Al-Ansari or Ansari is an Arab community, found predominantly in the

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and

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n countries. They are descended from the Ansar of

Madinah Medina, officially al-Madinah al-Munawwarah (, ), also known as Taybah () and known in pre-Islamic times as Yathrib (), is the capital of Medina Province (Saudi Arabia), Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ...

. The Ansaris are an

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speaking community, though the descendants of those who settled elsewhere outside of

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, speak the native language of the regions they settled in.K. S. Singh, ''People of India Uttar Pradesh'', Volume XLII Part Two. Manohar Publications

History

The Ansaris are the descendants of the Ansar tribe of

. They are found throughout the

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and

. The Ansaris that are still living today in

have migrated to other places such as

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and other parts of

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. The people of the Ansari tribe in South Asia are few. They arrived there when the son of

Abu Ayyub al-Ansari Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (, , died c. 674) — born Khalid ibn Zayd ibn Kulayb ibn Tha'laba () in Yathrib — was from the tribe of Banu Najjar, and a close companion (Arabic: الصحابه, ''sahaba'') and the standard-bearer of the Prophets and mes ...

took part in the Muslim conquest of Khorasan and settled in

Herat Herāt (; Dari/Pashto: هرات) is an oasis city and the third-largest city in Afghanistan. In 2020, it had an estimated population of 574,276, and serves as the capital of Herat Province, situated south of the Paropamisus Mountains (''Se ...

. They are descended from the Sufi saint

Abdullah Ansari Abu Ismaïl Abdullah al-Harawi al-Ansari or Abdullah Ansari of Herat (1006–1089) () also known as ''Pir-i Herat'' () "Sage of Herat", was a Sufi saint, who lived in Herat (modern-day Afghanistan). Ansari was a commentator on the Qur'an, schola ...

and migrated to India in 1526 under the Mughal Sultan

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. Some Ansari settlements in south Asia can be found in, Yusufpur,

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and

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Notable Ansaris

Medieval

, a prominent companion of Muhammad * Ansari ( other companions of Muhammad) * Sa'id ibn Aws al-Ansari (died 830), Arab linguist and narrator of hadith *

Yaqub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari (), better known as Abu Yusuf () (729–798) was an Qadi, Islamic jurist, as well as a student of Abu Hanifa (d.767) and Malik ibn Anas (d.795), who helped spread the influence of the Hanafi school of Sharia, Islamic ...

(d.767), Hanafi Muslim Jurist and scholar *

Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-'Abbās al-Zahrāwī al-Ansari (;‎ c. 936–1013), popularly known as al-Zahrawi (), Latinised as Albucasis or Abulcasis (from Arabic ''Abū al-Qāsim''), was an Arab physician, surgeon and chemist from al-And ...

(936–1013), also known as Albucasis, Arab Muslim physician and surgeon who lived in Al-Andalus * Alāʾ al-DīnʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ansari (1304–1375), also known as

Ibn al-Shatir ʿAbu al-Ḥasan Alāʾ al‐Dīn bin Alī bin Ibrāhīm bin Muhammad bin al-Matam al-Ansari, known as Ibn al-Shatir or Ibn ash-Shatir (; 1304–1375) was an Arab astronomer, mathematician and engineer. He worked as '' muwaqqit'' (موقت, timek ...

, prominent Arab astronomer and instruments maker. *Asif Ali Ansari* S/O M.Hussain Ansari (2001 still 2025), Is a Generic BSN Nurse made history by giving care during Pak/Ind war of 2025 (5 Apr) at JPMC karachi. * Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006–1088), Perso-Arab mystic and poet, and one of the descendants of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari *

Shams al-Din al-Ansari al-Dimashqi Sheikh Shams al-Din al-Ansari al-Dimashqi or simply al-Dimashqi () (1256–1327) was a medieval Arab geographer, completing his main work in 1300. Born in Damascus—as his name "Dimashqi" implies—he mostly wrote of his native land, the Greater ...

(1256–1327), Syrian Arab geographer * Zakariyya al-Ansari (1420–1520), Egyptian Sufi mystic

Modern

* Khwaja Muhammad Latif Ansari (b. 1887-d. 1979), was a scholar and descendant of Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, the descendant of

* Morteza Ansari (1781–1864), Shia jurist from Dezful, Iran * Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari (1879–1946), Indian freedom fighter, Hero of the Silken Letters Movement-1904-1916, diplomat, jurist, political scientist Deoband-India, Kabul-Afghanistan, Ankara-Turkey. * Abidullah Ghazi, (1936-2021), Indian-American Academic, syllabus developer, author, Chicago, Illinois, USA. *

Rashid Ahmad Gangohi Rashīd Aḥmad ibn Hidāyat Aḥmad Ayyūbī Anṣārī Gangohī (12 June 182611 August 1905) was a Deobandi Islamic scholar from Indian subcontinent, a leading figure of the Deobandi jurist and scholar of hadith, author of '' Fatawa-e-Rash ...

, (1839–1905). Indian Islamic scholar, jurist, academic, freedom fighter in 1857 War of Independence. Gangoh, Uttar Pradesh, India. * Abdulrahman al-Ansary, (b. 1935-d. 2023), Saudi Arabian archaeologist. * Hamid Ansari is an Indian politician and retired Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer who was the 12th vice president of India from 2007 to 2017.Mahmud Ansari 2013 https://archive.org/details/ANSARISOFYUSUFPUR * Mukhtar Ansari (b.1963-d. 2024) was a convicted Indian gangster and politician from Uttar Pradesh.

Naats in Islam

* Tala‘ al-Badru ‘Alaynā (

: ) is a traditional

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song known as nasheed that the Ansar sang to

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upon his arrival at

Yathrib Medina, officially al-Madinah al-Munawwarah (, ), also known as Taybah () and known in pre-Islamic times as Yathrib (), is the capital of Medina Province (Saudi Arabia), Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ...

after completing the Hijra in 622 CE. The naat is currently over 1400 years old, and one of the oldest in the Islam.

History

Notable Ansaris

Medieval

Modern

Naats in Islam

See also

References

Further reading