ANSAR THE HELPERS
(1) Ansar
foretold by Prophet (s) no role in leadership will have great reward
in Hereafter
(8) CHAPTER. The statement of the Prophet to the Ansar: "Be patient till you meet me at Al-Haud [the tank (i.e. Al-Kauthar)]".
Bukhari Volume 5, Book 63, Number
3792:
Narrated
Usaid bin Hudair:
A
man from the Ansar said, "O Allah's Apostle (s)! Will you appoint me as
you have appointed so-and-so?" The Prophet (s) said, "After me you
will see others given preference to you; so be patient till you meet me at the
Tank (i.e. Lake of Kauthar). (On the Day of Resurrection)."
Bukhari Volume 5, Book 63, Number 3793:
Narrated
Anas bin Malik:
The
Prophet (s) said to the Ansar, "After me you will see others given
preference to you; so be patient till you meet me, and your promised place (of
meeting) will be the Tank (i.e. Lake of Kauthar)."
Bukhari
Volume 5, Book 63, Number 3794:
Narrated
Yahya bin Said:
That
he heard Anas bin Malik when he went with him to Al-Walid, saying, "Once
the Prophet (s) called the Ansar in order to give them the territory of Bahrain
they said, 'No, unless you give to our emigrant brethren a similar share.' On
that he said 'If you do not agree to it, then be patient till you meet me, for
after me others will be given preference to you."'
Prophet’s hint about Ansar that
they would not be the leaders after him
Bukhari
Volume 5, Book 63, Number 3800:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
Allah's Apostle (s) [in his fatal
illness] came out wrapped in a sheet covering his shoulders and his head was
tied with an oily tape of cloth till he sat on the pulpit, and after praising
and glorifying Allah, he said, "Then-after, O people! The people will go
on increasing, but the Ansar will go on decreasing till they become just like salt
in a meal. So whoever amongst you will be the ruler and have the power to harm
or benefit others, should accept the good of the good-doers amongst them and
excuse the wrong-doers amongst them."
(2) Ansar honor – Prophet (s) wished he
was from amongst them
(2) CHAFFER. The statement of the Prophet (s) "But for the emigration, I would have been one of the Ansãr."
Bukhari
Volume 5, Book 63, Number 3779: [7244 Volume 9]
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (s) or Abul-Qasim said,
"If the Ansar took their way through a valley or a mountain pass, I would
take Ansar's valley. And but for the migration, I would have been one of the
Ansar." Abu Huraira used to say, "The Prophet (s) is not unjust (by
saying so). May my parents be sacrificed for him, for the Ansar sheltered and
helped him," or said a similar sentence.
(3) Having love for Ansar sign of faith
Bukhari
Volume 5, Book 63, Number 3783:
Narrated Al-Bara:
I heard the Prophet (s) saying (or
the Prophet said), "None loves the Ansar but a believer, and none hates
them but a hypocrite. So Allah will love him who loves them, and He will hate
him who hates them."
Bukhari
Volume 5, Book 63, Number 3784:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet (s) said, "The sign
of Belief is to love the Ansar, and the sign of hypocrisy is to hate the
Ansar."
(4) Ansar rewarded after conquest of Makkah
Prophet (s) returned with them to
Madina
Bukhari
Volume 5, Book 64, Number 4333: [4337]
Narrated Anas:
When it was the day of (the battle
of) Hunain, the Prophet (s) confronted the tribe of Hawazin while there were
ten-thousand (men) besides the Tulaqa' (i.e. those who had embraced Islam on
the day of the Conquest of Mecca) with the Prophet (s). When they (i.e. Muslims)
fled, the Prophet (s) said, "O the group of Ansari" They replied,
"Labbaik, O Allah's Apostle and Sadaik! We are under your command."
