Prophet Muhammad ﷺ family tree, with a source for every name
His lineage back to Adnan, his parents and grandparents, the uncles and aunts of the seerah, his wives, and his children and grandchildren. Tap a name to open it.
Tap any name to see who they were, their dates and the source. 66 people in all.
Lineage to Adnan
21 generations, father to son, as Imam al-Bukhari and Ibn Hisham give them. The scholars stop here: see below for why.
From the descendants of Prophet Ismail, son of Ibrahim, by the agreement of the genealogists. This is where the agreed lineage ends.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab Manaqib al-Ansar, the chapter on the Prophet ﷺ being sent; Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
Son of Adnan. The Arabs of the north, the line of Adnan, are often called the sons of Maadd.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
Son of Maadd. His sons Mudar and Rabiah are the ancestors of the two great branches of the northern Arabs.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
The tribe of Mudar kept Rajab in its right place in the year, so the Prophet ﷺ called it "Rajab of Mudar".
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 4662; Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
Son of Mudar. Not the Prophet Ilyas of the Quran, but an ancestor with the same name.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
His name was Amir. Mudrikah was a nickname.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
Son of Mudrikah, and father of Kinanah.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
The Prophet ﷺ said: "Allah chose Kinanah from the descendants of Ismail, chose Quraysh from Kinanah, chose Banu Hashim from Quraysh, and chose me from Banu Hashim."
Source: Sahih Muslim 2276, from Wathilah ibn al-Asqa.
Some genealogists, including Ibn Hisham, say Quraysh are the descendants of al-Nadr.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
Son of al-Nadr and father of Fihr.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
Most genealogists hold that Fihr is Quraysh: every Qurashi descends from him.
Source: Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat al-Kubra; Ibn Kathir, al-Bidayah wa'l-Nihayah.
Son of Fihr.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
Son of Ghalib.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
The lineage of Umar ibn al-Khattab meets the Prophet's ﷺ here: Umar descends from Adi, a son of Kab.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
The lineage of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq meets the Prophet's ﷺ here: Abu Bakr descends from Taym, a son of Murrah.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
His father's and mother's lines meet here. Kilab had two sons: Qusayy, the father's line, and Zuhrah, the line of his mother, Aminah.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
His name was Zayd. He gathered Quraysh in Makkah and took charge of the Kabah, the water and food for the pilgrims, and the council house, Dar al-Nadwah.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
His name was al-Mughirah. His sons included Hashim and Abd Shams, the ancestor of Banu Umayyah. The lineage of Uthman ibn Affan meets the Prophet's ﷺ here.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
His name was Amr. He was called Hashim because he crumbled bread (hashm) into broth to feed the pilgrims. He is reported to have begun the winter and summer caravans of Quraysh, and he died in Gaza. The Prophet's ﷺ clan, Banu Hashim, is named after him.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
His grandfather. More about him under Parents and grandparents.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
His father. More about him under Parents and grandparents.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
Born about 570 CE in Makkah. Died 11 AH (632 CE) in Madinah, aged 63.
Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, of Banu Hashim of Quraysh. He was born in Makkah in the Year of the Elephant, received the first revelation at forty, emigrated to Madinah in 622 CE, and died there in Rabi al-Awwal 11 AH. For his life year by year, see the Prophet ﷺ, a life timeline.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 3536 (aged 63), 3851; Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
Parents and grandparents
His father died before he was born and his mother when he was six, so his grandfather and then his uncle raised him.
Died before his son's birth, by the best-known report.
Ibn Ishaq tells how Abd al-Muttalib had vowed to sacrifice one of his sons, and the lot fell on Abdullah, who was ransomed with a hundred camels. He married Aminah and died soon after, in Yathrib (Madinah), on the way back from a trading journey, before his son was born. Some reports say it was a few months after the birth. He was buried in Madinah.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Died about 576 CE, when he was six.
Of Banu Zuhrah of Quraysh. She took her son to visit his father's relatives in Yathrib, and died at al-Abwa on the way home. Years later the Prophet ﷺ visited her grave and wept.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah; Sahih Muslim 976.
Died when the Prophet ﷺ was eight.
