What are the situations that indicate the Prophet's belonging to his homeland, despite what he suffered from his people?
The lands of Muslims are all lands for the Muslim, and the Muslim despises evil and its people everywhere and at all times, out of love and hatred for the sake of Allah. Love of one's homeland is a requirement of faith, as indicated by noble prophetic traditions. Among them is what Al-Bukhari narrated from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned from a journey and saw the degrees (landmarks) of Medina, he would quicken his camel; this indicates the virtue of Medina and the legitimacy of loving one's homeland and yearning for it. Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) supplicated that Allah make them love Medina as much as they loved Mecca or even more. The Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) saying to Mecca: "How good and beloved you are to me, and were it not that your people expelled me from you, I would not have dwelt anywhere else," indicates love for one's homeland. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also supplicated: "O Allah, ratify the emigration of my companions and do not turn them back on their heels," so that love of one's homeland does not lead to inviting illness.
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