When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ distributed those gifts among the Quraysh and the Arab tribes and gave nothing from them to the Ansar, this clan of the Ansar felt hurt within themselves, until much talk spread among them, to the point that one of them said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has met up with his own people."Saad bin Ubada came in to him and said, "Messenger of Allah, this clan of the Ansar have taken offense at you over what you did with this spoil that you obtained. You distributed it among your own people and gave great gifts to the Arab tribes, while nothing went to this clan of the Ansar."He said, "Where do you stand on this, Saad?"Saad replied, "Messenger of Allah, I am only a man of my people. I am no different."He said, "Then gather your people for me in this enclosure."Saad went out and gathered the people in that enclosure. Some men from the Muhajirun came, and he let them in. Others came, and he sent them back. When they had assembled, Saad came to him and said, "This clan of the Ansar has gathered for you."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to them, praised Allah and extolled Him as He deserves, then said, "Company of the Ansar, what is this talk that has reached me from you, this resentment you have felt within yourselves? Did I not come to you when you were astray, and Allah guided you through me? And destitute, and Allah enriched you? And enemies, and Allah united your hearts?"They said, "Rather, to Allah and His Messenger belong the favor and the bounty."He said, "Will you not answer me, company of the Ansar?"They said, "And with what shall we answer you, Messenger of Allah? To Allah and His Messenger belong the favor and the bounty."He said, "By Allah, had you wished, you could have said, and you would have spoken truthfully and been believed, 'You came to us rejected, and we believed you. Forsaken, and we supported you. Driven out, and we sheltered you. Destitute, and we enriched you.' Have you taken offense within yourselves, company of the Ansar, over some trifle of this world by which I won over a people so that they might embrace Islam, while I entrusted you to your own Islam? Are you not pleased, company of the Ansar, that the people go off with sheep and camels while you return with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to your dwellings? By the One in whose hand is Muhammad's soul, were it not for the Hijrah, I would have been a man of the Ansar. If the people took one path and the Ansar took another path, I would take the path of the Ansar. O Allah, have mercy on the Ansar, the sons of the Ansar, and the sons of the sons of the Ansar."The people wept until their beards were soaked, and they said, "We are content with the Messenger of Allah as our share and portion."Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ departed, and we dispersed.
حدثنا يعقوب حدثنا أبي عن ابن إسحاق قال وحدثني عاصم بن عمر بن قتادة عن محمود بن لبيد
لما أعطى رسول الله ﷺ ما أعطى من تلك العطايا في قريش وقبائل العرب ولم يكن في الأنصار منها شيء وجد هذا الحي من الأنصار في أنفسهم حتى كثرت فيهم القالة حتى قال قائلهم لقي رسول الله ﷺ قومه فدخل عليه سعد بن عبادة فقال يا رسول الله إن هذا الحي قد وجدوا عليك في أنفسهم لما صنعت في هذا الفيء الذي أصبت قسمت في قومك وأعطيت عطايا عظاما في قبائل العرب ولم يكن في هذا الحي من الأنصار شيء قال فأين أنت من ذلك يا سعد قال يا رسول الله ما أنا إلا امرؤ من قومي وما أنا قال فاجمع لي قومك في هذه الحظيرة قال فخرج سعد فجمع الناس في تلك الحظيرة قال فجاء رجال من المهاجرين فتركهم فدخلوا وجاء آخرون فردهم فلما اجتمعوا أتاه سعد فقال قد اجتمع لك هذا الحي من الأنصار قال فأتاهم رسول الله ﷺ فحمد الله وأثنى عليه بالذي هو له أهل ثم قال يا معشر الأنصار ما قالة بلغتني عنكم وجدة وجدتموها في أنفسكم ألم آتكم ضلالا فهداكم الله وعالة فأغناكم الله وأعداء فألف الله بين قلوبكم قالوا بل الله ورسوله أمن وأفضل قال ألا تجيبونني يا معشر الأنصار قالوا وبماذا نجيبك يا رسول الله ولله ولرسوله المن والفضل قال أما والله لو شئتم لقلتم فلصدقتم وصدقتم أتيتنا مكذبا فصدقناك ومخذولا فنصرناك وطريدا فآويناك وعائلا فأغنيناك أوجدتم في أنفسكم يا معشر الأنصار في لعاعة من الدنيا تألفت بها قوما ليسلموا ووكلتكم إلى إسلامكم أفلا ترضون يا معشر الأنصار أن يذهب الناس بالشاة والبعير وترجعون برسول الله ﷺ في رحالكم فوالذي نفس محمد بيده لولا الهجرة لكنت امرأ من الأنصار ولو سلك الناس شعبا وسلكت الأنصار شعبا لسلكت شعب الأنصار اللهم ارحم الأنصار وأبناء الأنصار وأبناء أبناء الأنصار قال فبكى القوم حتى أخضلوا لحاهم وقالوا رضينا برسول الله قسما وحظا ثم انصرف رسول الله ﷺ وتفرقنا