Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ وَعَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ وَلَوْ سَلَكَ النَّاسُ فِي وَادٍ أَوْ شِعْبٍ وَسَلَكَتْ الْأَنْصَارُ وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبًا لَسَلَكْتُ وَادِيَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَشِعْبَهُمْ.
English Translation
Yazid narrated to us, Muhammad b. Ishaq informed us, from Asim b. Umar b. Qatadah, from Mahmud b. Labid, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, and from Abu al-Zinad, from al-A'raj, from Abu Hurayrah - both said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Were it not for the migration, I would have been a man of the Ansar. And if the people were to travel in one valley or mountain pass, and the Ansar traveled in another valley or mountain pass, I would travel in the valley of the Ansar and their mountain pass."