Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (during the days of his final illness) came out with a cloth wrapped around his head and face and said: O people! The general populace is increasing in number while the Ansar are decreasing in number, so whoever among you attains authority over the affairs (of leadership) and is able to benefit someone, he should accept the words of the virtuous among the Ansar, and if any of them makes a mistake, he should overlook it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Harith bin Ziyad Sa’idi Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of the Trench, he came to the service of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was taking the pledge of migration from the people. Harith (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! Take the pledge from this man as well. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: Who is he? He said: He is my cousin, Hut bin Yazid or Yazid bin Hut. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I do not take the pledge from you; people will migrate to you, you will not migrate to them. By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad! Whoever continues to love the Ansar until he meets Allah, he will meet Allah in such a state that Allah will love him. But whoever harbors enmity towards the Ansar until he meets Allah, he will meet Allah in such a state that Allah will have enmity towards him.

Ubaidullah bin Abi Bakr narrates from his father, and he from his grandfather (Sayyiduna Anas, may Allah be pleased with him) that the Ansar gathered together and complained, "How long will we keep drawing water from these wells? Let us go to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and request him to pray to Allah so that He may cause springs to flow for us from these mountains." So they all gathered and went to the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. When he saw them, he welcomed them and said, "Some special need has brought you to me." They said, "O Messenger of Allah! Indeed, that is the case." The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Today, whatever you ask for will be granted to you, and whatever I ask from Allah, He will grant it to me." Hearing this, they began to look at each other and said, "Have you come to seek the world? Ask for success in the Hereafter." All of them unanimously said, "O Messenger of Allah! Pray to Allah for our forgiveness." So the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "O Allah! Forgive the Ansar, their sons, and their grandsons." The Ansar said, "O Messenger of Allah! Also pray for our children who are not from the Ansar." The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Forgive all the children of the Ansar." They said, "O Messenger of Allah! Also pray for the slaves and slave-girls of the Ansar." The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "O Allah! Forgive the slaves and slave-girls of the Ansar as well." Ubaidullah bin Abi Bakr narrates that my mother narrated to me from Umm Hakam bint Nu'man bin Sahba, who said that she heard Sayyiduna Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, narrate from the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in the same way, except that in it the Ansar further requested, "O Messenger of Allah, also pray for forgiveness for the wives of our sons and the wives of our brothers."

. (Second chain) When carrying water on camels and irrigating the fields became difficult for the Ansar, they gathered together and went to the service of the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, so that they could request him to permit them to dig a flowing canal. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to them: Welcome, O Ansar! By Allah, whatever you ask of me today, I will grant it to you, and whatever I ask of Allah for you, He will grant it to me. They said to one another: Consider this a precious opportunity and ask for forgiveness. All of them submitted: O Messenger of Allah! Please supplicate to Allah for forgiveness on our behalf. So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, supplicated thus: O Allah! Forgive the Ansar, their children, and the children of their children.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Indeed, the Ansar are my most special, confidants, and trustworthy people. I sought refuge by coming to them. So accept the words of their virtuous ones, and if any of them falls short, then overlook it. They have fulfilled their covenant and pledge, but the fulfillment of their rights still remains.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw the children and women of the Ansar coming from a wedding, he (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up and said: Allah is witness that among you people, you are the most beloved to me. Allah is witness that you are among the people I love the most. Allah knows that you Ansar are among the people I love the most. In another narration, the words are as follows: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said three times: By Him in Whose hand is my soul, you are the most beloved to me among all people.

It is narrated from Nadr bin Anas that Sayyiduna Zaid bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) during the days of the incident of Harrah to console him over the killing of his children and members of his tribe, and said: I want to give you glad tidings from Allah Almighty. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: O Allah! Forgive the Ansar, their sons, and their grandsons. Forgive the women of the Ansar, the wives of the sons of the Ansar, and the women of the grandsons of the Ansar.

It is narrated from Umar bin Murrah, he says: I heard Abu Hamzah Talhah bin Yazid say, the Ansar submitted: O Messenger of Allah! Every prophet has some followers, we have followed you. Now pray that Allah Almighty makes our followers from among us. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for them that Allah Almighty makes their followers from among them. I mentioned this hadith to Ibn Abi Layla, so he said that Zaid bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) has also done the same.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Loving the Ansar is a sign of faith, and having enmity towards them is a sign of hypocrisy.

Sayyiduna Sa’d bin ‘Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This tribe of the Ansar is a means of testing people; loving them is faith and harboring enmity towards them is hypocrisy.