- For other uses, see Ansar disambiguation.
Ansar (Arab:لأنصار ) is an Islamic term that literally means "helpers" and denotes the Medinan citizens that helped Muhammad and the Muhajirun on the arrival to the city after the Migration to Medina. They belonged to two main tribes, the Banu Khazraj and the Banu Aws.
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The following Ansari are known by name:
Banu Khazraj
Banu Aws
- Sa'd ibn Mua'dh, chief [6]
- Bashir ibn Sa'ad [2]
Uncategorized
- Abu Mas'ud Al-Ansari [7]
- Asim ibn Thabit[8]
- Amr ibn Maymun [9]
- Zayd ibn Thabit [10]
- Jabir ibn Abd-Allah [5]
- Sahl ibn Sa'd [5]
- Uthman ibn Hunaif[11]
- Hudhaifa ibn Yaman [12]
- Khuzaima ibn Thabit [12][13][11][11]
- Abu'l-Hathama ibn Tihan[11][12]
- Sahl ibn Hunaif [12][11]
- Farwah ibn `Amr ibn Wadqah al-Ansari[13]
See also
References
- ^ jewishencyclopedia.com [1]
- ^ a b c Al-islam.org Imamate: The Vicegerency of the Prophet
- ^ Lesson Twenty-Seven
- ^ a b islamonline.net [2]
- ^ a b c Al-islam.org [3]
- ^ William Montgomery Watt, Muhammad at Medina, Oxford, 1966.
- ^ Sahih al-Bukhari 3:34:439
- ^ SunniPath Online Islamic Library
- ^ History of the Caliphs by Suyuti
- ^ A Restatement of the History of Islam and Muslims on Al-Islam.org [4]
- ^ a b c d e Peshawar Nights on Al-Islam.org [5]
- ^ a b c d Tarikh al-Yaqubi, as quoted in Peshawar Nights on Al-islam.org [6]. Also, a list composed of sources such as Ibn Hajar Asqalani and Baladhuri, each in his Ta'rikh, Muhammad Bin Khawind Shah in his Rauzatu's-Safa, Ibn Abdu'l-Birr in his Isti'ab
- ^ a b A Shi'i-Sunni dialogue on al-Islam.org [7]
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