What is the lineage of the Prophet Muhammad - may Allah bless him and grant him peace?
Ibn al-Qayyim said that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was unequivocally the best in lineage among all people on earth. Even his enemies attested to this, such as Abu Sufyan's testimony before the Roman Emperor. His lineage is: Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim ibn Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy ibn Kilab ibn Murrah ibn Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib ibn Fihr ibn Malik ibn al-Nadr ibn Kinanah ibn Khuzaymah ibn Mudrikah ibn Ilyas ibn Mudar ibn Nizar ibn Ma'add ibn Adnan. This lineage up to Adnan is agreed upon among genealogists. What is beyond Adnan is disputed, but it is agreed that Adnan was a descendant of Ismail (peace be upon him). Ismail is the correct one to be the sacrificed son (Adh-Dhabih) according to the scholars among the Companions and the Tabi'un. The claim that it was Isaac is false based on more than twenty points, and it is derived from the People of the Book, despite its falsity even according to the text of their own book, which mentions that Allah commanded Abraham to sacrifice his firstborn son, and Ismail was his firstborn. He was from the Arabized Arabs (al-Arab al-Musta'rabah).
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