Adnan

Adnan (Arabic: عدنان‎) is the traditional ancestor of the Adnani Arabs of northern, central and western Arabia, as opposed to the Qahtani of Southern and south eastern Arabia who descend from Qahtan.

Contents

Origin

Adnan is the father of the Adnanite Arabs who are the northern Arab tribes that occupied Hijaz, Yamama regions as well as most parts of northern Arabia, and According to Hadith, he traces a genealogical history to Ismael:

Adnan son of Add son of Send[1] son of Humaisi'[2] ancestor of Ismael[3][4].

Descent from Adnan to Muhammad

According to Islamic tradition, the Islamic prophet 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."[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ عن موسى بن يعقوب عن عبد الله بن وهب بن زمعة الزمعي عن عمته عن أم سلمة عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال معد بن عدنان بن أدد بن زند بن يرى بن أعراق الثرى قالت أم سلمة : فزند هو الهميسع واليرى هو نبت ، وأعراق الثرى هو إسماعيل; لأنه ابن ابراهيم ، وإبراهيم لم تأكله النار كما أن النار لا تأكل الثرى[1]
  2. ^ Book of Genesis 25:12-16
  3. ^ Ismael, Encyclopedia of the Qur'an
  4. ^ Azraqi, Akhbar Makkah, vol. 1, pp. 58-66
  5. ^ Hughes, Thomas Patrick (1995) [First published 1885]. A Dictionary of Islam: Being a Cyclopaedia of the Doctrines, Rites, Ceremonies, and Customs, Together With the Technical and Theological Terms, of the Muhammadan Religion. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services. p. 19. ISBN 9788120606722. http://books.google.com/books?id=JherW50tVyAC&pg=PA19. Retrieved 2010-07-24.