Muwatta Malik #1727
Madina
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحُبَابِ، سَعِيدَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
" أُمِرْتُ بِقَرْيَةٍ تَأْكُلُ الْقُرَى يَقُولُونَ يَثْرِبُ . وَهِيَ الْمَدِينَةُ تَنْفِي النَّاسَ كَمَا يَنْفِي الْكِيرُ خَبَثَ الْحَدِيدِ " .
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.' "
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This hadith is #1727 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Madina.