Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is not permissible for any Muslim to cut off relations with his brother for more than three days, such that when they meet, this one turns his face one way and the other turns his face the other way. The better of the two is the one who initiates the greeting of peace (salam)." Sufyan says: At first, Zuhri used to narrate this hadith as being from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), but then he began to narrate it from Ata bin Yazid.

Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When defecating or urinating, do not face the Qiblah or turn your back towards it, rather (from the perspective of Madinah) face towards the east or the west." Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When we came to Syria, we saw toilets built facing the Qiblah, so we would sit a little sideways and seek forgiveness from Allah Almighty. Sufyan was told that the narrator Nafi bin Umar does not mention its chain of transmission, so Sufyan said: I remember this narration and I mention its chain as I have narrated to you. Then he explained that the narrators from Makkah had obtained a written document which a narrator named Humaid had brought from Syria. And these narrations were noted from Zuhri, so when that document reached Ibn Jurjah, the people of Makkah began to avoid Ibn Shihab because of that document, however, we have heard this directly from Ibn Shihab.

Ibrahim bin Abdullah narrates from his father: At the place of ‘Arj, there was a discussion between Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and Sayyiduna Miswar bin Makhramah (may Allah be pleased with him) about whether a person in the state of ihram can wash his head. They sent me to Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him). When I went to him, I saw him bathing among pieces of wood lying by the edge of a well. When he saw me approaching, he gathered his clothes up to his chest. When I reached him, I said: Your nephew, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), has sent me to you so that I may ask you how you saw the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) washing his head during ihram. So he placed both his hands on his head, moved them from the front to the back, then from the back to the front, and said: Like this, and like this. I returned to those two gentlemen and informed them about this. Then Sayyiduna Miswar bin Makhramah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): I will not argue with you.

Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Whoever fasts in Ramadan and then fasts six days in Shawwal, it is as if he has fasted perpetually.

Imam Humaydi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I said to Sufyan, or perhaps it was said to Sufyan: Other people narrate this as a "marfu‘" (attributed to the Prophet) hadith, so he replied: You remain silent regarding this, I know about this matter.

Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "Whoever fasts in Ramadan, then follows it with six days of fasting in Shawwal, it is as if he has fasted perpetually (all the time)."

This same narration is also transmitted with another chain of narration from Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him, from the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him.

Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I performed the Maghrib and Isha prayers together at Muzdalifah, following the lead of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).

Ata bin Abi Rabah narrates: Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) went to Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him). He was in Egypt at that time. He asked him about the hadith which he had heard from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and now there was no one left who had heard that hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) except Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Uqbah (may Allah be pleased with him). When Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Egypt, he stayed at the house of Muslamah bin Makhlad Ansari, who was the governor of Egypt. When he was informed about this, he quickly came out and went to him. He embraced him and then said: O Abu Ayyub! Why have you come? So Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: I heard a hadith from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and now there is no one left except me and Uqbah bin Amir who has heard that hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so send someone with me who can take me to his house. The narrator says: So the governor sent a person with Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) who took him to the house of Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him). When Sayyiduna Uqbah (may Allah be pleased with him) found out about him, he quickly came out and embraced him and asked: O Abu Ayyub! Why have you come? He replied: I heard a hadith from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and now there is no one left except me and you who has heard that hadith from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and that hadith is about concealing the faults of a believer. So Sayyiduna Uqbah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Yes! I heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever conceals the fault of a believer in this world, Allah Almighty will conceal his faults on the Day of Resurrection." So Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: You have spoken the truth. Then Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) returned to his mount, rode it, and went back to Madinah. The hospitality of Muslamah bin Makhlad was in the city of Arish in Egypt, and he (Abu Ayyub) had already left. (That is, he intended to host him.)

Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform four rak‘ahs after the sun had declined, and he used to say: "At the time of the sun’s decline, the gates of the heavens (the narrator is in doubt, perhaps these are the words) or the gates of Paradise are opened."