Hadith #262

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Arabic Text

‏ ‏وَقَالَ ‏ ‏لَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنْ ‏ ‏الْأَنْصَارِ ‏ ‏وَلَوْ سَلَكَ ‏ ‏الْأَنْصَارُ ‏ ‏وَادِيًا ‏ ‏أَوْ قَالَ ‏ ‏شِعْبًا ‏ ‏لَكُنْتُ مِنْ ‏ ‏الْأَنْصَارِ ‏

English Translation

It was narrated from Ubayy ibn Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Were it not for the emigration, I would have been a man from the Ansar. And if the Ansar were to go through a valley or ravine, I would be with the Ansar.'

Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 39, Hadith 262

Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 20300

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