He was the son of Barakah, who helped raise Muhammad, by her first husband Ubayd ibn Zayd of the Banu Khazraj tribe.
[4] Ayman was the son of Barakah, an Abyssinian,[5] who served as a slave in the household of the Prophet's parents, Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib and Aminah bint Wahb.
[6] Following Aminah's death in Al-Abwa, Barakah looked after Muhammad, and moved with him to the household of his grandfather Abdul-Muttalib ibn Hashim in Mecca, where she served him during his childhood [7] and afterwards,[8] in his adulthood.
[9] When Muhammad married Khadija, he arranged for Barakah's freedom and marriage to a Khazrajite companion named Ubayd ibn Zayd.
Like his mother, Ayman entered into the service of Muhammad and was in charge of his water jug with which he made ablution.