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3901. Anas narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ gathered a group of people from the Anṣār and said: "Come, is there anyone among you who is from other than you?" They said: "No, except the son of a sister of ours." So he said: "The son of the sister of a people is from them." Then he said: "Indeed the Quraish is not far from their time of ignorance and affliction, and I wished that I subdue them and coax them. Are you not happy that the people return with this world and you return to your homes with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ?" They said: "Of course we are." So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "If the people were to pass through a valley or a path, and the Anṣār passed through a valley or a path then I would pass through the valley or path of the Anṣār." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is [Ḥasan] Ṣaḥīḥ.
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Commentary
'I subdue and coax' is translated for 'Ajbar Hum' meaning fixing the broken bones. The Quraish had suffered a lot in the battles, so the Prophet ﷺ
wanted to compensate them. After the battle of Hunain the Muslim army got a handsome quantity of spoils from the tribe of Hawāzin. The Prophet ﷺ distributed a major portion of the spoils among those who had embraced Islam recently, so that they could become earnest supporters of Islam and forget their wounds. For this reason some of the young Anṣār were grieved because they were unable to understand the hidden point.
