Mishkat Sharif]

21. Hadrat Ka'ab narrated, "70000 angles use to visit the Holy Court every

morning and 7000 in evening and they recite Durud Shareef on Nabi Sallallaho

Alaihi Wa Sallam. One who visited will never visit again and this process willcontinue till Qayamat." [Mishkat al-Masabih, Bab al-Karamat]

22. Narrated Ali ibn Abu Talib (Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho), The Prophet said:"Madina's fresh grass is not to be cut, its game is not to be driven away, and things

dropped in it are to be picked up only by one who publicly announces it, and it isnot permissible for any man to carry weapons in it for fighting, and it is not

advisable that its trees are cut except what a man cuts for the fodder of his camel.

[Abu Dawud, Vol. 10, Hadith 2030]


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23. Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar, The Prophet (Peace be upon Him) said: (Thestandard) weight is the weight of the people of Mecca, and the (standard) measure

is the measure of the people of Medina. [Sunan Abi Dawood, Book 22, Hadith3334]

24. Imam Maalik (Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho) says, "Its not lawful to say that Ivisited the grave of Syyeduna Rasoolullah Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Sallam. One must

say I visited the august presence of Syyeduna Rasoolullah Sallallaho Alaihi Wa

Sallam"

25. Allama Alauddin says, "Consensus says that the part of earth contacted withbody of Sarkar Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Sallam is better than the whole universe,Ka'ba Shareef, Arsh-o-Kursi" [Durr-e-Mukhtar Ala Hamish ur Radaj, Vol2, Page

352]

26. Hadrat Shaykh Ziauddin Ahmed Madani said, "A person who's latter is read in

Madina Munawwarah or his name is taken; he is surely blessed."


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Grave of Qutb-e-Madina Hadrat Maulana Ziauddin Ahmed Madani in Baqee

Sharif

Unique Merit of the Prophets Mosque:

The Prophet (Peace be upon Him) himself participated in the construction of this

mosque, called it "My Mosque" and led prayers in it for years. He has also said that

a salah performed in the Prophets Mosque is better than a thousand salats in any

other place except Masjid al-Haram in Makkah.

27. According to Hadrat Anas, the Prophet (Peace be upon Him) has said: "Theperson who offers 40 prayers consecutively in my Mosque, without missing a

prayer in between, will secure immunity from the fire of Hell and other tormentsand also from hypocrisy."


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Quba Mosque

28. Hadrat Usaid bin Huzair(Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho) reports that Rasullullah(Sallallaho Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam) said that the merit of salaah in the Masjid

of Quba is equal to performing one Umrah. [Sunan al-Tirmidhi]

29. Hadrat Abdullah bin Umar(Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho) reports that every

Satrurday Rasullullah (Sallallaho Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam) would go to Masjid-e-Quba, sometimes walking and sometimes by conveyance, and he would perform

two raka'at of salaah there." [Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim]

Mount Uhud:

30. Hadrat Anas bin Malik(Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho) reports that Rasullullah(Sallallaho Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam) has said that the mountain of Uhud loved

him and he loved it. (Muslim). In Tibraani, It is also described by Hadrat Sahal binSa'ad (Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho) that Uhud is one of the pillars of Jannah.


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Satellite view of Jabal Uhud (Mountain of Heaven) giving the view

of the most beautiful name i.e. MUHAMMAD

Referring to Madina Sharif as Yathrib

31. Madinah Munawwarah was called Yathrib before Hijrah and came to be known

as Taybah or Madinah. The Prophet (Peace be upon Him) had great love for this

city. He once said that "There is a cure for every disease in the dust of Madinah"[Al-Targhib]

32. It is impermissible and forbidden to call Madina Tayyiba as Yathrib. It is a sinand the one who says it a sinner. RasulAllah Sallallaho Alahi wa Aalihi wa

Sallamwasallam said: Whoever calls Madina Yathrib, it is necessary for him torepent. Madina is Taabah, Madina is Taabah. [Narrated by Bara bin Azin,

Musnad Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal, 4:285]

33. Allama Manawi writes: From this hadith we learn that it is Haram to name

Madina Tayyiba as Yathrib. We are told to repent after calling it so and repentance

is only after a sin. [al-Taysir Sharh al-Jami al-Saghir, 2:424]


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34. Mulla Ali Qari rahimahul Bari writes: It is reported from some of thepredecessors that calling Madina as Yathrib is Haram. This is supported by the

hadith which is recorded by Imam Ahmad . Allama Tayyibi rahimahullah said that

it is evident from this that whoever disrespects anything that Allah has honoured

and has given the name Iman and this person talks about it in a way that isunbefitting, then he is worthy of being names Aasi . [al-Mirqat Sharh Mishkat,

5:622]

35. When the Quran mentions the word Yathrib, it is to inform us what thehypocrites would say:

And when a party of them said: O folk of Yathrib! There is no stand (possible) foryou, therefore turn back. [33:13]

The word Yathrib means fighting and censure. This is why these filthy peoplereferred to it as such. Allah refuted them by naming it Taabah. RasulAllah

