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Abu Ayyub passed away in [[52]]/672 due to illness while [[Constantinople]] was besieged by Muslims.<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 3, p. 485; Ibn ʿAsākir, ''al-Tārīkh al-kabīr'', vol. 5, p. 37.</ref> According to some reports, he passed away in [[50 AH|50]]/670 or [[51 AH|51]]/671.<ref>Khalīfa b. Khayyāṭ, ''Tārīkh-i Khalīfa'', vol. 1, p. 202; Masʿūdī, ''Murūj al-dhahab'', vol. 3, p. 24.</ref> | Abu Ayyub passed away in [[52]]/672 due to illness while [[Constantinople]] was besieged by Muslims.<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 3, p. 485; Ibn ʿAsākir, ''al-Tārīkh al-kabīr'', vol. 5, p. 37.</ref> According to some reports, he passed away in [[50 AH|50]]/670 or [[51 AH|51]]/671.<ref>Khalīfa b. Khayyāṭ, ''Tārīkh-i Khalīfa'', vol. 1, p. 202; Masʿūdī, ''Murūj al-dhahab'', vol. 3, p. 24.</ref> | ||
In deathbed, Abu Ayyub made a will to Yazid who had come to visit him, "when I die, take my body as forth as you have moved in the land of the enemy and bury me there."<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 8, p. 126.</ref> According to another report, he said, "I heard from the [[Prophet (s)]] that a righteous man will be buried at the feet of the wall of Constantinople, I hope it will be me.”<ref>Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, ''al- | In deathbed, Abu Ayyub made a will to Yazid who had come to visit him, "when I die, take my body as forth as you have moved in the land of the enemy and bury me there."<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 8, p. 126.</ref> According to another report, he said, "I heard from the [[Prophet (s)]] that a righteous man will be buried at the feet of the wall of Constantinople, I hope it will be me.”<ref>Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, ''al-ʿIqd al-farīd'', vol. 5, p. 116.</ref> | ||
After the demise of Abu Ayyub, Yazid prayed upon his body and ordered that they bury him at the feet of the wall of Constantinople;<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 8, p. 126.</ref> then, according to some reports, he ordered the horsemen to trample the burial ground and make it disappear so that the enemy would not be able to find his grave.<ref>Ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī, ''al-Maʿārif'', p. 274.</ref> | After the demise of Abu Ayyub, Yazid prayed upon his body and ordered that they bury him at the feet of the wall of Constantinople;<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 8, p. 126.</ref> then, according to some reports, he ordered the horsemen to trample the burial ground and make it disappear so that the enemy would not be able to find his grave.<ref>Ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī, ''al-Maʿārif'', p. 274.</ref> | ||
== Visiting his Grave by Muslims and Romans == | == Visiting his Grave by Muslims and Romans == | ||
Ibn Sa'd reported<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 8, p. 126.</ref> that his grave was so much respected by the Romans that some of them visited his grave especially at the time of drought and asked for rain. According to Ibn 'Abd Rabbih,<ref>Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, ''al- | Ibn Sa'd reported<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 8, p. 126.</ref> that his grave was so much respected by the Romans that some of them visited his grave especially at the time of drought and asked for rain. According to Ibn 'Abd Rabbih,<ref>Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, ''al-ʿIqd al-farīd'', vol. 5, p. 116.</ref> later a mausoleum was built upon his grave which still existed at his time. | ||
Since then until 857/1453 when Ottoman Turks took Constantinople, his grave was unknown. At that time, his grave was identified mysteriously by Aq Shams al-Din Shaykh al-Islam. In 863/1458-59, the Ottoman Sultan Muhammad II built the [[Ayyub Sultan Mosque]] and a shrine upon his grave. Afterwards, many Ottoman elders were buried beside him and as a formal tradition, Ottoman kings visited his grave upon sitting on the throne and in a special ceremony tied their forefather's sword on their waist which was known as the Ottoman Sword.<ref>Ishlī, p. 23-30.</ref> | Since then until 857/1453 when Ottoman Turks took Constantinople, his grave was unknown. At that time, his grave was identified mysteriously by Aq Shams al-Din Shaykh al-Islam. In 863/1458-59, the Ottoman Sultan Muhammad II built the [[Ayyub Sultan Mosque]] and a shrine upon his grave. Afterwards, many Ottoman elders were buried beside him and as a formal tradition, Ottoman kings visited his grave upon sitting on the throne and in a special ceremony tied their forefather's sword on their waist which was known as the Ottoman Sword.<ref>Ishlī, p. 23-30.</ref> | ||
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* Ibn Saʿd, Muḥammad. ''Al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā''. Beirut: Dār al-Ṣādir, [n.d]. | * Ibn Saʿd, Muḥammad. ''Al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā''. Beirut: Dār al-Ṣādir, [n.d]. | ||
* Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, Yūsuf b. ʿAbd Allāh. ''Al-Istīʿāb fī maʿrifat al-aṣḥāb''. Edited by ʿAlī Muḥammad al-Bajāwī. Cairo: Maktabat al-Nahḍa, [n.d]. | * Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, Yūsuf b. ʿAbd Allāh. ''Al-Istīʿāb fī maʿrifat al-aṣḥāb''. Edited by ʿAlī Muḥammad al-Bajāwī. Cairo: Maktabat al-Nahḍa, [n.d]. | ||
* Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, Aḥmad Muḥammad. ''Al- | * Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, Aḥmad Muḥammad. ''Al-ʿIqd al-farīd''. Edited by ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Tarḥīnī. Beirut: 1404 AH. | ||
* Ibn ʿAsākir, ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan. ''Al-Tārīkh al-kabīr''. Edited by ʿAbd al-Qādir Afandī Badrān. Damascus: 1332 AH. | * Ibn ʿAsākir, ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan. ''Al-Tārīkh al-kabīr''. Edited by ʿAbd al-Qādir Afandī Badrān. Damascus: 1332 AH. | ||
* Ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī, ʿAbd Allah b. Muslim . ''Al-Maʿārif''. Edited by Tharwat ʿAkkāsha. Cairo: 1960 CE. | * Ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī, ʿAbd Allah b. Muslim . ''Al-Maʿārif''. Edited by Tharwat ʿAkkāsha. Cairo: 1960 CE. | ||