Hadith 13208

(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو التَّيَّاحِ يَزِيدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ الضُّبَعِيُّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ، قَالَ : لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ المدينة نَزَلَ فِي عُلُوِّ الْمَدِينَةِ فِي حَيٍّ يُقَالُ لَهُم : بَنُو عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ ، فَأَقَامَ فِيهِمْ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً ، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى مَلَإٍ مِنْ بَنِي النَّجَّارِ ، قَالَ : فَجَاءُوا مُتَقَلِّدِينَ سُيُوفَهُمْ ، قَالَ : فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ رِدْفُهُ وَمَلَأُ بَنِي النَّجَّارِ حَوْلَهُ ، حَتَّى أَلْقَى بِفِنَاءِ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ ، قَالَ : فَكَانَ يُصَلِّي حَيْثُ أَدْرَكَتْهُ الصَّلَاةُ ، وَيُصَلِّي فِي مَرَابِضِ الْغَنَمِ ، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ أَمَرَ بِالْمَسْجِدِ ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى مَلَإٍ مِنْ بَنِي النَّجَّارِ ، فَجَاءُوا فَقَالَ : " يَا بَنِي النَّجَّارِ ، ثَامِنُونِي حَائِطَكُمْ هَذَا " ، فَقَالُوا : لا وَاللَّهِ ، لَا نَطْلُبُ ثَمَنَهُ إِلَّا إِلَى اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : وَكَانَ فِيهِ مَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ ، كَانَتْ فِيهِ قُبُورُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ، وَكَانَ فِيهِ خِرَبٌ ، وَكَانَ فِيهِ نَخْلٌ ، فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِقُبُورِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَنُبِشَتْ ، وَبِالخِرَب فَسُوِّيَتْ ، وَبِالنَّخْلِ فَقُطِعَ ، قَالَ : فَصَفُّوا النَّخْلَ إِلَى قِبْلَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ ، وَجَعَلُوا عِضَادَتَيْهِ حِجَارَةً ، قَالَ : وَجَعَلُوا يَنْقُلُونَ ذَلِكَ الصَّخْرَ وَهُمْ يَرْتَجِزُونَ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَعَهُمْ يَقُولُ : " اللَّهُمَّ إنَّه لَا خَيْرَ إِلَّا خَيْرُ الْآخِرَهْ فَانْصُرْ الْأَنْصَارَ وَالْمُهَاجِرَهْ " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived in Madinah Munawwarah, he stayed in the upper part of Madinah in the neighborhood of Banu Amr bin Awf and remained there for fourteen nights. Then he sent for the chiefs of Banu Najjar, who came with their swords hanging by their sides. That scene is still before my eyes: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was mounted on his ride, Hazrat Siddiq Akbar (may Allah be pleased with him) was behind him, and the people of Banu Najjar were around them, until the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) reached the courtyard of Hazrat Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him). In the beginning, wherever the time for prayer occurred, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray there, even in the sheep pens. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered a mosque to be built and called the people of Banu Najjar and said to them, "O Banu Najjar! Settle the price of this garden with me." They replied, "We will take its price only from Allah." At that time, there were some graves of polytheists, a wasteland, and a tree there. At the command of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the graves of the polytheists were dug up, the wasteland was leveled, and the tree was cut down. A tree was planted towards the qiblah side of the mosque, and the doors were made of stone. People would hand bricks to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would say, "O Allah! The real goodness is the goodness of the Hereafter. O Allah! Grant victory to the Ansar and the Muhajirin."
Hadith Reference مسند احمد / مسند المكثرين من الصحابة / 13208
Hadith Grading حکم دارالسلام: إسناده صحيح، خ: 2774، م: 524.