Bukhari 3779 — Were it not for the hijra I would be one of the Ansar

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«قال رسول الله: «لو أن الأنصار سلكوا وادياً — أو شعباً — لسلكت وادي الأنصار، ولولا الهجرة لكنت امرءاً من الأنصار»»

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Mentions: The Ansar· Abu Hurayra

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Medina· The Conquest of Khaybar· The Pledge of the Tree (Bay'at al-Ridwan)· The brotherhood of the Muhajirun and Ansar· The capture of Thumama ibn Uthal al-Hanafi and his acceptance of Islam· The Constitution of Medina· Expedition of al-Sawiq· Expedition of Buhran

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Sahih al-Bukhari

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Medina

City in the Hejaz to which the Prophet migrated in 622 CE; site of the Prophet's Mosque and the first Muslim community. The Prophet declared it a sanctuary as Abraham declared Mecca — its bounds 'between 'Ayr and Thawr' (or 'to Uhud' in the reading Abu 'Ubayd and al-Hazimi preferred) and 'between its two lava fields'; within them hunting and tree-cutting are forbidden and the bloodwit for unintended killing is heavier. Samhudi counts nearly ninety-five names for it, among them Tayba, Taba and Yathrib.