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أبو أيوب الأنصاري

Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (RA)

Also known as: Abu Ayyub, Khalid ibn Zayd, Eyüp Sultan

c. 47 BH – 52 AH · c. 576–672 CE

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The Ansari who hosted the Prophet ﷺ on his arrival in Madinah, buried by the walls of Constantinople.

Abu Ayyub, Khalid ibn Zayd, was of the Khazraj of Madinah and was present at the Second Pledge of 'Aqabah. When the Prophet ﷺ arrived in Madinah, his camel knelt near Abu Ayyub's house, and the Prophet ﷺ stayed with him for several months while his mosque and rooms were built. Out of respect Abu Ayyub moved to the upper floor so that he would not be above the Prophet ﷺ, after first offering it to him.

He fought at Badr and in all the later battles, and he narrated a number of hadith. In old age he joined the campaign against Constantinople, fell ill, and asked to be buried as far into enemy land as the army could reach. He was buried by the walls of the city around 672. After the Ottoman conquest of 1453 a mosque was built over his tomb, at Eyüp in Istanbul, which remains one of the most visited sites in the city.

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Life journey

  1. c. 576 CE Madinah المدينة
    Of the Khazraj of Madinah; the Prophet ﷺ stayed in his house when he first arrived.
  2. 672 CE Constantinople (Istanbul) القسطنطينية
    Died 672 CE · 52 AH
    Died during the Muslim campaign against Constantinople and was buried by its walls.

Places in their life

al-Masjid al-Nabawi, the Prophet's Mosque, Madinah
al-Masjid al-Nabawi, the Prophet's Mosque, Madinah
Photo: TheHadiRahim, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Süleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul
The Süleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul
Photo: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

  • Ibn Hisham, al-Sira al-Nabawiyya
  • Sahih Muslim (Book of Drinks, on the Prophet ﷺ staying in his house)
  • Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani, al-Isaba fi Tamyiz al-Sahaba
Draft, awaiting scholarly review.
His death is given as 50, 51, 52 or 55 AH. Birth year approximate.