Volume 5, Book 58, Number 184:
Narrated Ghailan bin Jarir:
We used to visit Anas bin Malik and he used to talk to us about the Ansar, and used to say to me:
“Your people did so-and-so on such-and-such a day, and your people did so-and-so on such-and-
such a day.”

Volume 5, Book 58, Number 120:
Narrated Ghailan bin Jarir:
I asked Anas, “Tell me about the name ‘Al-Ansar.; Did you call yourselves by it or did Allah call you
by it?” He said, “Allah called us by it.” We used to visit Anas (at Basra) and he used to narrate to us the
virtues and deeds of the Ansar, and he used to address me or a person from the tribe of Al-Azd and
say, “Your tribe did so-and-so on such-and-such a day.”