Banu Ash'ar

Banu Ash'ar
بنو الأشعر
Qahtanite Arab
Banner of Banu Ash'ar
EthnicityArab
NisbaAl-Ash'ari الأشعري
LocationYemen, Palestine
Descended fromNabat ibn Udad
ReligionPaganism, later Islam

Banu al-Ash'ar (Arabic: بنو الأشعر; Ancient South Arabian: , ʾs²ʿrn) also known as al-Ashaira (Arabic: الأشاعرة) is a Qahtanite tribe that inhabited Yemen in the Arabian Peninsula. The companion of the prophet, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari is a member of this tribe.

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