Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39771 — The Battle of Hunayn and the reports

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) distributed the captives at al-Ji'ranah, he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave captives to Quraysh and others, but of those captives he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave nothing to the Ansar Companions. At this much was said and spread about, until one speaker said: "As for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he has joined up with his own people." The narrator said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a messenger to Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) and inquired: "What is this talk that has reached me from your side, of which they are saying so much?" The narrator said: He replied: "It must surely have been as has reached you." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What do you say about it?" He replied: "I am merely one member of my people." The narrator said: His (peace and blessings be upon him) anger increased, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Gather your people, and let no other (people) be with them." The narrator said: Sayyiduna Sa'd gathered the Ansar in one of the captives' enclosures and himself stood at the door of that enclosure, and he allowed in only those who were of his people. He also allowed in some of the Muhajirun, and he turned back others. The narrator said: Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came, with anger showing on his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed face. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O company of the Ansar! Did I not find you astray, and then Allah Almighty guided you?" The Ansar began to say: "We seek refuge with Allah Almighty from the anger of Allah and His Messenger." "O company of the Ansar! Did I not find you destitute, and then Allah Almighty made you rich?" The Ansar began to say: "We seek refuge with Allah Almighty from the anger of Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)." "O company of the Ansar! Did I not find you enemies (of one another), and then Allah Almighty joined your hearts together?" The Ansar began to say: "We seek refuge with Allah Almighty from the anger of Allah and His Messenger." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Why do you not answer?" The Ansar said: "Allah and His Messenger are the greater benefactors." Then when (this state of anger) had left him (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If you wished, you would say this and speak the truth, and you would be believed: 'Did we not find you driven out, and then we gave you shelter? Did we not find you belied, and then we believed you? Did we not find you destitute, and then we shared with you? Did we not find you forsaken and helpless, and then we helped you?'" At this the Ansar began to weep and to say: "Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) are the greater benefactors and the more excellent." "Have you felt something over a thing of this world which I gave to some people in order to bind them firmly to Islam, while I entrusted you to your Islam (that is, you are firm in faith)? If all the people were to travel in one valley or pass, and you Ansar in another valley or pass, I would surely travel in your valley or pass. You people are (like) the garment next to the body and the rest of the people are (like) the outer garment. And were it not for the Hijrah, I would have been one of the Ansar." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) raised both his hands until what lies beneath his (peace and blessings be upon him) shoulders (the armpits) became visible, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated: "O Allah, forgive the Ansar, forgive the children of the Ansar, and forgive the children of the children of the Ansar. Are you people not pleased that the rest of the people should go off with sheep and camels, while you go off to your homes with the Messenger of Allah?" At this all the Companions wept until their beards were wet. And they went back saying: "We are pleased with Allah Almighty as Lord and with His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) as our share and portion."