'Imrān al-Arghiyānī al-Nīsābūrī al-Ṣūfī al-Shāfi'ī (Arabic: أبو القاسم الأنصاري), commonly known as Abu al-Qasim al-Ansari[1] was a Persian Sunni scholar known for being an Ash'arite theologian, Shafi'i jurist, traditionist, scriptural exegete and mystic during the Islamic Golden Age.
[5] Al-Ansari grew up in a town on the outskirts of Nishapur of Transoxiana, which is located in the northeastern part of modern-day Iran.
[5] In his early age, Al-Ansari spent time under the apprenticeship to Fadlallah Al-Mehani (Arabic: فضل الله الميهني), the then Sheikh of Khorasan.
Al-Ansari was among those whom he narrated the hadith to on the authority of Zaher bin Ahmed Al-Sarkhasi (Arabic: زاهر بن أحمد السرخسي).
In contrary, a number of accounts, such as the ones made by Al-Dhahabi, Al-Suyuti and Ahmed bin Muhammad al-Adnroy (Arabic: أحمد بن محمد الأدنروي) claimed that Al-Ansari died in the year 511 AH (1117 CE) instead.