Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو صَخْرٍ أَنَّ يَحْيَى بْنَ النَّضْرِ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ لِلْأَنْصَارِ أَلَا إِنَّ النَّاسَ دِثَارِي وَالْأَنْصَارَ شِعَارِي لَوْ سَلَكَ النَّاسُ وَادِيًا وَسَلَكَتْ الْأَنْصَارُ شِعْبَةً لَاتَّبَعْتُ شِعْبَةَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَلَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ رَجُلًا مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ فَمَنْ وَلِيَ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ فَلْيُحْسِنْ إِلَى مُحْسِنِهِمْ وَلْيَتَجَاوَزْ عَنْ مُسِيئِهِمْ وَمَنْ أَفْزَعَهُمْ فَقَدْ أَفْزَعَ هَذَا الَّذِي بَيْنَ هَاتَيْنِ وَأَشَارَ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.
English Translation
Harun ibn Ma'ruf narrated to us, 'Abdullah ibn Wahb narrated to us, Abu Sakhr informed me, that Yahya ibn al-Nadr al-Ansari narrated to him that he heard Abu Qatadah saying: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saying on the pulpit to the Ansar: "Indeed, the people are my outer garment and the Ansar are my inner garment. If the people were to take one valley and the Ansar took another valley, I would follow the valley of the Ansar. Were it not for the Hijrah, I would have been a man from the Ansar. Whoever is in authority over the Ansar, let him treat their good people well and pardon their wrongdoers. And whoever frightens them has frightened this one who is between these two" - and he pointed to himself (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).