Tirmidhi Book 49, Hadith 3901

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَال:‏‏‏‏ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ جَمَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَاسًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ هَلْ فِيكُمْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ غَيْرِكُمْ ؟ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالُوا:‏‏‏‏ لَا إِلَّا ابْنَ أُخْتٍ لَنَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ إِنَّ ابْنَ أُخْتِ الْقَوْمِ مِنْهُمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ إِنَّ قُرَيْشًا حَدِيثٌ عَهْدُهُمْ بِجَاهِلِيَّةٍ،‏‏‏‏ وَمُصِيبَةٍ،‏‏‏‏ وَإِنِّي أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَجْبُرَهُمْ،‏‏‏‏ وَأَتَأَلَّفَهُمْ أَمَا تَرْضَوْنَ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ النَّاسُ بِالدُّنْيَا وَتَرْجِعُونَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى بُيُوتِكُمْ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالُوا:‏‏‏‏ بَلَى، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ لَوْ سَلَكَ النَّاسُ وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبًا وَسَلَكَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبًا لَسَلَكْتُ وَادِيَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَوْ شِعْبَهُمْ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى:‏‏‏‏ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.

Narrated Anas: that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gathered a group of people from the Ansar and said: Come, is there anyone among you who is from other than you? They said: No, except the son of a sister of ours. So he said: The son of the sister of a people is from them. Then he said: Indeed the Quraish is not far from their time of ignorance and affliction, and I wished that I subdue them and coax them. Are you not happy that the people return with this world and you return to your homes with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)? They said: Of course we are. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: If the people were to pass through a valley or a path, and the Ansar passed through a valley or a path then I would pass through the valley or path of the Ansar.