Hadith #384
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Arabic Text
وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ وَلَوْ يَنْدَفِعُ النَّاسُ فِي شُعْبَةٍ أَوْ فِي وَادٍ وَالْأَنْصَارُ فِي شُعْبَةٍ لَانْدَفَعْتُ فِي شِعْبِهِمْ
English Translation
the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Were it not for the Hijrah, I would have been one of the Ansar. If the people were to take a valley or a mountain path, and the Ansar took another, I would take the path of the Ansar.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 18, Hadith 384
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 7822
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-44212