The Virtues OfThe Companions Of TheMessenger Of Allāh ﷺ
Darussalam · Volume 1
The Book Of The SunnahSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 164 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 58
Source no. 164 · Volume 1 · Page 236
Sahih
صحيح، الصحيحة (١٧٦٨)
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164. It was narrated from 'Abdul-Muhaimin bin 'Abbās bin Sahl bin Sa'd, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "The Ansār 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 Ansār towards another, I would travel to the valley of the Ansār, and were it not for the Hijrah, I would have been a man from among the Ansār." (Sahih)
164 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمُهَيْمِنِ بْنِ عَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «الْأَنْصَارُ شِعَارٌ، وَالنَّاسُ دِثَارٌ، وَلَوْ أَنَّ النَّاسَ اسْتَقْبَلُوا وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبًا، وَاسْتَقْبَلَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ وَادِيًا، لَسَلَكْتُ وَادِيَ الْأَنْصَارِ، وَلَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ»
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Words of the Prophet ﷺ quoted above confirm not only the excellence of the Ansār, but also the fact that they occupied a very prominent status in the sight of the Prophet ﷺ The Hadith points out that just as Hijrah (emigration of the believers for the sake of Allāh) is a laudable act, extending help and assistance to the emigrants (Muhājir) is also an extremely meritorious act. The Ansār are the best community second only to the Muhājir in Islam.