For the poor emigrants who were expelled from their homes and their properties, seeking bounty from Allah and His approval,
and supporting Allah and His Messenger. Those are the truthful.
They had left their homes and gone against their own people, Ibn Kathîr explains, to seek Allah's pleasure.
'Abd ar-Rahmân ibn 'Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) was one of them. He himself tells what happened when he arrived.
“When we came to Medina, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ made brothers of me and Sa'd ibn ar-Rabî'” (Allah be pleased with him)
Sa'd said: I am the richest of the Ansâr. I will divide my wealth in two for you.
“And I have two wives. See which of them you prefer; I will divorce her, and when her waiting period ends, marry her.”
Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) remembers Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) as one of the richest of the Ansâr.
'Abd ar-Rahmân answered: “May Allah bless you in your family and your wealth. Where is your market?”
In his own words: “I have no need of that. Is there a market where one can trade?” They showed him Qaynuqâ' market.
He went the next morning and came back with dried curd and butter. Then he went again, morning after morning.
Not long after, he came with a trace of yellow perfume on him. The Prophet ﷺ asked: “What is this?”
“I have married a woman of the Ansâr.” “What did you give her?” “A date-stone's weight of gold.”
He ﷺ said: “Give a wedding feast, even with one sheep.”
The Ansâr went further. Abû Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him): they said, divide the palm groves between us.
He ﷺ said: “No.” So they said: you do the work, and we will share the fruit with you. The emigrants: we hear and obey.
Later, when he ﷺ offered the Ansâr the land of Bahrain, they refused unless the emigrants received the same.
The emigrants felt it. Anas: they said, we have never seen people more generous with much, nor kinder with little.
“They have spared us the labour and shared their comfort with us. We fear they will take all the reward.”
He ﷺ answered: “No, as long as you pray to Allah for them and praise them.”
A rich man offered half of everything he owned, and one of his two wives. The other man asked the way to the market.
Why did he refuse? And what did the Ansâr really give the emigrants?
Half of a fortune refused, a market found, a date-stone of gold, and groves shared for the fruit.
Tonight, name one person who helped you settle somewhere, and make du'â' for them by name.