Reports on Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him)

Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was going between Safa and Marwah when a feather fell onto his beard. Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) hurried to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and removed it from the beard of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "May Allah Almighty remove from you whatever you dislike."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Na'il bin Najih, whom Abu Hatim and others declared trustworthy while al-Daraqutni and others declared him weak. The rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy), except that Habib bin Abi Thabit did not hear from Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed at my home, and I was the first person with whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed. (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say:
This report is in the Sahih, but without the words: "I was the first person with whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Hayyaj bin Bistam al-Tamimi, and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) migrated, he stayed at the home of Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) went to take part in a campaign in the land of the Romans. He passed by Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), and Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) did not treat him well. He went on, and when he returned from the campaign, Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) again did not treat him well and did not even raise his head to look at him. So Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) told me that we (that is, the Ansar) would see others being preferred over us after the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Then what did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) command you to do?" Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "He (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us to be patient." Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Then be patient." The narrator says: Then Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) in Basrah; Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) had appointed Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) as governor of Basrah. He said: "O Abu Ayyub! I wish to vacate my residence for you, just as you vacated your residence for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." Then Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) ordered his family, and they came out of the house, and he gave Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) everything that was inside the house. When the house had been vacated, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Do you have any need?" Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "My need is that I receive my stipend, and eight slaves who will work on my land." His stipend was four thousand, so Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) multiplied it five times, giving him twenty thousand and forty slaves as well.
Al-Tabarani recorded it.

In one narration the wording is: Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) and complained to Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he was in debt. After this, the narrator mentioned the complete hadith with two chains. The narrators of one of the two are the narrators of the Sahih, except that Habib bin Abi Thabit did not hear from Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him).