Enduring Hardships of Travel

After Hazrat Ali (ra), when the era of Amir Muawiyah’s rule started, Uqbah (ra) bin Amir Juhani was appointed by him as the governor of Egypt. During Hazrat Uqbah’s (ra) rule as governor, Hazrat Abu Ayub (ra) had the opportunity to travel to Egypt twice. The first time was for the purpose of recording a hadith as he had come to know that Hazrat Uqbah (ra) used to relate a particular hadith. Hazrat Abu Ayub (ra) endured the hardship of travels in his advanced years for just one hadith. The second time he travelled to Egypt was with the intention to take part in the battle against the Byzantines.

(Sheikh Shah Muinuddin Ahmad Nadvi, Siyar al-Sahabah, Vol. 3 [Karachi, Pakistan: Dar al-Isha‘ah, 2004], 113)