Abu Ayoub Al-Ansari أبو أيوب الأنصاري | |
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Rashidun governor of Medina | |
Monarch | Ali |
Preceded by | Sahl ibn Hunaif (From 657) |
Succeeded by | Marwan ibn al-Hakam (662–669) |
Personal details | |
Born | Yathrib, Hejaz, Arabia (present-day Medina, Saudi Arabia) |
Died | c. 674 Constantinople, Eastern Roman Empire (present-day Istanbul, Turkey) |
Spouse(s) | Umm al-Hasan bint Zayd ibn Haris Umm al-Ayyub al-Ansari |
Relations | Banu Khazraj (Banu Najjar) |
Children | Abu Mansur al-Tabi'i Abd al-Rahman (died as an infant) Khalid Ayyub Umrah |
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Abu Ayyub al-Ansari[1] (Arabic: أبو أيوب الأنصاري, romanized: Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī, Turkish: Ebu Eyyûb el-Ensarî, died c. 674)[2] — born Khalid ibn Zayd ibn Kulayb ibn Tha'laba (Arabic: خالد ابن زيد ابن كُليب ابن ثعلبه, romanized: Khālid ibn Zayd ibn Kulayb ibn Thaʿlaba) in Yathrib — was from the tribe of Banu Najjar, and a close companion (Arabic: الصحابه, sahaba) and the standard-bearer of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Abu Ayyub was one of the Ansar (Arabic: الأنصار, meaning aiders, helpers or patrons) of the early Islamic history, those who supported Muhammad after the hijra (migration) to Medina in 622. The patronym Abu Ayyub, means father (abu) of Ayyub. Abu Ayyub died of illness during the First Arab Siege of Constantinople.
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