Sahih Muslim Book - 12, Hadith - 2440

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِى التَّيَّاحِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ قَالَ لَمَّا فُتِحَتْ مَكَّةُ قَسَمَ الْغَنَائِمَ فِى قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالَتِ الأَنْصَارُ إِنَّ هَذَا لَهُوَ الْعَجَبُ إِنَّ سُيُوفَنَا تَقْطُرُ مِنْ دِمَائِهِمْ وَإِنَّ غَنَائِمَنَا تُرَدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ. فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَجَمَعَهُمْ فَقَالَ « مَا الَّذِى بَلَغَنِى عَنْكُمْ ». قَالُوا هُوَ الَّذِى بَلَغَكَ. وَكَانُوا لاَ يَكْذِبُونَ. قَالَ « أَمَا تَرْضَوْنَ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ النَّاسُ بِالدُّنْيَا إِلَى بُيُوتِهِمْ وَتَرْجِعُونَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِلَى بُيُوتِكُمْ لَوْ سَلَكَ النَّاسُ وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبًا وَسَلَكَتِ الأَنْصَارُ وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبًا لَسَلَكْتُ وَادِىَ الأَنْصَارِ أَوْ شِعْبَ الأَنْصَارِ ».

Anas bin Malik said: ‘When Makkah was conquered, the spoils were divided among the Quraish. The Ansar said: ‘This is strange; our swords are still dripping with their blood and our spoils have been given to them.’ News of that reached to the Messenger of Allah (SAW), so he gathered them together and said: ‘What is this that I heard from you?’ They said: ‘It is what you have heard.’ And they would not tell lies. He said: ‘Does it not please you the people are going back with worldly gains, and you are going back to your houses with Messenger of Allah (SAW)? If the people were to follow a valley and the Ansar were to follow a mountain pass, I would follow the valley or mountain pass of the Ansar.’