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[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If it were not for migration, I would have been one of the Ansar. And if people were to go one way and the Ansar another way, I would have gone with the Ansar in their way."  

أحمد:٨١٦٩

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَلَوْ يَنْدَفِعُ النَّاسُ فِي شُعْبَةٍ أَوْ فِي وَادٍ وَالْأَنْصَارُ فِي شُعْبَةٍ لَانْدَفَعْتُ مَعَ الْأَنْصَارِ فِي شِعْبِهِمْ  


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ahmad:11636Yazīd > 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:١١٦٣٦حَدَّثَنَا 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:10509Yazīd > 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:١٠٥٠٩حَدَّثَنَا 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  

ahmad:21257ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr al-Muqaddamī > Abū Ḥudhayfah Mūsá > Zuhayr b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl > al-Ṭufayl b. Ubay from his father

[Machine] "On the authority of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , he said: If it were not for migration, I would have been one of the Ansar (the people of Medina). Even if the Ansar took a valley or a path, I would still be with the Ansar."  

أحمد:٢١٢٥٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حُذَيْفَةَ مُوسَى عَنْ زُهَيْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنِ الطُّفَيْلِ بْنِ أُبَيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَلَوْ سَلَكَ الْأَنْصَارُ وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبًا لَكُنْتُ مَعَ الْأَنْصَارِ  

ذِكْرُ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «أَنْ لَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكَانَ امْرَأً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ

ibnhibban:7269ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Hammām b. Munabbih > Abū Hurayrah

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

ابن حبّان:٧٢٦٩أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَلَوْ يَنْدَفِعُ النَّاسُ شِعْبًا وَالْأَنْصَارُ فِي شِعْبِهِمْ لَانْدَفَعْتُ مَعَ الْأَنْصَارِ فِي شِعْبِهِمْ»