\nNarrated Ghailan bin Jarir:\n \n\nI asked Anas, "Tell me about the name 'Al-Ansar.; Did you call yourselves by it or did Allah call you \nby it?" He said, "Allah called us by it." We used to visit Anas (at Basra) and he used to narrate to us \nthe virtues and deeds of the Ansar, and he used to address me or a person from the tribe of Al-Azd and \nsay, "Your tribe did so-and-so on such-and-such a day."\n

\nNarrated Ghailan bin Jarir:\n \n\nI asked Anas, "Tell me about the name 'Al-Ansar.; Did you call yourselves by it or did Allah call you \nby it?" He said, "Allah called us by it." We used to visit Anas (at Basra) and he used to narrate to us \nthe virtues and deeds of the Ansar, and he used to address me or a person from the tribe of Al-Azd and \nsay, "Your tribe did so-and-so on such-and-such a day."\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ، حَدَّثَنَا غَيْلاَنُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَنَسٍ أَرَأَيْتَ اسْمَ الأَنْصَارِ كُنْتُمْ تُسَمَّوْنَ بِهِ، أَمْ سَمَّاكُمُ اللَّهُ قَالَ بَلْ سَمَّانَا اللَّهُ، كُنَّا نَدْخُلُ عَلَى أَنَسٍ فَيُحَدِّثُنَا مَنَاقِبَ الأَنْصَارِ وَمَشَاهِدَهُمْ، وَيُقْبِلُ عَلَىَّ أَوْ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنَ الأَزْدِ فَيَقُولُ فَعَلَ قَوْمُكَ يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا كَذَا وَكَذَا‏.‏