Abu Ayyub al-Ansari died c. 674) — born Khalid ibn Zayd ibn Kulayb ibn Tha'laba in Yathrib — was from the tribe of Banu Najjar, and a close companion sahaba) and the standard-bearer of the Islamic prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Abu Ayyub was one of the Ansar meaning aiders, helpers or patrons) of the early Islamic history, those who supported Muhammad ﷺ after the hijra (migration) to Medina in 622. The patronym Abu Ayyub, means father (abu) of Ayyub. Abu Ayyub died of illness during the First Arab Siege of Constantinople.