Family Tree Of Muhammad

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This article is about the family tree of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. known as a member of the family of Hashim and the Quraysh tribe which is ‘Adnani.

Muhammad’s Family Tree

Muhammad's Family Tree

Genealogy

“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.”Wathilah ibn al-Asqa narrated that Muhammad said;

— Related by Muslim and Tirmidhi.

Muhammad’s ancestors to Murrah

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.”

570 CE – Muhammad
545 CE – Abdullah
497 CE – Abdul-Muttalib
464 CE – Hashim
439 CE – Abd Manaf
406 CE – Qusai
373 CE – Kilab
340 CE – Murrah
307 CE – Ka’ab
274 CE – Lu’ay
241 CE – Ghalib
208 CE – Fihr
175 CE – Malik
142 CE – An-Nadr (Quraysh)
109 CE – Kinanah
76 CE – Khuzaimah
43 CE – Mudrikah
10 CE – Ilyas
23 BCE – Mudar
56 BCE – Nizar
89 BCE – Ma’ad
122 BCE – Adnan

Adnan to Isma’il

Various genealogies of Adnan up to Isma’il have been narrated. Adnan was the ancestor of the Adnani Arabs of northern, central and western Arabia and a direct descendant of Isma’il. It is not confirmed how many generations are between them; 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).

Genealogists differ from which son of Isma’il the main line of descent came, either through his eldest son Nabut, or his second son Qedar who was the father of the North Arabian Qedarite tribe that controlled the region between the Persian Gulf and the Sinai Peninsula. Genealogists also differ in the names on the line of descent.

Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari states:

“The genealogists do not differ concerning the descent of our Prophet Muhammad as far as Ma’add b. ‘Adnan.”

— The History of al-Tabari, Volume 6, p. 37

The relationship between the prophets under the lineage of Abraham’s two sons Ishmael and Isaac

Ibrahim to Nuh

Abd Allah ibnAbbas narrated 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,-‘ ^[Quran03:33] 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. Nuh’s son Sam was the ancestor of the Semitic race.

Nuh to AdamIbrahim
Ta’rih (Azar)
Tahur
Shahru’
Abraghu
Falikh
Abir
Shalikh
Arfakshad
Sam
Nuh

‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abbas narrated 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.