Sallallaho Alahi wa Aalihi wa Sallamwasallam said: They call it Yathrib but it is

Madina. [Sahih Bukhari, 1:252]


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36. He Sallallaho Alahi wa Aalihi wa Sallamwasallam also said: Indeed Allah has

named Madina as Taabah. [Narrated by Jabir bin Sumrah, Musnad Ahmad binHanbal, 5:89, Muslim, 1:445]

37. Mulla Ali Qari writes: It means that Allah had names Madina Munawwara asTaabah on the preserved tablet or He ordered his beloved Prophet Sallallaho Alahi

wa Aalihi wa Sallamwasallam to name it such. Allah has castigated the hypocritesfor reverting to the disreputable name Yathrib. [al-Mirqat Sharh Mishkat, 5:622]

38. He also writes: Imam Nawawi rahimahullah states that it is reported regardingIsa bin Dinar that whoever calls Madina as Yathrib, he is a sinner. When the

Quran refers to Yathrib, it is only to let us know of the illness present in the hearts

of the hypocrites. [al-Mirqat Sharh Mishkat, 5:622]

Some verses of poetry from the scholars contain this word. Our excuse for them is

that they did not know of this hadith and ruling. He who knows the ruling andpersists has no excuse, whether it is poetry or otherwise. The Shariah governs the

poetry, not vice versa. Mawlana Shaykh Muhaqqiq Abdul Haq MuhaddithDihlawi quddassa sirrahu writes:


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The Prophet Sallallaho Alahi wa Aalihi wa Sallamwasallam names it Madina. Thisis because people lived and gathered there and loved the city. He warned against

calling it Yathrib because this is the name from the days of ignorance or because it

is derived from either Tharb which means destruction and fighting or Tathribwhich means reprimand and censure or because Yathrib was the name of an idol or

an oppressive and rebellious person. Imam Bukhari narrates a hadith in his Tarikhthat whoever says Yathrib once, he should say Madina ten times so that he

compensates for it. When the Quran says, Ya ahla yathrib, it is from the tongues

of the hypocrites and by saying Yathrib, they wanted to disrespect Madina.Another narration mentions that whoever says Yathrib should repent towards Allah

and seek forgiveness. And some have said that he be punished. Amazing is the fact

that some leading people have used Yathrib in their poems. And Allah knows well,the knowledge of the glorious is complete and strong. [Ashi'atul Lum'aat Sharh

Mishkat, 2:393-394]

Makkah Mukarrama is more excellent or

Madina Munawwara?

The consensus of the Ulama of the Hanafi School agrees that Makkah Mukarramais more excellent than Madina Munawwara. But according to Imam Maalik,

Madina Munawwara is more excellent and this is also the view of Ameer al-Mo'mineen Sayyiduna Umar al-Farooq. Once a companion said to the Noble


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Ameer, "Makkah Mu'azzama is more excellent." Sayyiduna Omar replied, "Do you

say that Makkah Mukarrama is more excellent then Madina Munawwara?" TheSahabi replied, "By Allah! The House and Haram of Allah." Ameeril Moh'mineen

then said, "I am not commenting and asking you about the Haram of Allah, but

inquiring whether you say Makkah Mukarrama is more excellent than MadinaMunawwara." He replied, "By Allah! The Haram of Allah." The illustrious Khalifa

of Islam said, "I am not commenting on the Haram of Allah." The Sahabi andAmeeril Moh'mineen kept to their words.

Ala' Hadrat Imam Ahmad Rida states that his view on this matter is the same asAmeeril Mo'mineen Sayyiduna Omar Farooq. In a Sahih Hadith, it is mentioned,

.39Madina is better for him who understands.

In another, Hadith Shareef it explicitly states,

40. Madina is more excellent than Makkah.

So far as the quantity of Thawaab and excellence are concerned, Sheikh-e-Muhaqqiq Abd al-Haqq Muhaddith Dehlawi gave a most beautiful explanation. He


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said, "There is quantity and number in Makkah, but spiritual elevation in Madina."

This means that, in Makkah the Thawaab is greater, but in Madina, the spiritualityis great. The following example will assist in understanding the above reality.

Which is greater in value, 100 000 bank notes or 50 000 gold sovereigns? In

quantity, the former is double but in value, the latter is 10 times greater in value. InMakkah Mukarrama, as you receive 100 000 Thawaab for a single good deed,

similarly, there are 100 000 sins recorded for every sin committed. As one isblessed with virtues for the thought of good, likewise penalized for every thought

of sin.

On the contrary, in Madina Munawwara there is Thawaab for the thought of good

and no penalty for the thought of sin. For every wrong committed, a single sin is

recorded while 50000 Thawaab is blessed for every good deed done. It is notsurprising that the words of the Hadith "Better for you" points out to the

fact that, "For you Madinah is better."

Taiba na sahi Afzal Makkah hi Barra Zahid;

Hum ISHQ kay Banday hain kyun Baat barhai hay

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