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Historical Speech to ”Ansar”
On hearing the grumbling of the ’’Ansai,”1 ihe Holy Prophet (”BUH) called them in a tent made up of leather and enquired ot the

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matter. When he found the statements to be true he said: ”O Ansar! What a new things have you found in your heart? Were you not misguided and Allah gave you guidance? Were you not the enemies of one another and Allah made you brothers? Were you not indigent and Allah gave you prosperity?” On every question Ansar replied. ”Very true, Allah and His messenger have been every kind to us.” Then the Holy Prophet (PBUH) said, ”O A mar! It will be just if you replied in this way: When others rejected you (O Prophet!) we accepted you. When others left you (O Prophet!) in distress, we gave you shelter. When you were poor (O, Prophet!), we helped you.” ”The Holy Prophet (PBUH) c^ itinupd, ”But don’t yon like, O Ansar, that people take away sheep and goats and you take home Muhammad (PBUH), the Messenger of Allah? By Allah, who holds my soul in his hand, if all the people go in one way, while the ”Ansar” (Helpers) take- another, I will tread along the path of the
Ansar.”
Hearing this the ”Ansar” were deeply moved, they wept so much that their beards were wet with tears and sobbed loudly saying, ”We need oi>i> Muhammad (PBUH).” Then the Holy Prophet (PBUH) clarified that the Makkhans werr new converts to Islam, and whatever they got was not given as their right but i+ was done only to acquaint t’ • u with the generosity of Islam.
The convincing speech of the Ho’o Prophet (i BUH) to the ”Ansar” removed their unfounded misunderstanding about him, with regard to his generous grants to some Quraysh and Bedouin tribes. The speech really reflects that the real value of life is in Hove’, and not in wealth. He who has the love of his people has something more than wealth can buy.2