English translation
4337. Narrated Anas bin Mālik رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: When it was the day (of the battle) of Hunain, the tribes of Hawāzin and Ghāṭafān and others, along with their animals and offspring (and wives) came to fight against the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ had with him, ten thousand men from the Tulaqā (new converts to Islām from Makkah). So they fled, leaving the Prophet ﷺ alone. The Prophet ﷺ then made two calls which were clearly distinguished from each other. He turned right and said, "O the group of Anṣār!" They said, "Labbaik, O Allāh's Messenger! Rejoice, for we are with you!" Then he turned left and said, "O the group of Anṣār!" They said, "Labbaik! O Allāh's Messenger! Rejoice, for we are with you!" The Prophet ﷺ at that time was riding on a white mule; then he dismounted and said, "I am Allāh's slave and His Messenger." The infidels then were defeated, and on that day the Prophet ﷺ gained a large amount of booty which he distributed amongst the Muhājirūn and the Tulaqā and did not give anything to the Anṣār. The Anṣār said, "When there is a difficulty, we are called, but the booty is given to others." The news reached the Prophet ﷺ and he gathered them in a leather tent and said, "What is this news reaching me from you, O the group of Anṣār?" They kept silent. He added, "O the group of Anṣār! Won't you be happy that the people take the worldly things and you take Allāh's Messenger ﷺ to your homes, reserving him for yourself?" They said, "Yes." Then the Prophet ﷺ said, "If the people took their way through a valley, and the Anṣār took their way through a mountain path, surely, I would take the Anṣār's mountain path." Hishām said, "O Abū Ḥamza (i.e., Anas)! Did you witness that?" He replied, "And how could I be absent from that?"