Abdullah Ansari
Abū Ismāʿīl al-Harawī | |
|---|---|
أبو إسماعيل الهروي | |
Abdullah Ansari (holding a book) with Abu Ahmad. Folio from Kamal al-Din Gazurgahi's Majalis al-ushshaq, created in Shiraz, Safavid Iran, second half 16th century | |
| Title | Shaykh al-Islām, Sage of Herat |
| Personal life | |
| Born | May 4, 1006 |
| Died | 1089 (aged 82-83) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Hanbali |
| Creed | Athari |
| Movement | Sufi |
| Muslim leader | |
Influenced | |
| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | ʿAbd Allāh (عبد الله) |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | Ibn Muḥammad ibn Maaz ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Jaʿfar ibn Manṣūr ibn Matt ibn Ayyub ibn Abu Ayyub (بن محمد بن علي بن محمد بن أحمد بن علي بن جعفر بن منصور بن مت) |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū Ismāʿīl (أبو إسماعيل) |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Harawī (الهروي) |
Abu Ismaïl Abdullah al-Harawi al-Ansari or Abdullah Ansari of Herat (1006–1089) (Persian: خواجه عبدالله انصاری) also known as Pir-i Herat (پیر هرات) "Sage of Herat", was a Sufi saint, who lived in Herat (modern-day Afghanistan). Ansari was a commentator on the Qur'an, scholar of the Hanbali school of thought (madhhab), traditionalist, polemicist and spiritual master, known for his oratory and poetic talents in Arabic and Persian.