Al-Ansari or
Ansari is an Arab community, found predominantly in the
Arab and
South Asian countries. They are descended from the
Ansar of
Madinah.
The Ansari are an
Urdu-speaking community also called
Muhajir, although the Ansari clan of
Gujarat have
Gujarati as their mother tongue.[1]: 984
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.
Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, (1839–1905). Indian Islamic scholar, jurist, academician, freedom fighter in 1857 War of Independence. Gangoh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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.[5]
Mukhtar Ansari (b.1963-d. 2024) was a convicted Indian gangster and politician from Uttar Pradesh.[5]
Naats in Islam
Tala' al Badru 'Alayna Tala‘ al-Badru ‘Alaynā (
Arabic: طلع البدر علينا) is a traditional
Islamic song known as
nasheed that the
Ansar sang to
Muhammad upon his arrival at
Yathrib after completing the
Hijra in 622
CE. The naat is currently over 1400 years old, and one of the oldest in the Islam.