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428. Narrated Anas رضي الله عنه: When the Prophet ﷺ arrived at Al-Madīna, he dismounted at the upper side of Al-Madīna amongst the tribe called Banū 'Amr bin 'Aūf. He stayed there for fourteen nights. Then he sent for Banī An-Najjār and they came armed with their swords. As if I am looking (just now) as the Prophet ﷺ was sitting over his Rāhila (mount) with Abū Bakr riding behind him, and all Banū An-Najjār around him till he dismounted at the courtyard of Abū Aiyūb's house. The Prophet ﷺ loved to offer Ṣalāt (prayer) wherever the time for Ṣalāt was due even at sheep-folds. Later on he ordered that a mosque should be built and sent for some people of Banū An-Najjār and said, "O Banū An-Najjār! Suggest to me the price of this (walled) piece of land of yours."
They replied, "No! By Allāh! We do not demand its price except from Allāh."
Anas added: There were graves of pagans
in it and some of it was unlevelled and there were some date-palm trees in it. The Prophet ﷺ ordered that the graves of the pagans be dug out and the unlevelled land be levelled and the date-palm trees be cut down. (So all that was done). They aligned these cut date-palm trees towards the Qiblah of the mosque (as a wall) and they also built two stone side-walls (of the mosque). His Companions brought the stones while reciting some poetic verses. The Prophet ﷺ was with them and he kept on saying, "There is no goodness except that of the Hereafter, O Allāh! So please forgive the Anṣār and Al-Muhājirah (the emigrants)."
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