What did Ibn Kathir say about Prophet Ayyūb?
Ayyūb (Job) is the archetype of ṣabr in the Qur'an and the prophetic tradition. Ibn Kathir gathers the Qur'anic verses and the classical narrations about his trial and restoration.
10 passages from 8 books in the library
The cited passage about the prophet Ayyūb (Job) recalls a moment of his testing and restoration: "he heard ten thousand voices from a cloud asking, O Job, from where do you possess this?" — reflecting the abundance Allah returned to him after his trial. In the tradition Ayyūb stands as the model of ṣabr, patient endurance through affliction. The remaining passages on the page mostly concern others who share the name, such as the Companion Abu Ayyūb al-Ansari, so the deeper account of Ayyūb's patience is best heard in the full book.
Drawn from the classical sources below — in the scholars' own words.
The classical approach.
These passages are drawn from 8 books by Ibn Battuta and Imam al-Ghazali — part of the classical Sunni tradition that carries over a thousand years of reflection on the Qurʾān, the authentic Sunnah, and the consensus of the early community. Nothing below is a paraphrase. The words are the scholars' own, translated from the original Arabic manuscripts.
14th century · Tangier, Morocco
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"Then he headed to Medina, and lodged at the house of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, with Banu al-Najjar,"
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"The city is large, grand with its hewn stone, and when the righteous king Saladin ibn Ayyub,"
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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"The hadith advising prayer as if bidding farewell is recorded by Ibn Majah from Abu Ayyub, by"
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"The narration by Abu Ayyub about the Prophet performing four rakahs after the sun declined,"
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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"with them, intended to visit the house of Abu al-Haytham ibn al-Tihan and Abu Ayyub al-Ansari"
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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"Among them were Abu Huraira, Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, Zayd ibn Thabit, Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, Jarir"
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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"Then he heard ten thousand voices from a cloud asking, O Job, from where do you possess this?"
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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"from Abu Hurairah, though it is noted as strange. It is narrated from Ayyub, Yunus ibn Ubaid"
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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"and by ibn Majah and al-Hakim, who authenticated it from the narration of Abu Ayyub, Jabir,"
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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"Ayyub al-Saqtiyani noted, Purifying intentions is more difficult for workers than all their"
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