with the Messenger of Allah and take him into your own homes?”
They answered, “We are content.” He continued, “If the people were to choose one mountain pass and the Ansar another, I would take the pass of the Ansar.” They said, “We are content, O Messenger of Allah.” He replied, “Then be content.” Recorded by Muslim.
Ibn ʿAwn narrated—from Hisham ibn Zayd, from Anas—that on the day of Hunayn (he then told the story) Allah’s Messenger ﷺ obtained a great deal of booty. He distributed it among the Emigrants and the newly liberated Meccans, giving nothing to the Ansar. The Ansar said, “When hardship strikes we are summoned, but when the spoils are shared others are given them.” This reached the Prophet, so he gathered them in a pavilion and said, “Are you not pleased that people return with worldly goods while you go back with the Messenger of Allah, taking him into your dwellings?” They replied, “Yes indeed, O Messenger of Allah; we are satisfied.” He said, “If the people were to enter one valley and the Ansar another, I would enter the valley of the Ansar.” Agreed upon.
Shuʿbah and others reported from al-Zuhri: Anas told me that a group of the Ansar said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ—when Allah had granted him the wealth of Hawazin and he began giving some men of Quraysh one hundred camels each—“May Allah forgive the Messenger of Allah: he is giving to Quraysh and leaving us, while our swords are still dripping with their blood.” This reached the Prophet, so he gathered them in a leather tent and allowed no one else in. When they had assembled, he asked, “What is this report that has reached me about you?” Their knowledgeable ones replied, “Those of sound judgment among us have said nothing.”
He said, “I give to men who are still new to Islam in order to win their hearts. Are you not satisfied that people leave with property while you return to your camps with the Messenger of Allah? By Allah, what you take home is better than what they take home.” They said, “We are satisfied.” He then added, “You will encounter after me severe favoritism, so endure patiently until you meet