Biography of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
b: Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari, whose name is Khalid bin Zaid bin Kulayb bin Tha'labah bin Abd bin Awf bin Ghanam bin Malik bin Al-Najjar Al-Ansari Al-Khazraji Al-Najjari. He witnessed: Aqaba, Badr, Uhud, Al-Khandaq, and all the other scenes with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He was with Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon him, and among his family. Ibn Al-Kalbi, Ibn Ishaq and others said: Abu Ayoub witnessed Ayoub was with Ali al-Jamal and Siffin. He was at his forefront on the day of Nahrawan. Shu'bah said: I asked al-Hakam: Did Abu Ayyub bear witness in Siffin? He said: No, but Al-Nahrawan testified.
Abu Al-Abbas Ahmad bin Uthman and Al-Hussein bin Yuhan bin Atwayh bin Al-Numan Al-Baroudi told us, they said: Ismail bin Abi Al-Hasan Ali bin Al-Hussein Al-Hammami Al-Nisaburi told us, Abu Saeed Masoud bin Nasser bin Abi Zaid Al-Rikab Al-Sijzi told us, Judge Abu Al-Qasim Ali bin Al-Muhsin Al-Tanukhi told us, Abu Abdullah Al-Hasan bin Imran told us Al-Darrab, Hamid bin Yahya informed us, Yahya bin Ayyub Al-Abed informed us, Ismail bin Jaafar informed us, Saad bin Al-Abid informed us,