English translation
453. Anas bin Mālik narrated: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ arrived in Al-Madīnah (from Makkah), and he stayed in a high-district of it — in the village of Banū 'Amr bin 'Awf. He spent fourteen nights there, then sent for the tribe of Banū An-Najjār (to come to him). They came armed with their swords." Anas said: "It is as if I am looking at the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, upon his mount, and Abū Bakr seated behind him, and the leaders of Banū An-Najjār surrounding him, (riding on) until he reached the veranda of Abū Ayyūb (Al-Anṣārī's house). And the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ would pray wherever he was when the prayer time arrived, and he (would even) pray in sheep pens. He commanded that a Masjid be built, so he called for Banū An-Najjār, and said: 'O Banū An-Najjār! Give me a price that I may purchase this garden of yours.' They said: 'By Allāh! We will not ask its price except as (a reward) from Allāh.'" Anas said: "I will inform you what was inside it (the garden). There were the graves of some idolaters, and some ruins, and date-palms. So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ commanded that the graves of the idolaters be removed, and the ruins demolished, and the date-palms cut down. The date-palms were then lined up[1] in the direction of the Qiblah of the Masjid. And they made the frame of its entrance from stone. They were carrying stones while reciting lines of poetry, and the Prophet ﷺ was with them. He would say: ‘O Allāh! There is no good except the good of the Hereafter (Akhirah). So grant your aid to the Anṣār and the Muhājirah.’” (Ṣaḥīh)