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nasai-kubra:8265 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Yaʿqūb > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A man who believes in Allah and the Last Day does not hate the Ansar." He also said, "If it were not for the Hijrah (migration), I would have been one of the Ansar. And if the Ansar traveled through a valley and a path, I would have traveled through their valley and path. The Ansar are my banner and the people are my protection."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٢٦٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يُبْغِضُ الْأَنْصَارَ رَجُلٌ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ» وَقَالَ «لَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَلَوْ سَلَكَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ وَادِيًا وَشِعْبًا لَسَلَكْتُ وَادِيَهُمْ وَشِعْبَهُمُ الْأَنْصَارُ شِعَارِي وَالنَّاسُ دِثَارِي»  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Suyūṭī
bukhari:7244 – Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

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."  

البخاري:٧٢٤٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَوْلاَ الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ وَلَوْ سَلَكَ النَّاسُ وَادِيًا وَسَلَكَتِ الأَنْصَارُ وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبًا لَسَلَكْتُ وَادِيَ الأَنْصَارِ أَوْ شِعْبَ الأَنْصَارِ  

ibnmajah:164 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn Abū Fudayk > ʿAbd al-Muhaymin b. ʿAbbās b. Sahl b. Saʿd from his father from his grandfather

The Messenger of Allah said: "The Ansar are an inner garment and the people are an outer garment. If the people were to head towards one valley or a narrow mountain pass and the Ansar towards another, I would travel to the valley of the Ansar, and were it not for the Hijrah, I would have been a man from among the Ansar."  

ابن ماجة:١٦٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمُهَيْمِنِ بْنِ عَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ الأَنْصَارُ شِعَارٌ وَالنَّاسُ دِثَارٌ وَلَوْ أَنَّ النَّاسَ اسْتَقْبَلُوا وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبًا وَاسْتَقْبَلَتِ الأَنْصَارُ وَادِيًا لَسَلَكْتُ وَادِيَ الأَنْصَارِ وَلَوْلاَ الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ  

ahmad:9434 –

A person who believes in Allah and the Last Day never nurses a grudge against the Ansar. (Using translation from Muslim 76)  

أحمد:٩٤٣٤ –

وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يُبْغِضُ الْأَنْصَارَ رَجُلٌ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَلَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَلَوْ سَلَكَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبًا لَسَلَكْتُ وَادِيَهُمْ أَوْ شِعْبَهُمْ الْأَنْصَارُ شِعَارِي وَالنَّاسُ دِثَارِي  

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  

suyuti:10181a –
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السيوطي:١٠١٨١a –

"الأنْصَارُ شِعارٌ والناسُ دثارٌ، ولو أن الناسَ استَقبَلوا وَاديًا أو شعبًا واستقبلت الأنصارُ واديًا لسلكتُ وادى الأَنصارِ ولولا الهجرةُ لكنت امرءًا من الأَنصار".  

[عد] ابن عدى في الكامل عن عبد المهيمن بن عباس بن سهل بن سعد عن أَبيه عن جده