. Not to be confused with Momin Ansari (Indian traditional weaving community). Al-Ansari or

Ansari Ansari may refer to: People *Ansar (Islam), an Islamic term that literally means "helpers" and denotes the Medinan citizens that helped the Islamic prophet Muhammad after the Hijra *Ansari (nesba), people known as Ansari or Al-Ansari as a nesba * ...

is an Arab community, found predominantly in the

Arab The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Wester ...

and

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countries. The meaning of the word 'Ansari' is supporter, the community are known as Ansari. Historically, the community produced the sage, scholars and philosopher. The Ansari are an

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-speaking community, although the Ansari clan of

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have Gujarati as their mother tongue.K. S. Singh, ''People of India Uttar Pradesh'', Volume XLII Part Two. Manohar Publications

Notable Ansaris

Medieval

Abu Ayyub al-Ansari Abu Ayyub al-Ansari ( ar, أبو أيوب الأنصاري, Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī, tr, Ebu Eyyûb el-Ensarî, died c. 674) — born Khalid ibn Zayd ibn Kulayb ibn Tha'laba ( ar, خالد ابن زيد ابن كُليب ابن ثعلبه, Kh ...

, a prominent companion of Muhammad *

( other companions of Muhammad) *

Sa'id ibn Aws al-Ansari Abū Zayd Sa’īd ibn Aws al-Anṣārī (; died 830 CE/215 AH) was an Arab linguist and a reputable narrator of hadith. Sibawayh and al-Jāḥiẓ were among his pupils. His father was Aws ibn Thabit also a hadith narrator, while his grandfather ...

(died 830), Arab linguist and narrator of hadith *

Yaqub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari () better known as Abu Yusuf ( ar, أبو يوسف, Abū Yūsuf) (d.798) was a student of jurist Abu Hanifa (d.767) who helped spread the influence of the Hanafi school of Islamic law through his writings and the g ...

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

Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-'Abbās al-Zahrāwī al-Ansari ( ar, أبو القاسم خلف بن العباس الزهراوي;‎ 936–1013), popularly known as al-Zahrawi (), Latinised as Albucasis (from Arabic ''Abū al-Qāsim''), was ...

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

Ibn al-Shatir ʿAbu al-Ḥasan Alāʾ al‐Dīn ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ansari known as Ibn al-Shatir or Ibn ash-Shatir ( ar, ابن الشاطر; 1304–1375) was an Arab astronomer, mathematician and engineer. He worked as ''muwaqqit'' (موقت, religious t ...

, prominent Arab astronomer and instruments maker. * 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 (1256–1327), Syrian Arab geographer *

Zakariyya al-Ansari Zakariyyā al-Ansārī was a leading Sunni Muslim polymath ʿĀlim of the 15th century. Biography Birth He was born in or around 1420 CE, in Sunaika, located in the Egyptian province of Sharqiyya. Education During his adolescence, al- Ans ...

(1420–1520), Egyptian Sufi mystic

Modern

* Khwaja Muhammad Latif Ansari, scholar and descendant of Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, the descendant of

* Morteza Ansari (1781–1864), Shia jurist from Dezful, Iran *

Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari (1884 – 11 January 1946) ( ur, ), (10 March 1884 – 11 January 1946) was a leader and a political activist of the Indian independence movement. He was a grandson of Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, one of the fo ...

(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-), Indian-American Academician, syllabus developer, author, Chicago, Illinois, USA. *

Rashid Ahmad Gangohi Rashīd Aḥmad ibn Hidāyat Aḥmad Ayyūbī Anṣārī Gangohī (182611 August 1905) ( ur, ) was an Indian Deobandi Islamic scholar, a leading figure of the Deobandi jurist and scholar of hadith. His lineage reaches back to Abu Ayyub al-A ...

, (1839–1905). Indian Islamic scholar, jurist, academician, freedom fighter in 1857 War of Independence. Gangoh, Uttar Pradesh, India. * Abdulrahman al-Ansary, (b. 1935), Saudi Arabian archaeologist. R

Naats in Islam

* Tala' al Badru 'Alayna Tala‘ al-Badru ‘Alaynā (

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: ) is a traditional

Islamic Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or ''Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the main ...

song known as nasheed that the Ansar sang to

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...

upon his arrival at

Yathrib Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the second-holiest city in Islam, and the capital of the ...

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

Notable Ansaris

Medieval

Modern

Naats in Islam

See also

References

Further reading