حَدَّثَنَا
هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي
أَبُو صَخْرٍ ، أَنَّ
يَحْيَى بْنَ النَّضْرِ الْأَنْصَارِيّ حَدَّثَهُ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ
أَبَا قَتَادَةَ ، يَقُولُ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ لِلْأَنْصَارِ :
" أَلَا إِنَّ النَّاسَ دِثَارِي ، وَالْأَنْصَارَ شِعَارِي ، لَوْ سَلَكَ النَّاسُ وَادِيًا ، وَسَلَكَتْ الْأَنْصَارُ شِعْبَةً ، لَاتَّبَعْتُ شِعْبَةَ الْأَنْصَارِ ، وَلَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ ، لَكُنْتُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ ، فَمَنْ وَلِيَ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ ، فَلْيُحْسِنْ إِلَى مُحْسِنِهِمْ ، وَلْيَتَجَاوَزْ عَنْ مُسِيئِهِمْ ، وَمَنْ أَفْزَعَهُمْ ، فَقَدْ أَفْزَعَ هَذَا الَّذِي بَيْنَ هَاتَيْنِ " , وَأَشَارَ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.
It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say from the pulpit regarding the Ansar: "Behold! People are like an outer garment for me, and the Ansar are like an inner garment for me (which is in contact with the body). If people walk on one path and the Ansar on another, I will walk on the path of the Ansar. If there had been no migration, I would have been one of the Ansar myself. Therefore, whoever becomes responsible for the affairs of the Ansar should treat their righteous well and overlook the faults of their wrongdoers. And whoever frightens them, frightens the one who is between these two pillars," meaning the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) himself.