Then the Prophet (s) got down (from his mule) and said, "I am Allah's
Slave and His Apostle." Then the pagans were defeated. The Prophet (s) distributed
the war booty amongst the Tulaqa and Muhajirin (i.e. Emigrants) and did not
give anything to the Ansar. So the Ansar spoke (i.e. were dissatisfied) and he
called them and made them enter a leather tent and said, won’t you be pleased
that the people take the sheep and camels, and you take Allah's Apostle along
with you?" The Prophet (s) added, "If the people took their
way through a valley and the Ansar took their way through a mountain pass, then
I would choose a mountain pass of the Ansar"
Bukhari
Volume 5, Book 64, Number 4334:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet (s) gathered some people
of Ansar and said, "The People of Quraish are still close to their Pre-Islamic
period of ignorance and have suffered a lot, and I want to help them and
attract their hearts (by giving them the war booty). Won't
you be pleased that the people take the worldly things) and you take Allah's
Apostle with you to your homes?" They said, "Yes, (i.e., we
are pleased with this distribution)." The Prophet (s) said, "'If the
people took their way through a valley and the Ansar took their way through a
mountain pass, then I would take the Ansar's
Bukhari Volume 4, Book 57, Number
3147: [4330-4331]
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
When Allah favored His Apostle (s) with
the properties of Hawazin tribe as Fai (booty), he started giving to some
Quarries men even up to one-hundred camels each, whereupon some Ansari men said
about Allah's Apostle, "May Allah forgive His Apostle! He is giving to
(men of) Quraish and leaves us, in spite of the fact that our swords are still
dropping blood (of the infidels)" When Allah's Apostle (s) was informed of
what they had said; he called the Ansar and gathered them in a leather tent and
did not call anybody else along, with them. When they gathered, Allah's Apostle
came to them and said, "What is the statement which, I have been informed,
and that which you have said?" The learned ones among them replied,"
O Allah's Apostle! The wise ones amongst us did not say anything, but the
youngsters amongst us said, 'May Allah forgive His Apostle; he gives the Quraish and leaves the Ansar, in spite of the fact that our swords are still
dribbling (wet) with the blood of the infidels.' "Allah's Apostle (s) replied,
I give to such people as are still close to the period of Infidelity (i.e. they
have recently embraced Islam and Faith is still weak in their hearts). Won't you be
pleased to see people go with fortune, while you return with Allah's Apostle to
your houses? By Allah, what you will return with
is better than what they are returning with." The Ansar replied,
"Yes, O Allah's Apostle, we are satisfied' Then the Prophet (s) said to them." You will find after me, others being
preferred to you. Then be patient till you meet Allah and meet His Apostle at Al-Kauthar
(i.e. a fount in Paradise)." (Anas added) But we did not remain
patient.
Bukhari
Volume 5, Book 64, Number 4332:
Narrated Anas:
When it was the day of the Conquest
(of Mecca) Allah's Apostle (s) distributed the war booty amongst the people of
Quraish which caused the Ansar to become angry. So the Prophet (s) said, "Won't you be pleased that the people take the worldly
things and you take Allah's Apostle with you.” They said,
"Yes." The Prophet (s) said, "If the people took their way
through a valley or mountain pass, I would take my way through the Ansar's
valley or mountain pass."
(5) Prophet
(s) prayed for Ansar during
fatal illness
Bukhari
Volume 5, Book 63, Number 3799:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Abu Bakr and Al-'Abbas passed by one
of the gatherings of the Ansar who were weeping, they (i.e. Abu Bakr or
Al-'Abbas) asked, "Why are you weeping?" They replied, "We are weeping because we remember the gathering of the
Prophet (s) with us." So Abu Bakr went to the Prophet(s) and told him of
that. The Prophet (s) came out, tying his head with a piece of the hem of a
sheet. He ascended the pulpit which he never ascended after that day. He
glorified and praised Allah and then said, "I request you to take care of the Ansar as they are my near
companions to whom I confided my private secrets. They have fulfilled their
obligations and rights which were enjoined on them but there remains what is
for them. So, accept the good of the good-doers
amongst them and excuse the wrongdoers amongst them."
Translator’s note: The Prophet (s) was then seriously ill and his Companions were afraid that they would never see him in their gatherings.
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