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583: 491:. When Allah had actually given honour to Islam and its supporters had become many, some of us secretly said to one another, 'Our wealth has been depleted, and Allah has given honour to Islam and its supporters have become many, let us stay amidst our wealth and make up what has been depleted of it.' Thereupon, Allah revealed to Muhammad, 'And spend in the Path of God (فِي سَبِيلِ اللّهِ), and do not contribute to your own destruction / And spend in the way of Allah and do not throw with your hands into destruction .'," refuting what we had said. 398:: The land of Al-Masjid an-Nabawi belonged to two young orphans, Sahal and Suhayl, and when they learned that Muhammad wished to acquire their land for a mosque, they went to Muhammad and offered the land to him as a gift. Muhammad insisted on paying for the land because they were orphaned children. The ultimately agreed purchase price was paid by Abu Ayyub al-Ansari who thus became the waqif (or creator of a charitable endowment) of Al-Masjid an-Nabawi on behalf of Muhammad. 477:(Islamic greeting and farewell) to the Muslim armies and tell them, "Abu Ayyub urges you to penetrate deep into enemy territory, as far as you can go; and that you should carry him with you, and that you should bury me under your feet at the walls of Constantinople." At this, he died. Yazid ordered the Muslim army to fulfil his request, and they pushed back the enemy's forces until they reached the walls of Constantinople where Abu Ayyub was finally interred. 39: 472:
under the period A.H. 49 (9/2/669 - 28/1/670). Though Abu Ayyub was by then an old man, that did not deter him from enlisting. Shortly after engaging in battle, it is recorded that he fell ill and had to withdraw. The chief of army staff Yazid ibn Muawiya asked, "Do you need anything, Abu Ayyub?" to
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The Messenger of Allah said: "It is not permissible for a Muslim to shun his brother for more than three nights. When they meet, this one turns away (from that one) and that one turns away (from this one) and the best of them is the one who greets his brother
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He has contributed to his own destruction." Abu Ayyub al-Ansari stood up and answered, "O people! You give this interpretation to this verse, whereas it was revealed concerning us the
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to plant trees of Paradise in abundance, as the soil of Paradise is fertile and its plain is spacious." It was asked, "Which are the trees of Paradise?" He replied, "
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About this battle, Aslam ibn 'Imran narrates that when they were fighting the Byzantines, a Muslim soldier penetrated deep into enemy ranks. The people exclaimed, "
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in 1882. This mosque was the traditional site for the coronation ceremony of the Ottoman Sultans, where each new Sultan was girded with the
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During his military career, "he did not stay away from any battle in which the Muslims engaged from the time of Muhammad to the time of
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became sacred and many Ottoman officials requested burial in proximity of Abu Ayyub. His tomb was discovered by the Ottoman saint
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was descended from Abu Ayyub through his son, Abu Mansur. Consequently, the family migrated to the Indian subcontinent with the
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Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, History v. 18 "Between Civil Wars: The Caliphate of Mu'awiyah," transl.
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Talib Hashmi, Seerat Mezban e Rasool (SAW) Hazrat Abu Ayub Ansari (R.A), Lahore; Taha pub; 2005
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that had been completed in 642. Several other companions were his neighbours, including
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was constructed above Abu Ayyub's grave and a mosque built in his honour by Sultan
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Masud ul-Hasan, Hadrat 'Umar Farooq, Islamic Publications Ltd. Lahore 1982
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and pledged allegiance to Islam at the hands of Muhammad, who named him
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Or 52 A.H, see Ibn Sa'd and Tabari, cited in Prof. Philip K Hitti,
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and his family remained there until 1526. The prominent
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Zayd ibn Kulayb ibn Thaalba ibn Abdul Awf al-Khazraji
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The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition (12 vols.)
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The descendants of Abu Ayyub can be found around the
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Abu Ayyub al-Ansari is credited with narrating many
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Al-Riyadh: Dar Taybah. 945:Tarikh Khalifah ibn Khayyat, 3rd ed 685:(Arabic لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله)." 552: 285: 253: 27: 13: 708: 683:La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah 341:First Arab Siege of Constantinople 14: 1298: 969:, Macmillan, London, 1951 rev.ed. 921:A History of Ottoman Architecture 767:. Leiden: E. J. Brill. 1960–2005. 621:. The tomb was rebuilt by Sultan 454:Siege of Constantinople (674–678) 437:and Abdullah ibn Amr bin Al'aas. 417:Following the Muslim conquest of 172:Umm al-Hasan bint Zayd ibn Haris 795:(The Great Book of Generations). 412: 286:خالد ابن زيد ابن كُليب ابن ثعلبه 910: 890: 876: 825: 811: 798: 785: 776: 751: 738: 494: 1: 925:. London: Thames and Hudson. 142: 1287:Rashidun governors of Medina 466:Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari 387:Waqif in Al-Masjid an-Nabawi 346: 7: 955:, SUNY Press, Albany, 1987. 689: 523:Muslim conquest of Khorasan 403:Rashidun governor of Medina 327:. Abu Ayyub was one of the 296: 264: 61:Rashidun governor of Medina 10: 1303: 1061:Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr 599:Conquest of Constantinople 556: 498: 451: 383:into a single allegiance. 359:as Khalid bin Zayd to the 1242:Companions of the Prophet 1046: 960:Kitab at-Tabaqat al-Kabir 917:Goodwin, Godfrey (1971). 793:Kitāb at-Tabāqat al-Kabīr 771:Khalifah ibn Khayyat 1985 525:under the Muslim general 308:, and a close companion ( 239: 216: 196: 179: 168: 138: 115: 110: 106: 91: 76: 66: 59: 55: 36: 21: 1277:Burials at Eyüp Cemetery 979:The History of al-Ṭabarī 701: 696:Sunni view of the Sahaba 405:during the caliphate of 304:— was from the tribe of 965:Prof. Philip K. Hitti, 898:Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal 174:Umm al-Ayyub al-Ansari 1116:Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman 1066:Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali 1051:Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas 967:A History of the Arabs 806:A History of the Arabs 746:A History of the Arabs 594: 567: 448:Last military campaign 351:Abu Ayyub was born in 276:, died c. 674) — born 273: 126:, Arabia (present-day 1161:Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr 833:"Ansaris of Yusufpur" 724:World Digital Library 673:). Ibrahim asked, "O 665:, Muhammad passed by 645:narrated by Abu Ayyub 585: 563: 421:, Abu Ayyub moved to 401:He was chosen as the 200:Abu Mansur al-Tabi'i 1121:Ja'far ibn Abi Talib 1076:Abu Dharr al-Ghifari 1056:Abd Allah ibn Ja'far 941:Khalifah ibn Khayyat 611:Mehmed the Conqueror 537:scholar from Herat, 433:, Ubaida, Abu Dhar, 154:Eastern Roman Empire 1237:Abu Ayyub al-Ansari 1136:Khuzaima ibn Thabit 1126:Jabir ibn Abd Allah 1071:Abu Ayyub al-Ansari 1002:Ansaris of Yusufpur 976:, ed. 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tomb of Abu Ayyub
Rashidun governor of Medina
Ali
Sahl ibn Hunaif
Marwan ibn al-Hakam
Yathrib
Hejaz
Medina
Saudi Arabia
Constantinople
Eastern Roman Empire
Istanbul
Turkey
Banu Khazraj
Banu Najjar
Arabic
romanized
Turkish
Arabic
romanized
Yathrib
Banu Najjar
Arabic
standard-bearer
Islamic prophet
Muhammad
Ansar
hijra
First Arab Siege of Constantinople

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