Volume 6, Book 60, Number 428:
Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah:
We were in a Ghazwa (Sufyan once said, in an army) and a man from the emigrants kicked an
Ansari man (on the buttocks with his foot). The Ansari man said, “O the Ansar! (Help!)” and the
emigrant said. “O the emigrants! (Help!) Allah’s Apostle heard that and said, “What is this call for,
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which is characteristic of the period of ignorance?” They said, “O Allah’s Apostle! A man from the
emigrants kicked one of the Ansar (on the buttocks with his foot).” Allah’s Apostle said, “Leave it (that
call) as is a detestable thing.” ‘Abdullah bin Ubai heard that and said, ‘Have the (the emigrants) done
so? By Allah, if we return Medina, surely, the more honorable will expel therefrom the meaner.”
When this statement reached the Prophet. ‘Umar got up an, said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Let me chop off
the head of this hypocrite (‘Abdullah bin Ubai)!” The Prophet said “Leave him, lest the people say that
Muhammad kills his companions.” The Ansar were then more in number than the emigrants when
the latter came to Medina, but later on the emigrant increased.