Ansar

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Ansar were the early Muslim inhabitants of Medina who supported and sheltered the Prophet Muhammad and his followers after their migration from Mecca.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Ansar canonical 18
الأنصار 2
Alid partisans 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf early Muslim community
group of people
alternativeNameForCity Medina
arabicName Ansar self-linksurface differs
surface form: الأنصار
burialPlaceOfManyMembers Jannat al-Baqi cemetery
surface form: Al-Baqi cemetery
category Sahaba groups
city Yathrib
collectiveDesignation companions of the Prophet
contrastedWith Hijra
surface form: Muhajirun
contributedTo establishment of the Constitution of Medina
convertedTo Islam
enteredPledge pledges of Aqaba
surface form: First Pledge of al-Aqaba

pledges of Aqaba
surface form: Second Pledge of al-Aqaba
ethnicity Arabs
surface form: Arab
formedAllianceWith Prophet Muhammad in Medina
hadInternalTribes Banu Aws
Banu Aws
surface form: Banu Khazraj
historicalSignificance core support base of early Muslim community in Medina
honorificMeaning helpers
language Arabic
ledByNotableFigures Sa‘d ibn Mu‘adh
surface form: Sa'd ibn Mu'adh

Sa'd ibn Ubadah
location Medina
mentionedIn Hadith literature
Quran
participatedIn Battle of Badr
Battle of Uhud
Battle of the Trench
other early Islamic battles
politicalRole early supporters of Islamic state in Medina
praisedFor faith
generosity
hospitality
support of Islam
preIslamicReligion Arab paganism
providedShelterTo Muslim emigrants from Mecca
Muhammad
surface form: Prophet Muhammad
region Hejaz
relationshipToMuhajirun hosts
religion Islam
role helpers of Prophet Muhammad
socialStatus original inhabitants of Medina
supported Hijra
surface form: Muhajirun

Muhammad
surface form: Prophet Muhammad
supportedEvent Hijra
timePeriod 7th century CE
tribalComposition Aws
Khazraj

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Fitna conflictBetween Ansar
this entity surface form: Alid partisans
Surah Al-Hashr mentions Ansar
Al‑Khandaq associatedWithTribe Ansar
subject surface form: Al-Khandaq
this entity surface form: Ansar of Medina
المدينة ترتبط_ب Ansar
this entity surface form: الأنصار
pledges of Aqaba participants Ansar
subject surface form: Pledges of Aqaba
Ansar arabicName Ansar self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: الأنصار
Banu Aws partOf Ansar
Aws collectiveDesignation Ansar
Khazraj collectiveTitleAfterIslam Ansar
this entity surface form: al-Ansar
Sahaba includesSubgroup Ansar
Al-Hashr addressesGroup Ansar
Ghadir Khumm attendedBy Ansar