As he died thereafter, and Muslim armies, in compliance of his wishes, pushed back the enemy forces until they reached the walls of Constantinople where Abu Ayyub was buried. A tomb was built above Abu Ayyub’s grave and a mosque built in the honor, after the Conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks. From that point on, the area now known as the locality of Ayyub, has become sacred and many Ottoman officials requested burial near the tomb of Abu Ayyub.