Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرًا قَالَ جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ بَايِعْنِي عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَبَايَعَهُ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ ثُمَّ جَاءَ مِنْ الْغَدِ مَحْمُومًا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَقِلْنِي فَأَبَى ثُمَّ جَاءَ مِنْ الْغَدِ مَحْمُومًا فَقَالَ أَقِلْنِي فَأَبَى فَلَمَّا وَلَّى قَالَ الْمَدِينَةُ كَالْكِيرِ تَنْفِي خَبَثَهَا وَتَنْصَعُ طَيِّبَهَا.
English Translation
Abu Nu'aym told us, Sufyan told us, from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, who said: I heard Jabir say: A bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: Take my pledge upon Islam. So he took his pledge upon Islam. The next day he came feverish and said: O Messenger of Allah, release me from my pledge, but he refused. The next day he came feverish again and said: Release me, but he refused. When the man turned away, he said: Medina is like a furnace bellows: it expels its impurities and refines what is good in it.