When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Madinah, his she-camel knelt down between the house of Jafar bin Muhammad bin Ali and the house of Hasan bin Zayd. The people came to him and said, "Messenger of Allah, here is a place to stay."The she-camel then rose and continued on with him until it reached the spot where the pulpit now stands, where it knelt again and settled down. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Leave her alone, for she is under command."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ dismounted from his she-camel and took refuge in some shade nearby, where he settled.Then Abu Ayub came to him and said, "Messenger of Allah, my house is the closest of the houses to this place."Then another man came and said, "Messenger of Allah, stay with me."He replied, "A man stays with his belongings wherever they are."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ remained in the shelter and led the people in prayer there for twelve nights, until the mosque was built.
أن رسول الله ﷺ قدم المدينة فاستناخت به راحلته بين دار جعفر بن محمد بن علي ودار الحسن بن زيد، وأتاه الناس فقالوا: يا رسول الله! المنزل، فانبعثت به راحلته فقال: دعوها فإنها مأمورة ثم خرجت به حتى جاءت به موضع المنبر فاستنارت به، ثم تحلحلت فنزل رسول الله ﷺ عن راحلته، فآوى إلى الظل فنزل فيه، وأتاه أبو أيوب فقال: يا رسول الله إن منزلي أقرب المنازل إلى المنزل ثم أتاه رجل آخر فقال: يا رسول الله! أنزل علي، فقال: إن الرجل مع رحله حيث كان. وثبت رسول الله ﷺ فى العريش حتى صلى بالناس فيه ثنتي عشرة ليلة حتى بنى المسجد.
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Saeed bin Mansur (2/347) narrated it from Ataf bin Khalid, who said, "Sadiq bin Musa told me, from Abdullah bin Zubayr," and he related it. Tabarani in Al-Awsat (3568) and Bayhaqi in Al-Dalail (2/509) narrated it by this same route. Tabarani said, "This hadith is not narrated from Ibn Zubayr except by this chain, Saeed bin Mansur being the sole transmitter of it." Its chain is hasan on account of Ataf bin Khalid Makhzumi, concerning whom there is disagreement, though his narration is hasan.A note of caution, in the printed edition of Sunan Saeed bin Mansur it appears as "Sadiq bin Musa bin Abdullah bin Zubayr," but the correct form, as I have mentioned, matches what is found in Tabarani and Bayhaqi.Similar in meaning is what Anas reported, he said, "The Ansar came and said, 'To us, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' He said, 'Leave the she-camel alone, for she is under command.' So she knelt at the door of Abu Ayub."Bayhaqi narrated this in Al-Dalail (2/508) by the route of Daraqutni, who said, "Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Mukhlid Dawri told us, Muhammad bin Sulayman bin Ismail bin Abu Ward told us, Ibrahim bin Sarma told us, Yahya bin Saeed told us, from Ishaq bin Abdullah bin Abu Talha, from Anas," and he related it. In this chain, Ibrahim bin Sarma is daif, and Muhammad bin Sulayman is unknown.It is mentioned that the Prophet's ﷺ stay with Abu Ayub lasted seven months. See Ansab Baladhuri (1/314).