Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 3779

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَوْ قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ لَوْ أَنَّ الأَنْصَارَ سَلَكُوا وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبًا، لَسَلَكْتُ فِي وَادِي الأَنْصَارِ، وَلَوْلاَ الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ مَا ظَلَمَ بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي، آوَوْهُ وَنَصَرُوهُ‏.‏ أَوْ كَلِمَةً أُخْرَى‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to me: Ghundar narrated to us: Shuʿba narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ziyad, from Abu Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with him, from the Prophet—or Abu al-Qasim, peace and blessings be upon him—who said, “If the Helpers took a valley or a mountain pass, I would take the valley of the Helpers. Were it not for the migration, I would have been one of the Helpers.” Abu Hurayra said, “He did not wrong them—may my father and mother be his ransom—for they gave him shelter and supported him,” or words to that effect.