63. Merits of the Anṣār (Helpers in Madinah)

٦٣۔ كتاب مناقب الأنصار

63.2 “But for the emigration, I would have been one of the Ansar

٦٣۔٢ بَاب قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ

[Machine] Abdullah ibn Zaid narrated it from the Prophet ﷺ .

قَالَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ.

bukhari:3779Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ or Abul-Qasim said, "If the Ansar took their way through a valley or a mountain pass, I would take Ansar's valley. And but for the migration, I would have been one of the Ansar." Abu Huraira used to say, "The Prophet ﷺ is not unjust (by saying so). May my parents be sacrificed for him, for the Ansar sheltered and helped him," or said a similar sentence.  

البخاري:٣٧٧٩حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَوْ قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ لَوْ أَنَّ الأَنْصَارَ سَلَكُوا وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبًا لَسَلَكْتُ فِي وَادِي الأَنْصَارِ وَلَوْلاَ الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ مَا ظَلَمَ بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي آوَوْهُ وَنَصَرُوهُ أَوْ كَلِمَةً أُخْرَى