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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 5 > BOOK 58: MERITS OF THE HELPERS IN MADINAH (ANSAAR)
Book 58: Merits of the Helpers in Madinah
(Ansaar)
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 120:
Narrated Ghailan bin Jarir:
I asked Anas, "Tell me about the name 'Al-Ansar.; Did you call yourselves by it or did Allah call you
by it?" He said, "Allah called us by it." We used to visit Anas (at Basra) and he used to narrate to us the
virtues and deeds of the Ansar, and he used to address me or a person from the tribe of Al-Azd and
say, "Your tribe did so-and-so on such-and-such a day."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 121:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The day of Bu'ath (i.e. Day of fighting between the two tribes of the Ansar, the Aus and Khazraj)
was brought about by Allah for the good of His Apostle so that when Allah's Apostle reached (Med-
ina), the tribes of Medina had already divided and their chiefs had been killed and wounded. So Al-
lah had brought about the battle for the good of H is Apostle in order that they (i.e. the Ansar) might
embrace Islam.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 122:
Narrated Anas:
On the day of the Conquest of Mecca, when the Prophet had given (from the booty) the Quraish,
the Ansar said, "By Allah, this is indeed very strange: While our swords are still dribbling with the
blood of Quraish, our war booty are distributed amongst them." When this news reached the Prophet
he called the Ansar and said, "What is this news that has reached me from you?" They used not to tell
lies, so they replied, "What has reached you is true." He said, "Doesn't it please you that the people
take the booty to their homes and you take Allah's Apostle to your homes? If the Ansar took their way
through a valley or a mountain pass, I would take the Ansar's valley or a mountain pass."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 123:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet or Abul-Qasim said, "If the Ansar took their way through a valley or a mountain pass,
I would take Ansar's valley. And but for the migration, I would have been one of the Ansar." Abu
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