Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34537 — The virtue of the Ansar

Sayyiduna Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Were it not that the emigration was an important matter, I too would have been a man of the Ansar, and if the people were to travel through one valley or mountain pass, I would travel with the Ansar."