Hadith 144
Narrated Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari: Allah's Apostle 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."
Hadith 292
Narrated Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani: I 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." `Uthman added, "I heard that from Allah's Apostle." I asked `Ali bin Abi Talib, Az- Zubair bin Al-`Awwam, Talha bin 'Ubaidullah and Ubai bin Ka`b and a gave the same reply. (Abu Aiyub said that he had heard that from Allah's Apostle ) (This order was canceled later on so one has to take a bath. See, Hadith No. 180).
Hadith 293
حَدَّثَنَا
مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا
يَحْيَى ، عَنْ
هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي
أَبِي ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي
أَبُو أَيُّوبَ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي
أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِذَا جَامَعَ الرَّجُلُ الْمَرْأَةَ فَلَمْ يُنْزِلْ ؟ قَالَ : " يَغْسِلُ مَا مَسَّ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنْهُ ، ثُمَّ يَتَوَضَّأُ وَيُصَلِّي " ، قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد اللَّهِ : الْغَسْلُ أَحْوَطُ وَذَاكَ الْآخِرُ ، وَإِنَّمَا بَيَّنَّا لِاخْتِلَافِهِمْ .
Narrated Ubai bin Ka`b: I asked Allah's Apostle 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 ablution and then pray." (Abu `Abdullah said, "Taking a bath is safer and is the last order.")
Hadith 394
Narrated Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari: The Prophet 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 we turned ourselves while using them and asked for Allah's forgiveness."
Hadith 1375
Narrated Abi Aiyub: Once the Prophet went out after sunset and heard a dreadful voice, and said, "The Jews are being punished in their graves."
Hadith 1396
Narrated Abu Aiyub: A man said to the Prophet "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 said, "He has something to ask. (What he needs greatly) The Prophet said: (In order to enter Paradise) you should worship Allah and do not ascribe any partners to Him, offer prayer perfectly, pay the Zakat and keep good relations with your Kith and kin." (See Hadith No. 12, Vol 8).
Hadith 1674
Narrated Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari: Allah's Apostle offered the Maghrib and `Isha' prayers together at Al-Muzdalifa.
Hadith 1840
حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ، أَخْبَرَنَا
مَالِكٌ ، عَنْ
زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ ، عَنْ
إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ ، عَنْ
أَبِيهِ ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الْعَبَّاسِ ، وَالْمِسْوَرَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَ اخْتَلَفَا بِالْأَبْوَاءِ ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ : يَغْسِلُ الْمُحْرِمُ رَأْسَهُ ؟ وَقَالَ الْمِسْوَرُ : لَا يَغْسِلُ الْمُحْرِمُ رَأْسَهُ ، فَأَرْسَلَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ إِلَى أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ فَوَجَدْتُهُ يَغْتَسِلُ بَيْنَ الْقَرْنَيْنِ وَهُوَ يُسْتَرُ بِثَوْبٍ ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ : مَنْ هَذَا ؟ فَقُلْتُ : أَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ حُنَيْنٍ ، أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ أَسْأَلُكَ ، " كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَغْسِلُ رَأْسَهُ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ ؟ فَوَضَعَ
أَبُو أَيُّوبَ يَدَهُ عَلَى الثَّوْبِ ، فَطَأْطَأَهُ حَتَّى بَدَا لِي رَأْسُهُ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِإِنْسَانٍ يَصُبُّ عَلَيْهِ اصْبُبْ : فَصَبَّ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ، ثُمَّ حَرَّكَ رَأْسَهُ بِيَدَيْهِ فَأَقْبَلَ بِهِمَا وَأَدْبَرَ ، وَقَالَ : هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَفْعَلُ .
Narrated `Abdullah bin Hunain: `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 Al-Ansari and I found him bathing between the two wooden posts (of the well) and was screened with a sheet of cloth. I greeted him and he asked who I was. I replied, "I am `Abdullah bin Hunain and I have been sent to you by Ibn `Abbas to ask you how Allah's Apostle used to wash his head while in the state of lhram." Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari caught hold of the sheet of cloth and lowered it till his head appeared before me, and then told somebody to pour water on his head. He poured water on his head, and he (Abu Aiyub) rubbed his head with his hands by bringing them from back to front and from front to back and said, "I saw the Prophet doing like this."
Hadith 4414
Narrated `Abdullah bin Yazid Al-Khatmi: That Abu Aiyub informed him that he offered the Maghrib and `Isha' prayers together with the Prophet during Hajjat-ul-Wada`.
Hadith 5982
Narrated Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari:It was said" "O Allah's Messenger! Inform me of a deed which will make me enter Paradise."(continues through a different chain in the next hadith)
Hadith 5983
Narrated Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari: A man said, "O Allah's Apostle! 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 Apostle said, "He has something to ask (what he needs greatly)." The Prophet said (to him), (In order to enter Paradise) you should worship Allah and join none in worship with Him: You should offer prayers perfectly, give obligatory charity (Zakat), and keep good relations with your Kith and kin." He then said, "Leave it!" (The sub-narrator said, "It seems that the Prophet was riding his she camel."
Hadith 6077
Narrated Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari: Allah's Apostle 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 other turns his face from the former, and the better of the two will be the one who greets the other first."
Hadith 6237
Narrated Abu Aiyub: The Prophet said, "It is not lawful for a Muslim to desert (not to speak to) his brother Muslim for more than three days while meeting, one turns his face to one side and the other turns his face to the other side. Lo! The better of the two is the one who starts greeting the other."
Hadith 6404
Narrated `Amr bin Maimun: Whoever recites it (i.e., the invocation in the above Hadith (412) ten times will be as if he manumitted one of Ishmael's descendants. Abu Aiyub narrated the same Hadith from the Prophet saying, "(Whoever recites it ten times) will be as if he had manumitted one of Ishmael's descendants."
Hadith 7198
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: The Prophet said, "Allah never sends a prophet or gives the Caliphate to a Caliph but that he (the prophet or the Caliph) has two groups of advisors: A group advising him to do good and exhorts him to do it, and the other group advising him to do evil and exhorts him to do it. But the protected person (against such evil advisors) is the one protected by Allah.' "