Genealogy
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Wathilah ibn al-Asqa narrated the Prophet Muhammad said;
"Indeed Allah chose Isma'il from the progeny of Ibrahim, chose the Banu Kinanah over other tribes from the children of Isma'il; He chose the Banu Quraish over other tribes of Kinanah; He chose Banu Hashim over the other families of the Quraish; and He chose me from Banu Hashim."
Muhammad to Adnan
According to Islamic prophetic tradition, Muhammad was descended from Adnan. Tradition records the genealogy from Adnan to Muhammad comprises 21 generations. "The following is the list of chiefs who are said to have ruled the Hejaz and to have been the patrilineal ancestors of Muhammad."[1]
- 570 AD – Muhammad (محمد)
- 538 AD – Abd Allah (عبد الله)
- 505 AD – Abd al-Muttalib (عبد المطلب)
- 472 AD – Hashim (هاشم)
- 439 AD – Abd Manaf (عبد مناف)
- 406 AD – Qusai (قصي)
- 373 AD – Kilab (كلاب)
- 340 AD – Murrah (مرة)
- 307 AD – Ka'ab (كعب)
- 274 AD – Luwaiy (لؤي)
- 241 AD – Ghalib (غالب)
- 208 AD – Fihr (فهر)
- 175 AD – Malik (مالك)
- 142 AD – al-Nadr (النضر)
- 109 AD – Kinanah (كنانة)
- 76 AD – Khuzaimah (خزيمة)
- 43 AD – Mudrikah (مدركة)
- 10 AD – Elias (إلياس)
- 23 BC – Mudar (مضر)
- 56 BC – Nizar (نزار)
- 89 BC – Ma'ad (معد)
- 122 BC – Adnan (عدنان)
Adnan to Isma'il
Various genealogies of Adnan up to Qedar have been narrated and is subject to controversies and doubt. Adnan was the ancestor of the Adnani Arabs of northern, central and western Arabia and a direct descendant of Isma'il. According to some scholars only 7 people are between them but it is not confirmed, however Adnan was fairly close to Isma'il. Isma'il had twelve sons who are said to have become twelve tribal chiefs throughout the regions from Havilah to Shur (from Assyria to the border of Egypt. His second son Qedar was the father of the North Arabian Qedarite tribe that controlled the region between the Persian Gulf and the Sinai Peninsula. The following is a list compiled by Ibn Hisham.
Adnan ibn Add ibn Humaisi‘ Ibn Salaman Ibn Aws Ibn Buz Ibn Qamwal Ibn Obai Ibn ‘Awwam Ibn Nashid Ibn Haza Ibn Bildas Ibn Yadlaf Ibn Tabikh Ibn Jahim Ibn Nahish Ibn Makhi Ibn Aid Ibn ‘Abqar Ibn ‘Ubaid Ibn Ad-Da‘a Ibn Hamdan Ibn Sanbir Ibn Yathrabi Ibn Yahzin Ibn Yalhan Ibn Ar‘awi Ibn Aid Ibn Deshan Ibn Aisar Ibn Afnad Ibn Aiham Ibn Muksar Ibn Nahith Ibn Zarih Ibn Sami Ibn Mazzi Ibn ‘Awda Ibn Aram ibn Qaidar ibn Isma'il.[2]
Ibrahim to Nuh
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| Dotted lines indicate multiple generations. |
`Abd Allah ibn `Abbas narrated the Prophet Muhammad said;
”The descendants of `'Imran, mentioned in Allah’s saying, ‘Allah did choose Adam and Nuh, the family of Ibrahim, and the family of 'Imran above all people,-‘ [Quran 03:33] are the believers among sons of Ibrahim, `Imran, Yasin and Muhammad”
— Related by Bukhari.
“And We sent Noah and Abraham, and established in their line Prophethood and Revelation: and some of them were on right guidance. But many of them became rebellious transgressors.”
— Qur'an, chapter 57 (Al-Hadid), verse 26.
It is unclear how many generations are between Ibrahim and Nuh. Sam son of Nuh was the ancestor of the Semitic race.
Nuh to Adam
`Abd Allah ibn `Abbas narrated the Prophet Muhammad said;
“Between Nuh and Adam were ten generations, all of them were upon Sharia of the truth, then they differed. So Allah sent prophets as bringers of good news and as warners.”
— Related by Hakim al-Nishaburi in Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain.
