Names of the Prophets and Their Lineage

Names of the Prophets and their Lineage

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He said, ʿAmr b. Haytham and Hāshim b. al-Qāsim al-Kinānī Abū al-Naṣr > al-Masʿūdī > Abū ʿAmr al-Shāmī > ʿUbayd b. al-Khashkash > Abū Dharr who said:

'I asked the Prophet ﷺ, "Which of the prophets was first?" He said, "Ādam."' ⌜Abu Dharr⌝ said, 'I said, "Was he a prophet?" ⌜The Prophet ﷺ⌝ said, "Yes, ⌜he was⌝ a prophet who was spoken to ⌜by Allāh⌝".' ⌜Abu Dharr⌝ then said, 'I said, "Then, how many messengers ⌜were there⌝?", ⌜The Prophet ﷺ⌝ said, "Three hundred and fifteen: a large quantity."' — (Suyūṭī 622-3b)

Khālid b. Khidāsh > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Saʿīd b. Abū Ayyūb > Jaʿfar b. Rabīʿah and Ziyād said:

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about Ādam: Was he a prophet? He ﷺ said, "Indeed, ⌜he was⌝ a prophet spoken to ⌜by Allāh⌝."

Hishām b. Muḥammad b. al-Sāʾib al-Kalbī > his father said:

The first prophet who was sent was Idrīs.

'And ⌜Idrīs⌝ was Kanūkh (Enoch) b. Yāridh b. Mahlāʾīl b. Qaynān b. Anūsh b. Shīth (Seth) b. Ādam. Then Nūḥ (Noah) b. Lamk b. Mutawashlikh b. Kanūkh who was Idrīs. Then Ibrāhīm (Abraham) b. Tāriḥ b. Nāḥūdh b. Sārūgh b. Arghū b. Fāligh b. ʿĀbir b. Shālikh b. Sām (Shem) b. Nūḥ. Then Ismāʾīl (Ishmael) and Is·hāq (Isaac) the two sons of Ibrāhīm. Then Yaʾqūb (Jacob) b. Is·hāq b. Ibrāhīm. Then Yūsuf (Joseph) b. Yaʾqūb b. Is·hāq. Then Lūṭ (Lot) b. Hārān b. Tāriḥ b. Nāḥūdh b. Sārūgh, ⌜Lūṭ⌝ was the son of the brother of Ibrāhīm, the khaḷīl of the Most Merciful.'

'Then Hūd b. ʿAbdullāh b. Khulūd b. ʿĀd b. Ghūṣ b. Iram b. Sām b. Nūḥ. Then Ṣāliḥ b. Āsif b. Kamāshij b. Arwam b. Ṭhamūd b. Jāthir b. Iram b. Sām b. Nūḥ. Then Shuʿayb b. Yūbub b. ʿĪfa b. Madyan b. Ibrāhīm, the khaḷīl of the Most Merciful. Then Mūsā (Moses) and Hārūn (Aaaron) the two sons of ʿImrān b. Qāhith b. Lāwī b. Yaʾqūb b. Is·hāq b. Ibrāhīm. Then Ilyās (Elias) b. Tishbīn b. ʿĀdhir b. Hārūn b. ʿImrān b. Qāhith b. Lāwī b. Yaʾqūb.

Then Yasaʿ (Elisha) b. ʿUzzay b. Nashūtlakh b. Ifrāyim b. Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb b. Is·hāq. Then Yūnus (Jonah) b. Matā from the children of Yaʿqūb b. Is·hāq b. Ibrāhīm. Then Ayyūb (Job) b. Zariḥ b. Amwaṣ b. Lifzan b. ʿĪṣ b. Is·hāq b. Ibrāhīm. Then Dāwūd (David) b. Īsha b. ʿUwaydh b. Bāʿir b. Salmūn b. Naḥshūn b. ʿAmīnadhib b. Iram b. Ḥaṣrūn b. Fariṣ b. Yahūdha b. Yaʿqūb b. Is·hāq b. Ibrāhīm. Then Sulaymān (Solomon) b. Dawūd. Then Zakarīyāʾ (Zechariah) b. Bashwā from the children of Yahūdha b. Yaʿqūb. Then Yaḥya (John) b. Zakarīyāʾ.'

'... then ʿĪsā (Jesus) b. Maryām b. ʿImrān b. Māthān from the children of Yahūdha b. Yaʿqūb. 'Then the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbdulmuṭṭalib b. Hāshim.'

Lineage of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

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Hishām b. Muḥammad b. al-Sāʾib b. Bishr al-Kalbī > his father ⌜who⌝ said:
the lineage of the Prophet ﷺ is: (1) Muḥammad, the pure, the blessed, b. (2) ʿAbdullāh b. (3) ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and his name is Shaybat al-Ḥamd b. (4) Hāshim and his name is ʿAmr b. (5) ʿAbd Manāf and his name is al-Mughīrah b. (6) Quṣay and his name is Zayd b. (7) Kilāb b. (8) Murrah b. (9) Kaʿb b. (10) Luʾaī b. (11) Ghālib b. (12) Fihr, and up to Fihr is all of Quraysh.

What is before Fihr is not said to be Quraysh, instead they are called Kanānī; and he is Fihr b. (13) Mālik b. (14) al-Naḍr and his name is Qays b. (15) Kinānah b. (16) Khuzaymah b. (17) Mudrikah and his name is ʿAmr b. (18) Ilyās b. (19) Muḍar b. (20) Nizār b. (21) Maʿad b. (22) ʿAdnān.

Lineage of Prophet Ibrāhīm (Abraham)

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Hishām b. Muḥammad b. al-Sāʾib > his father and others ⌜who⌝ said:
He is Ibrāhīm (Abraham) b. Āzar and this is how it is in the Qurʾān while in the Torah ⌜it is⌝ Ibrāhīm b. Tāriḥ. And some of them say Āzar b. Tāriḥ b. Nāḥūr b. Sārūgh, and it is said Sharūgh b. Arghū, and it is said Arghū b. Fāligh, and it is said Fālikh b. ʿĀbir b. Shālikh, and it is said Sālikh b. Arfakashd b. Sām b. the Prophet Nūḥ (Noah), peace be upon him, son of Lamk b. Matawashlikh, and it is said Matawashlikh b. Khanūkh, who is the Prophet Idrīs (Enoch), peace be upon him, son of Yardh, who is al-Yāridh, and it is said al-Yāridh b. Mahlāʾīl b. Qaynān b. Anūsh b. Shīth, and it is said Shath, who is the gift of Allāh, son of Ādam, a lot of peace and blessings be upon him.