Companion of the Prophet ﷺ
أبو أيوب الأنصاري
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خالد بن زيد بن كليب بن ثعلبة بن عبد عمرو بن عوف بن غنم بم مالك بن النجار : وهو تيم الله ، ابن ثعلبة بن الخزرج بن حارثة بن ثعلبة بن عمرو بن عامر بن حارثة بن امرئ القيس بن ثعلبة بن مازن بن الأزد بن الغوث بن نبت بن مالك بن زيد بن كهلان بن سبأ
Appears in 100 hadith across the six canonical collections.
An abridged path through the isnād
From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books
مُحَمَّد ﷺ
The Messenger
Immediate teacher layer
Received from
أبو أيوب الأنصاري
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
15
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
23
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
12
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
15
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
19
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
16
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
من كبار الصحابة.
Al-Dhahabi
بدري جليل.
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو أيوب.
- Known as
- أبو أيوب
- Lineage / nisba
- الأنصاري ، الخزرجي ، النجاري ، البدري ، المديني.
- Generation
- من كبار الصحابة
- Died
- 50 هـ . او : 52 هـ . او : 55 هـ ، وقيل : 51 هـ.
- Lived in
- المدينة.
- Died in
- القسطنطينية ببلاد الروم.
- Relatives
- أمه : هند بنت سعيد بن عمرو ، وابن أخيه : أبو سورة الأنصاري ، وآخى النبي -صلى الله عليه وسلم- بينه وبين مصعب بن عمير ، واستخلفه علي على المدينة لما خرج إلى العراق.
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 144إِذَا أَتَى أَحَدُكُمُ الْغَائِطَ فَلَا يَسْتَقْبِل الْقِبْلَةَ وَلَا يُوَلِّهَا ظَهْرَهُ ، شَرِّقُوا أَوْ غَرِّبُواAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If anyone of you goes to an open space for answering the call of nature he should neither face nor turn his back towards the Qibla; he should either face the east or the west."5 narratorsBukhari · 292يَتَوَضَّأُ كَمَا يَتَوَضَّأُ لِلصَّلَاةِ وَيَغْسِلُ ذَكَرَهُI asked `Uthman bin `Affan about a man who engaged in the sexual intercourse with his wife but did not discharge. `Uthman replied, "He should perform ablution like that for the prayer after washing his private parts." `U12 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 293يَغْسِلُ مَا مَسَّ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنْهُ ، ثُمَّ يَتَوَضَّأُ وَيُصَلِّيI asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about a man who engages in sexual intercourse with his wife but does not discharge. He replied, "He should wash the parts which comes in contact with the private parts of the woman, perform 6 narratorsBukhari · 394إِذَا أَتَيْتُمُ الْغَائِطَ فَلَا تَسْتَقْبِلُوا الْقِبْلَةَ وَلَا تَسْتَدْبِرُوهَا ، وَلَكِنْ شَرِّقُوا أَوْ غَرِّبُواThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "While defecating, neither face nor turn your back to the Qibla but face either east or west." Abu Aiyub added. "When we arrived in Sham we came across some lavatories facing the Qibla; therefore we8 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1375خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَدْ وَجَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ ، فَسَمِعَ صَوْتًا , فَقَالَ : يَهُودُ تُعَذَّبُ فِي قُبُورِهَاOnce the Prophet (ﷺ) went out after sunset and heard a dreadful voice, and said, "The Jews are being punished in their graves."13 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1396أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : أَخْبِرْنِي بِعَمَلٍ يُدْخِلُنِي الْجَنَّةَ ، قَالَ : مَا لَهُ ، مَا لَهُ ، وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : أَرَبٌ مَا لَهُ تَعْبA man said to the Prophet (ﷺ) "Tell me of such a deed as will make me enter Paradise." The people said, "What is the matter with him? What is the matter with him?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He has something to ask. (What he11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1674أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَمَعَ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ الْمَغْرِبَ وَالْعِشَاءَ بِالْمُزْدَلِفَةِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) offered the Maghrib and `Isha' prayers together at Al-Muzdalifa.6 narratorsBukhari · 1840حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الْعَبَّاسِ ، وَالْمِسْو`Abdullah bin Al-Abbas and Al-Miswar bin Makhrama differed at Al-Abwa'; Ibn `Abbas said that a Muhrim could wash his head; while Al-Miswar maintained that he should not do so. `Abdullah bin `Abbas sent me to Abu Aiyub Al6 narratorsBukhari · 4414أَنَّهُ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ الْمَغْرِبَ وَالْعِشَاءَ جَمِيعًاThat Abu Aiyub informed him that he offered the Maghrib and `Isha' prayers together with the Prophet during Hajjat-ul-Wada`.6 narratorsBukhari · 5982حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ عُثْمَانَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ مُوسَى بْنَ طَلْحَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ ، قَالَ : قِيلَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنِي بِعَمA man said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Inform me of a deed which will make me enter Paradise." The people said, "What is the matter with him? What is the matter with him?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "He has something to 5 narratorsBukhari · 5983تَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ لَا تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا ، وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ ، وَتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ ، وَتَصِلُ الرَّحِمَA man said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Inform me of a deed which will make me enter Paradise." The people said, "What is the matter with him? What is the matter with him?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "He has something to 7 narratorsBukhari · 6077لَا يَحِلُّ لِرَجُلٍ أَنْ يَهْجُرَ أَخَاهُ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثِ لَيَالٍ ، يَلْتَقِيَانِ فَيُعْرِضُ هَذَا وَيُعْرِضُ هَذَا ، وَخَيْرُهُمَا الَّذِي يَبْدَأُ بِالسَّلَامِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "It is not lawful for a man to desert his brother Muslim for more than three nights. (It is unlawful for them that) when they meet, one of them turns his face away from the other, and the othe5 narrators