Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ وَلَوْ أَنَّ النَّاسَ سَلَكُوا وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبَةً وَسَلَكَتْ الْأَنْصَارُ وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبَةً لَسَلَكْتُ وَادِيَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَشِعْبَتَهُمْ.
English Translation
Yazid told us: Muhammad informed us, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Were it not for the emigration, I would have been a man of the Ansar. And if the people were to take one valley or mountain pass and the Ansar were to take another valley or mountain pass, I would take the valley and mountain pass of the Ansar."