Volume 5, Book 58, Number 127:
Narrated Al-Bara:
I heard the Prophet 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.”
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 143:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Abu Bakr and Al-‘Abbas passed by one of the gatherings of the Ansar who were weeping then. He
(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 with us.” So Abu Bakr went to the Prophet and told him of
that. The Prophet 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.”
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 128:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, “The sign of Belief is to love the Ansar, and the sign of hypocrisy is to hate the
Ansar.”
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 144:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
Allah’s Apostle (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 Al –
lah, he said, “Then-after, O people! The people will go on increasing, but the Ansar will go on de –
creasing 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.”
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Volume 5, Book 58, Number 129:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet saw the women and children (of the Ansar) coming forward. (The sub-narrator said,
“I think that Anas said, ‘They were returning from a wedding party.”) The Prophet stood up and said
thrice, “By Allah! You are from the most beloved people to me.”
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 130:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Once an Ansari woman, accompanied by a son of hers, came to Allah’s Apostle. Allah’s Apostle
spoke to her and said twice, “By Him in Whose Hand my life is, you are the most beloved people to
me.”
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 131:
Narrated Zaid bin Al-Arqam:
The Annwar said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Every prophet has his own followers and we have followed
you. So will you invoke Allah to let our followers be considered from us (as Ansar too)?” So he in –
voked Allah accordingly.
Volume 5, Book 57, Number 116:
Narrated Abu Wail:
When ‘Ali sent ‘Ammar and Al-Hasan to (the people of) Kufa to urge them to fight, ‘Ammar ad –
dressed them saying, “I know that she (i.e. ‘Aisha) is the wife of the Prophet in this world and in the
Hereafter (world to come), but Allah has put you to test, whether you will follow Him (i.e. Allah) or
her.”