and this Abū Ṣāliḥ is considered reliable, as stated by Abū Zurʿah, as mentioned in "al-Jarḥ wa-al-Taʿdīl" (9/392). As for the ḥadīth of Jābir, it has multiple chains and versions, and it is narrated from him by several people: 1. Zayd ibn Aslam from him: It is recorded by Aḥmad (3/292) through the chain of Zuhayr from Zayd, and it includes: "and that is the day when Madīnah expels impurities, as the bellows expels impurities from iron." 2. al-Ḥārith ibn Abī Yazīd from him: It is recorded by Aḥmad (3/385) through the chain of Muḥammad ibn Abī Yaḥyá from al-Ḥārith, and it includes: "Indeed, Madīnah is like the bellows; it expels impurities, as the bellows expels impurities from iron." 3. Abū al-Zubayr from him: It is recorded by Abū Yaʿlá (2174) through the chain of al-Ḥajjāj ibn Abī ʿUthmān from Abū al-Zubayr, and it includes: "It is pure; it expels the impurities of men, as the bellows expels impurities from iron." As for the other version, which is: "Madīnah is like the bellows; it expels its impurities and purifies its good," it has been recorded by al-Bukhārī (1883, 7209) and (7211, 7216, 7322) through the chain of Muḥammad ibn al-Munkadir from Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh: that a Bedouin pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) to accept Islam, and the Bedouin was afflicted with fever in Madīnah,