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

ibnhibban:7269 – ʿAbdullāh 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:٧٢٦٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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»  

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ahmad:12987 – Bahz > Ḥammād > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh And Thābitʿan Anas

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "But for the emigration, I would have been one of the Ansar: and if the people took their way in a valley (or a mountain pass), I would take the Ansar's valley or the mountain pass." (Using translation from Bukhārī 7244)  

أحمد:١٢٩٨٧ – حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَثَابِتٌعَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْلَا 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:8169 –

[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  

ahmad:21246 –

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "If it were not for the Hijrah, I would be a man from the Ansar." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3899)   

أحمد:٢١٢٤٦ – قَالَ

وَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَلَوْ سَلَكَ النَّاسُ وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبًا لَكُنْتُ مَعَ الْأَنْصَارِ  

ahmad:21257 – ʿAbdullāh > 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:٢١٢٥٧ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

ahmad:21258 – Zakariyyā b. ʿAdī And ʾAḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Malik al-Ḥarrānī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl > al-Ṭufayl b. Ubay from his father

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

أحمد:٢١٢٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ عَدِيٍّ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الْحَرَّانِي حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنْ الطُّفَيْلِ بْنِ أُبَيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَلَوْ سَلَكَ النَّاسُ شِعْبًا أَوْ قَالَ وَادِيًا لَكُنْتُ مَعَ الْأَنْصَارِ