Construction of the Prophet's Mosque
The Prophet (r) sent for the two boys who owned the date-store and asked them to name
the price of the yard. They answered, “Nay, but we shall make thee a gift of it, O Prophet
(r) of Allah!” The Prophet (r), however, refused their offer, paid them its price and built a
mosque from there.
The Prophet (r) himself carried the unburned bricks for construction of the building along
with the other Muslims. He is reported to have recited as he worked.
“O Allah! The true reward is the reward of the hereafter, have mercy O Allah on the An-
saars and Mujajirun.” (Ibn Kathir, Vol. II, p. 251)
Overjoyed to see the Messenger of Allah (r) invoking blessings on them, the Muslims, too,
sang and thanked Allah.
The Prophet (r) lived in the house of Abu Ayyub Ansaari for seven months. (Ibn Kathir,
Vol. II, p. 279)
In the meantime, the construction of the mosque and dwelling place for the Prophet’s
family was already completed and so he moved to live in his house.
The Muslims who had been restrained from migration by the polytheist of Makkah, con-
tinued to emigrate to Madinah until the only ones left there were those who were either
forcibly detained or had apostatized. On the other hand, not a house of Ansaar was left
without the people having sworn allegiance to Allah and His Prophet (r). (Ibn Hisham, Vol. I,
pp. 499-500).
BONDS OF BROTHERHOOD BETWEEN THE ANSAARS AND MUHAAJIRUN
The Prophet (r) established bonds of brotherhood between the Muhaajirun and the An-
saar putting them under an agreement and obligation to mutual welfare, benevolence and
assistance. Each Ansaari took a Muhaajir brother.
The former sometimes went so far as to give his Muhaajir brother half of whatever he
possessed in the form of houses, assets, lands and groves. Such was the enthusiasm of the
Ansaars to share everything with their brothers-in-faith that they divided everything into
two parts to draw lots for allocating their share. In most cases, they tried to give the Muhaa-
jirun the fairer portion of their property.
An Ansaari would say to his émigrant brother “Behold, I shall divide my possessions into
two halves.”
The Muhaajir, who was often an expert in commerce, would refuse and would answer,
“May Allah bless you in your family and your possessions! Just inform me of where the
market is?”