Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari

Imran ibn Husayn, may Allah be pleased with him, was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ who embraced Islam in the seventh year after the Hijra along with his father Husayn ibn Ubayd. He was known for his exceptional piety, profound asceticism, and remarkable spiritual states — it is reported that angels used to greet him and that he heard their salutations until he underwent a medical cauterization procedure, after which the greetings ceased, only to resume later. He participated in several military campaigns and later settled in Basra, where he became one of the city's foremost religious authorities. He narrated hadiths on prayer, worship, legal rulings, and theological matters. He was known for giving legal opinions based on the Quran and Sunnah without reference to personal opinion. He is reported to have narrated 180 hadiths, covering topics from prayer and fasting to eschatology. His narrations appear in Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and the four Sunan collections. He died in Basra around 52 AH after a long illness, which he bore with remarkable patience.