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His household and all his companions may Allah bless them all and bless every single one of us

My brothers and sisters this evening in shah Allah we will be going through a

Little bit of the lives of two of the companions of Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam who were not from Makkah to the Makarama

The first Abu Ayub al Ansari the minute you hear the name al Ansari

You should know that that refers to those of Madinah

Munawara who looked after the Mohad Jireen who came from Makkah so al Ansar were the helpers

They come from Madinah Munawara when you hear Abu Ayub al Ansari it is the name of the one who hosted

Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam when he came into Madinah Munawara

So as soon as we hear the name we should know that Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam as when he arrived in Madinah Munawara

stayed at this man's house

Subhanallah the second that we will discuss this evening will be a great companion of Rasulullah salallahu alayhi wa sallam known as Abu

Dharl al Gifari Abu Dharl al Gifari from Gifar we ask Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala to grant us a lesson

From their lives and to make us from those who are acquainted with their sacrifices and for us to be able to sacrifice

As well for the sake of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala so Abu Ayub al Ansari his name was Khalid the Ibn Zaid

A brother asked me a question earlier that why did they have different names?

The truth is they were called by the names of either their children or something important in their lives some unique feature

So sometimes for example you have a person who had a son if the son was called Omar

The man is known as Abu Omar if the son is called for example Abdullah

He was known as Abu Abdullah or Abu Abdul Rahman and so on

So it is the father of so and so sometimes like in the case of Abu Huraira

He used to play with a little kitten when he was young

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