Staying with Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī

The Prophet, peace be upon him, was offered to stay in every house in Madīnah. All of them were welcoming, but the Prophet, peace be upon him, wanted to stay with Banū al-Najjār, because Banū al-Najjār are his relatives. Hāshim had married a woman from Banū al-Najjār. Banū al-Najjār are from al-Khazraj. Therefore, ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib's maternal uncles are from Madīnah, from Banū al-Najjār. So the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, "I want to stay with Banū al-Najjār." And then he asked Banū al-Najjār, he said, "Which house of Banū al-Najjār is closest to me?" So Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī said, "My house." So the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) stayed at the house of Abū Ayyūb.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) wanted to stay on the lower level, while Abū Ayyūb was trying to convince him to stay on the upper level, which was a two-story house. The reason the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) wanted to stay on the lower level is because people were visiting him, so he wanted to make it easy and stay on the lower level. Finally Abū Ayyūb agreed. Abū Ayyūb says they had a container filled with water that fell, so they were afraid that water would drip on the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), so they used their blanket — he and his wife only had that blanket — they used it to soak up the water, and they had to sleep without that blanket. This is the generosity that the Ṣaḥābah, may Allah be pleased with them, were offering the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him): his only blanket, he used it to soak up water just so that a few drops of water would not drip on him.