Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna and Ibn Bashshar narrated to us—Ibn al-Muthanna said: Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, Shu'bah informed us, saying: I heard Qatadah narrating from Anas ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, gathered the Ansar and said, "Is there anyone among you from outside your number?" They said, "No, except a son of our sister." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Indeed, the son of a people's sister is one of them." Then he said, "Indeed, the Quraysh have recently emerged from a state of ignorance and calamity, and I wanted to compensate them and win their hearts. Are you not content that the people return with worldly goods, while you return with the Messenger of Allah to your homes? If the people were to take a valley and the Ansar took a mountain pass, I would take the mountain pass of the Ansar."