It is narrated from Sayyiduna Bara’ bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the Ansar: The people of faith love them and the hypocrites harbor enmity towards them. Whoever loves them, Allah will love him, and whoever harbors enmity towards them, Allah Almighty will harbor enmity towards him. The narrator of the hadith, Shu’bah, said to his teacher: Did you yourself hear this hadith from Sayyiduna Bara’ (may Allah be pleased with him)? He replied: Yes, Sayyiduna Bara’ (may Allah be pleased with him) himself narrated it to me.