It is narrated from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Allah! Forgive the Ansar, the children of the Ansar, the wives of the Ansar, and the descendants of the Ansar. The Ansar are my group and my protection. If people were walking on one path and the Ansar on another, I would choose the path of the Ansar. And if there had been no migration, I would have been one of the Ansar.