English translation
7322. Narrated Jābir bin 'Abdullāh As-Salami: A bedouin gave the Bai'a (pledge) for embracing Islām to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and then he got a fever in Al-Madīna and came to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and said, "O Allāh's Messenger! Cancel my pledge." Allāh's Messenger ﷺ refused to do so. The bedouin came to him again and said, "Cancel my pledge," but he refused again, and then again, the bedouin came to him and said, "Cancel my pledge," and Allāh's Messenger ﷺ refused. The bedouin finally went away, and Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "Al-Madīna is like a pair of bellows (furnace), it cleanses its impurities while it brightens and clears its good." (See H. 7209)
