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Momin Ansari The Momin Ansari ( ur, مومن أنصاري) or saudagar are a Muslim community found mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. The surname originated from Ansar tribe, the Medinan people who helped the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, in his m ...

(Indian traditional weaving community). Al-Ansari or Ansari is an Arab community, found predominantly in the

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

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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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 * 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 ( 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 go ...

(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 ...

, prominent Arab astronomer and instruments maker. *

Khwaja Abdullah Ansari Abu Ismaïl Abdullah al-Harawi al-Ansari or Abdullah Ansari of Herat (1006–1088) ( fa, خواجه عبدالله انصاری) also known as ''Pir-i Herat'' () "Sage of Herat", was a Muslim Sufi saint who lived in the 11th century in Herat (m ...

(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 ( ar, شمس الدين الأنصاري الدمشقي) (1256–1327) was a medieval Arab geographer, completing his main work in 1300. Born in Damascus—as his name "Dimashqi" im ...

(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 Hujjat al-Islam Professor Khwaja Muhammad Latif Ansari (1887-1979), alternatively spelled Muḥammad Latīf Anṣārī, was a 20th-century Shia Muslim scholar, poet, historian, and cleric from Pakistan. Ansari was born in British India, but mig ...

, scholar and descendant of Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, the descendant of

Morteza Ansari Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Murtadha al-Ansari al-Tostari (1781–1864), ( ar, مرتضی الأنصاري التستري; fa, مرتضی انصاری شوشتری ), also transliterated as Mortaza Ansari Shushtari, was a Shia jurist who "was general ...

(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 foun ...

(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 Abidullah Ansari Ghazi ( hi, अबिदुल्लाह ग़ाज़ी) (6 July 1936 - 11 April 2021) was an Indian American author, educator and poet. He authored more than 140 Islamic educational textbooks for children. He was also ...

, (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- ...

, (1839–1905). Indian Islamic scholar, jurist, academician, freedom fighter in 1857 War of Independence. Gangoh, Uttar Pradesh, India. *

Abdulrahman al-Ansary Abdulrahman al-Ansary (A.R. al-Ansary, Abdul-Rahman al-Ansary; ar, عبدالرحمن بن محمد الطيب الأنصاري) is a former professor of archeology at King Saud University and member of the first and second terms of the Consulta ...

, (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 mai ...

song known as nasheed that the Ansar sang to

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

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 Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...

after completing the

Hijra Hijra, Hijrah, Hegira, Hejira, Hijrat or Hijri may refer to: Islam * Hijrah (often written as ''Hejira'' in older texts), the migration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE * Migration to Abyssinia or First Hegira, of Muhammad's followers ...

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

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