Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ قَالَ لَمَّا فُتِحَتْ مَكَّةُ قَالَ قَسَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْغَنَائِمَ فِي قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالَتْ الْأَنْصَارُ إِنَّ هَذَا لَهُوَ الْعَجَبُ إِنَّ سُيُوفَنَا تَقْطُرُ مِنْ دِمَائِهِمْ وَإِنَّ غَنَائِمَنَا تُرَدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ فَبَلَغَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَجَمَعَهُمْ فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا الَّذِي بَلَغَنِي عَنْكُمْ فَقَالُوا هُوَ الَّذِي بَلَغَكَ وَكَانُوا لَا يَكْذِبُونَ فَقَالَ أَمَا تَرْضَوْنَ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ النَّاسُ بِالدُّنْيَا وَتَرْجِعُونَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى بُيُوتِكُمْ لَوْ سَلَكَ النَّاسُ وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبًا وَسَلَكَتْ الْأَنْصَارُ وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبًا لَسَلَكْتُ وَادِيَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَوْ شِعْبَ الْأَنْصَارِ.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Ja'far told us, Shu'bah told us, from Abu al-Tayyah, who said: I heard Anas ibn Malik say: When Mecca was conquered, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, distributed the spoils among Quraysh. The Ansar said, "This is indeed strange -- our swords drip with their blood, yet our spoils are given back to them!" This reached the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, so he gathered them and said, "What is this that has reached me about you?" They said, "It is what has reached you" -- for they never lied. He said, "Do you not approve that the people go away with the worldly goods, while you go back with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, to your homes? If the people were to take a valley or a mountain pass, and the Ansar were to take a valley or a mountain pass, I would take the valley of the Ansar, or the mountain pass of the Ansar."