The Lineage of Prophet Muhammad (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ)

Our Prohpet Muhammad S.A.W.W is the last Prophet of Allah. After him there will no prophet will come.

Muhammed bin Abdullah bin Abdul Muttalib (Shaybah) bin Hashim (Amr) bin Abd Manaf (Mughira) bin Qusayy (Zaid) bin Kilab bin Murrah bin Ka’b bin Lu’ayy bin Ghalib bin Fahr (Quraysh) bin Malik bin Nadar (Qais) bin Kinanah bin Khuzaymah bin Mudrikah (Amir) bin Elias bin Mudar bin Nazar bin Ma’ad bin Adnan.

Prophet’s Great-grandfather

The family tree of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is renowned as the Family of Hashim, through his Great Grandfather Hashim ibn ʿAbd Manāf. From the child of Abd Manaf, only Hashim got the honor of offering water and hosting pilgrims to the Ka’aba in Mecca. Hāshim ibn ʿAbd Manāf’s real name is Amr-al-ʿUlā. The explanations provided by Islamic hagiographers for this name change vary. One narration proposes that Amr was dubbed Hashim because he introduced the tradition of serving crumbled bread with broth, a practice later adopted for pilgrims visiting the Ka’aba in Mecca. For crumbled bread with broth, he was called by the name Hashim because hashim means “Breaker”, signifying his role as the breaker of bread. He also gained the title “the man who fed the starved” for his efforts to alleviate hunger by organizing the feeding of the people of Mecca during a seasonal famine.

Once Hashim was on a trade journey and on the way, he reached Madina where he married Salma bint Amr, a woman of the tribe Bani Nijar. Then he left his pregnant wife with her family and went to Syria. Then he passed away in Gaza, a city in Palestine. Salma gave birth to a boy and named him Shaybah because of the streak of white in his jet-black hair. He is sometimes also called Shaybah al-Ḥamd (“The white streak of praise”). Furthermore, he became known as Abd-ul-Muttalib.

After Hashim, his brother Muttalib took on the responsibility of feeding pilgrims to Mecca. He was known as a very kind person and was liked by everyone.

Prophet’s Grandfather:

One day, Hashim’s brother arrived in Medina to take his nephew with him. At the age of 8 or 10 or 12 Abd-ul-Muttalib went to Mecca with his uncle. Upon their arrival in Mecca, people assumed that the unknown child was Muttalib’s servant and started calling him ‘Abd al-Muttalib (“servant of Muttalib”). He denied this and introduced his to everyone as the son of Hashim. But, Shaybah is further known as Abd al-Muttalib. Abd-ul-Muttalib continued to grow in Mecca. After the death of Muttalib, Abd-ul-Muttalib took over all responsibilities related to serving the Kaaba and pilgrims. Following in the footsteps of his uncle Al-Muṭṭalib, he assumed the duties of providing pilgrims with food and water and continued the traditions of his ancestors with his people. He attained a level of eminence unmatched by any of his forefathers; his people loved him and his reputation was esteemed among them. Abd-ul-Muttalib had 10 sons and 6 daughters. When the Quraysh tried to assist him in digging the ZamZam well, he made a vow that if he were to have ten sons to protect him, he would sacrifice one of them to Allah at the Kaaba.

Prophet’s Father:

Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib is the father of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). His mother’s name was Fatima bint Amr of the Makhzum Clan. He was the most beautiful, kind, and lovable child of Abd al-Muttalib, also known as the one who was to be sacrificed. This is because when Abd al-Muttalib had ten sons, he gathered them all and expressed his desire to sacrifice one of them. Abd al-Muttalib wrote the names of all his sons on arrows luck draw and randomly chose one, which happened to be Abdullah’s name. He then took his son for sacrifice, but his in-laws and his brother Abu Talib refused to allow it. Abd al-Muttalib asked what he could do to fulfill his wish, and they sought advice from an old woman. The old women suggested writing Abdullah’s name on one piece of paper and write ten camelson another. The old woman said that when Abdullah’s name appeared on the paper, to sacrifice ten camels in his place, and to continue doing so until the name of camels came up. This process continued until the name of a camel was drawn instead. They repeated this process until Abdullah’s name was finally drawn. As they reached one hundred camels, the sacrificial process was considered complete.

Abd al-Muttalib chose Amna daughter of Dahab bin Abd Manaf bin Zuhrah bin Kilab for his son Hazrat Abdullah; she is counted among the greatest women of the Quraysh. Abdullah was called to on a trading caravan trip. When he left, Amina was pregnant. He spent several months in Gaza, and on his return trip, he stopped for a rest with the family of his paternal grandmother, Salma bint Amr, who belonged to the Najjar clan of the Khazraj tribe in Medina. Abdullah was unable to join a caravan to Mecca due to falling ill. The caravan went on without him to Mecca with news of his illness. Upon the caravan’s arrival in Mecca, Abdul-Muttalib immediately sent his eldest son Al-Harith to Medina. However, by the time Al-Harith arrived, Abdullah had died. Al-Harith returned to Mecca to announce Abdullah’s death to his aged father and his pregnant wife Amina. According to Ibn Sa’d, Abdullah died three months after his marriage and was twenty-five years old when he died.