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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to us while we were digging the trench and carrying out the earth on our backs.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) then said, "O Allah ! There is no life except the life of the Hereafter, so please forgive
the Emigrants and the Ansar."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 63, Hadith 22
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On the day of the battle of the Trench (i.e. Ghazwat-ul-Khandaq) the Ansar used to say, "We are those
who have given the pledge of allegiance to Muhammad for Jihad (i.e. holy fighting) as long as we
live." The Prophet (ﷺ) , replied to them, "O Allah! There is no life except the life of the Hereafter; so
please honor the Ansar and the Emigrants."
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A man came to the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ) sent a messenger to his wives (to bring something for that
man to eat) but they said that they had nothing except water. Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Who will
take this (person) or entertain him as a guest?" An Ansar man said, "I." So he took him to his wife and
said to her, "Entertain generously the guest of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) " She said, "We have got nothing except
the meals of my children." He said, "Prepare your meal, light your lamp and let your children sleep if
they ask for supper." So she prepared her meal, lighted her lamp and made her children sleep, and then
stood up pretending to mend her lamp, but she put it off. Then both of them pretended to be eating,
but they really went to bed hungry. In the morning the Ansari went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) who said,
"Tonight Allah laughed or wondered at your action." Then Allah revealed:
"But give them (emigrants) preference over themselves even though they were in need of that And
whosoever is saved from the covetousness Such are they who will be successful." (59.9)