Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
أبو أيوب الأنصاري
c. 674 CE · c. 54 AH† †
† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.
The Najjari Ansari who took the Prophet's baggage into his house when the she-camel knelt among Banu al-Najjar — 'a man stays with his baggage' — becoming the Prophet's host in Medina until the mosque and rooms were built.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
Refugees, migrants and diaspora
Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
- Host · September 622 CE · Rabi' I 1 AH†Tradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Khalid ibn Zayd ibn Kulayb al-Najjari, Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, the Prophet's host in Medina 1.
Taking the baggage
When the Prophet's camel knelt at the site of today's Prophet's Mosque — among Banu al-Najjar, his maternal kin — Abu Ayyub was first to his saddle and carried it into his house, the Prophet saying: "a man stays with his baggage" 2.
In Anas's account in Bukhari, the Prophet asked: which of our people's houses is nearest? Abu Ayyub said: mine, Messenger of God — this is my house and this is my door. He said: go then, prepare us a resting-place 1.
Afterward
The Prophet lodged with him until the mosque and its apartments were built; Abu Ayyub was killed at Constantinople's walls and is famously buried there 3.
Connections
- Member of
- The Ansar
- Participated in
- The HijraThe building of the Prophet's Mosque
People and things also explored
As'ad ibn ZuraraMedinaThe brotherhood of the Muhajirun and AnsarThe MuhajirunKulthum ibn al-HidmThe Constitution of MedinaThe HijraThe Pledges of Aqaba
Sources
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 173
- al-Tabaqat al-Kubra — Ibn Sa'd
- Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu Ayyub al-Ansari”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-ayyub-al-ansari/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.