[Machine] The Ansar said, "O Messenger of Allah, surely every prophet has followers, and we have followed you, so ask Allah to make our followers from among us." He then supplicated for them, asking Allah to make their followers from among them. I then conveyed this to Ibn Abi Layla, and he said, "Zaid claimed that, meaning the son of Arqam."
قَالَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ أَتْبَاعًا وَإِنَّا قَدْ تَبِعْنَاكَ فَادْعُ اللهَ ﷻ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ أَتْبَاعَنَا مِنَّا قَالَ فَدَعَا لَهُمْ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ أَتْبَاعَهُمْ مِنْهُمْ قَالَ فَنَمَّيْتُ ذَلِكَ إِلَى ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى فَقَالَ زَعَمَ ذَلِكَ زَيْدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَرْقَمَ