Mukhtasar Muslim (Abridged) 1725 — Virtues of the Ansar

Narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saw children and women coming from a wedding, so he (peace be upon him) stood in front of them and said: O people! You are the most beloved to me among all people. O people! You are the most beloved to me among all people. That is, he said this to the people of the Ansar.

`Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that` a woman from the Ansar came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke to her in seclusion (perhaps she was a mahram, like Umm Sulaym or Umm Haram, or by seclusion it is meant that she asked the Prophet [peace and blessings be upon him] something privately), and he said: "By the One in whose hand is my soul, you are the most beloved to me among all people." He said this three times.