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ahmad:21254 – Lawlā al-Hijrah Lakunt Āmraʾ from al-Anṣār And Law Salak al-Anṣār Wādī Aw

[Machine] "I used to belong to the Ansar people."  

أحمد:٢١٢٥٤ – وَقَالَ لَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَلَوْ سَلَكَ الْأَنْصَارُ وَادِيًا أَوْ قَالَ

شِعْبًا لَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ  

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ahmad:9309 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If the Ansar had taken a valley or a mountain path, I would have taken the path of the Ansar. And if it were not for the Hijrah (migration), I would have been one of the Ansar.  

أحمد:٩٣٠٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ لَوْ أَنَّ الْأَنْصَارَ سَلَكُوا وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبًا لَسَلَكْتُ وَادِيَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَلَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ  

ahmad:11636 – Yazīd > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. Qatādah > Maḥmūd b. Labīd > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If it were not for migration, I would have been one of the Ansar. If people were to take a path or a valley, and the Ansar took a different path or valley, I would have taken the path and valley of the Ansar."  

أحمد:١١٦٣٦ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ وَعَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَا

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَلَوْ سَلَكَ النَّاسُ فِي وَادٍ أَوْ شِعْبٍ وَسَلَكَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبًا لَسَلَكْتُ وَادِيَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَشِعْبَهُمْ  

ahmad:10509 – Yazīd > Muḥammad > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If it were not for the Hijrah (migration), I would have been one of the Ansar (helpers). And if people were to take a path or a valley, and the Ansar were to take a different path or valley, I would have taken the path and valley of the Ansar."  

أحمد:١٠٥٠٩ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَلَوْ أَنَّ النَّاسَ سَلَكُوا وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبَةً وَسَلَكَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبَةً لَسَلَكْتُ وَادِيَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَشِعْبَتَهُمْ