Prophet Muhammad (ca. 571 – June 8, 632), peace be upon him, is the Messenger of Allah (SWT) and the final Prophet of Islam. He is known as the final Prophet and messenger according to the Qur’an and Sunnah.
The well-known genealogy of the Holy Prophet (S) is as follows: Muhammad (S), son of Abdullah son of Abdul Muttalib son of Hashim son of Abde Manaf son of Qusayy son of Kilab son of Marrah son of Lavi son of Ghalib son of Fahar son of Malik son of Nuzayr son of Kananah son of Khuzaimah son of Madrakah son of Ilyas son of Mazar son of Nazar son of Maad son of Adnan son of Ov son of Alyasi son of Alhameesa son of Salaman son of Albant son of Hamal son of Qidar son of Ismail son of Ibrahim Khalil (a.s.) son of Tarukh son of Nakhur son of Sharoogh son of Arghu son of Faalagh son of Aabar son of Shaalakh son of Arfahshad son of Saam son of Nuh son of Malik son of Matushalakh son of Akhnoon son of Alyaaraz son of Mahlaail son of Feenaan son of Anoosh son of Sheeth son of His Eminence, Adam (a.s.).
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According to a narration of Lady Umm Salma, Adnan was the son of Ov and he of Zaid and he of As Saraa and he of Eraaqus Saraa. Umm Salma says that Zaid is Hameesa, Saraa is Bant, and that Eraaqus Saraa is Ismail (a.s.). And according to the narration of Ibn Babawayh, Adnan is the son of Av and he of Awad and he of Zaid and he of Yaqdu and he of Hamesa and he of Bant and he of Qidar bin Ismail.
According to the report of Ibn Abbas, it is Adnan bin Ovbin and Bin Yasaa bin Hamesa bin Yahsham bin Manjaz bin Sabugh bin Alhameesa bin Bant bin Qidar bin Ismail bin Ibrahim bin Tarukh bin Matushalakh bin Saam bin Nuh bin Malik bin Akhnoo bin Mahlaaeel bin Zabazar. And according to yet another statement, Taarad, and according to yet another, Ayaad bin Qinan bin Arad bin Anoosh bin Sheeth bin Adam.
What is more famous is that the name of His Eminence, Abdul Muttalib, was Shaibatul Hamd, the name of Hashim was Amr and Abde Manaf was Mughira, Qasaa was Zaid, who was also called Majma’ and the name of Quraish was Nasr.
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There was some reason behind this naming of every one of them. It is also said that the name of Arghu was Hud. Some have said his name was Ghaabar and that Akhnu is His Eminence, Idris, and that the mother of the Holy Prophet (S) was Amina binte Wahab, who was a son of Abde Manaf, son of Zuhra, son of Kilab.
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The below chart illustrates the lineage of the Prophets from Adam (AS) to Prophet Muhammad (SA), ‘rahmat al il alamin.
