حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِکٍ قَالَ لَمَّا فُتِحَتْ مَکَّةُ قَسَمَ الْغَنَائِمَ فِي قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالَتْ الْأَنْصَارُ إِنَّ هَذَا لَهُوَ الْعَجَبُ إِنَّ سُيُوفَنَا تَقْطُرُ مِنْ دِمَائِهِمْ وَإِنَّ غَنَائِمَنَا تُرَدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِکَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَجَمَعَهُمْ فَقَالَ مَا الَّذِي بَلَغَنِي عَنْکُمْ قَالُوا هُوَ الَّذِي بَلَغَکَ وَکَانُوا لَا يَکْذِبُونَ قَالَ أَمَا تَرْضَوْنَ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ النَّاسُ بِالدُّنْيَا إِلَی بُيُوتِهِمْ وَتَرْجِعُونَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِلَی بُيُوتِکُمْ لَوْ سَلَکَ النَّاسُ وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبًا وَسَلَکَتْ الْأَنْصَارُ وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبًا لَسَلَکْتُ وَادِيَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَوْ شِعْبَ الْأَنْصَارِ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 2440
Anas b. Malik reported that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) gathered the Ansar and said: Is there someone alien among you? They said: No, but only the son of our sister. Upon this the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: The son of the sister of the people is included among the tribe, and (farther) said: The Quraish have recently abandoned Jahillyya and have just been delivered from distress; I, therefore, intend to help them and conciliate them. Don't you feel happy that the people should return with worldly riches and you return with the Messenger of Allah to your houses? (So far as my love for you is concerned I should say) if the people were to tread a valley and the Ansar tread a narraw path (in a mountain) I would tread the narrow path of the Ansar.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020