Fath al-Rabbani

Ubaidullah bin Abi Bakr narrates from his father, and he from his grandfather (Sayyiduna Anas, may Allah be pleased with him) that the Ansar gathered together and complained, "How long will we keep drawing water from these wells? Let us go to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and request him to pray to Allah so that He may cause springs to flow for us from these mountains." So they all gathered and went to the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. When he saw them, he welcomed them and said, "Some special need has brought you to me." They said, "O Messenger of Allah! Indeed, that is the case." The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Today, whatever you ask for will be granted to you, and whatever I ask from Allah, He will grant it to me." Hearing this, they began to look at each other and said, "Have you come to seek the world? Ask for success in the Hereafter." All of them unanimously said, "O Messenger of Allah! Pray to Allah for our forgiveness." So the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "O Allah! Forgive the Ansar, their sons, and their grandsons." The Ansar said, "O Messenger of Allah! Also pray for our children who are not from the Ansar." The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Forgive all the children of the Ansar." They said, "O Messenger of Allah! Also pray for the slaves and slave-girls of the Ansar." The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "O Allah! Forgive the slaves and slave-girls of the Ansar as well." Ubaidullah bin Abi Bakr narrates that my mother narrated to me from Umm Hakam bint Nu'man bin Sahba, who said that she heard Sayyiduna Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, narrate from the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in the same way, except that in it the Ansar further requested, "O Messenger of Allah, also pray for forgiveness for the wives of our sons and the wives of our brothers."