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Malik related to me that Yahya ibn Said said, "I heard Abu'l-Hubab Said ibn Yasar say that he heard Abu Hurayra say that he heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'I was ordered to a town which will eat up towns. They used to say, 'Yathrib,' but it is Madina. It removes the bad people like the blacksmith's furnace removes impurities from the iron

وحدثني مالك، عن يحيى بن سعيد، انه قال سمعت ابا الحباب، سعيد بن يسار يقول سمعت ابا هريرة، يقول سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول " امرت بقرية تاكل القرى يقولون يثرب . وهي المدينة تنفي الناس كما ينفي الكير خبث الحديد