Muhammad ibn al-Walid narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Ja‘far narrated to us, Shu‘bah narrated to us, from Abu al-Tayyah, who said: I heard Anas ibn Malik say: When Mecca was conquered, he divided the spoils among the Quraysh. The Ansar said, "This is truly astonishing—our swords are still dripping with their blood, yet our spoils are given back to them." When that reached the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, he gathered them and said, "What is this that has reached me about you?" They said, "It is what has reached you." And they were not ones to lie. He said, "Are you not content that the people return to their homes with the worldly goods, while you return to your homes with the Messenger of Allah? If the people were to take a valley or a mountain pass, and the Ansar took a valley or a mountain pass, I would take the valley of the Ansar or the mountain pass of the Ansar."