Background
He was a descendant of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, through Khwaja Abdullah Ansari. Ansari was born in British India, but migrated to the newly formed Pakistan immediately after the Pakistan Movement|independence.
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He was a descendant of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, through Khwaja Abdullah Ansari. Ansari was born in British India, but migrated to the newly formed Pakistan immediately after the Pakistan Movement|independence.
In Pakistan, he took up residence in the city of Wazirabad. Ansari spent the last ten years of his life partially paralysed. Although he was a prolific author, many of his books were not published.
Ansari left the South Asia for Kenya in the 1950s.
After becoming a resident alim there, Ansari helped the community to become large and prosperous as it is today. He is remembered to this day in the country for an address he delivered at the Arusha Conference in December 1958, in which he emphasized the need for tabligh.
A large amount of his efforts were focused on the Khoja community. Although much of Ansari"s work was not published, he is still remembered all across the world.
