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1833. It was narrated that 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr said: "A man who had been born in Al-Madīnah died there, and the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ prayed for him, then he said: 'Would that he had died somewhere other than the place where he was born.' They said: 'Why is that, O Messenger of Allāh?' He said: 'If a man dies somewhere other than the place where he was born, a space in Paradise will be measured out for him equal to the distance between the place where he was born and the place where he died.'" (Ḥasan)
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The intent of the Prophet ﷺ is not that had the man died outside of the city of Madīnah, but it signifies that lest he had not been from Madīnah by birth, but born in some other place and emigrated to Madīnah, because the merits of dying in Madīnah are to be found in Aḥādīth.