His name was Shaybah. He grew up in Madinah with his mother's people and was brought to Makkah by his uncle al-Muttalib, so people called him Abd al-Muttalib. He re-dug the well of Zamzam, led Quraysh in the Year of the Elephant, and took his orphaned grandson into his care.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
Of Banu Makhzum of Quraysh. The mother of Abdullah, Abu Talib and al-Zubayr, and of several of the Prophet's ﷺ aunts.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
Chief of Banu Zuhrah, a clan of Quraysh descended from Zuhrah ibn Kilab.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
Of Banu Abd al-Dar of Quraysh. The mother of Aminah.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
Of Banu Adi ibn al-Najjar, of the Khazraj of Madinah. Hashim married her in Yathrib, and their son grew up there. Through her the Prophet ﷺ had kin among Banu al-Najjar, the clan he stayed with when he arrived in Madinah.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Uncles and aunts
Abd al-Muttalib had about ten sons and six daughters. These are the ones who matter most in the seerah.
Died about 619 CE, three years before the Hijrah.
His name was Abd Manaf. He took his nephew into his home at eight and protected him for years against Quraysh. He died in Makkah in the tenth year of prophethood without saying the shahadah, in the same year as Khadijah. He was the father of Ali, Jafar and Aqil.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 3884; Sahih Muslim 24; Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
Martyred at Uhud, 3 AH (625 CE).
Close to the Prophet ﷺ in age, and his brother by nursing, as both were nursed by Thuwaybah. He accepted Islam in Makkah, defended the Muslims fiercely and became known as Asad Allah, the Lion of Allah.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 2645, 5101; Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
Died in Madinah, 32 AH.
A few years older than the Prophet ﷺ. He came to Madinah as a Muslim shortly before the conquest of Makkah in 8 AH. He was the father of Abdullah ibn Abbas, the great scholar of the Quran, and the ancestor of the Abbasid caliphs.
Source: Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat; Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
Died in Makkah soon after Badr, 2 AH.
His name was Abd al-Uzza. He and his wife opposed the Prophet ﷺ openly, and Surah Al-Masad (111) was revealed about them.
Source: Quran 111; Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
Died before Islam.
The eldest son of Abd al-Muttalib, who was called Abu al-Harith after him. His sons Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith and Rabiah accepted Islam.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
Died in Madinah, 20 AH.
Full sister of Hamzah. She accepted Islam and emigrated to Madinah, and she was the mother of al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, one of the ten promised Paradise.
Source: Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Mother of Zaynab bint Jahsh, who became the Prophet's ﷺ wife, and of Abdullah ibn Jahsh, martyred at Uhud.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Ibn Ishaq reports her dream of disaster for Quraysh a few days before Badr. Scholars differ on whether she accepted Islam.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah.
Those who nursed and raised him
Women who cared for him as a baby and a child.
A freed woman of Abu Lahab's household. She nursed him for a short time before he went to the desert, and she also nursed Hamzah and Abu Salamah.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 5101; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Of Banu Sad ibn Bakr. He lived with her family in the desert in his early years, and the opening and cleansing of his chest by Jibril took place there.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah; Sahih Muslim, from Anas, on the opening of the chest.
An Abyssinian woman of his father's household who cared for him from childhood; he later freed her. She was the mother of Usamah ibn Zayd. After the Prophet ﷺ died, Abu Bakr and Umar visited her as he used to.
Source: Sahih Muslim 2454; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
His wives, the Mothers of the Believers
In the order he married them. The Quran calls them the mothers of the believers (33:6). Ages and dates are given only as the sources state them.
Married about 595 CE. Died about 619 CE in Makkah.
A respected merchant of Makkah. He married her at 25, fifteen years before the first revelation. Ibn Sad reports she was 40; other reports give a younger age. She was the first to believe in him, and the mother of all his children except Ibrahim. He married no one else while she lived, and he spoke of her often after her death.
Source: Sahih Muslim 2436; Sahih al-Bukhari 3818; Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Married about 619 CE in Makkah. Died in Madinah, 23 AH or 54 AH (reports differ).
A widow who had emigrated to Abyssinia with her first husband. She married the Prophet ﷺ after Khadijah's death, and later gave her turn to Aishah.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 5212; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Nikah in Makkah; joined his household in Madinah. Died in Madinah, 57 or 58 AH.
Daughter of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq. Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim give her own words that she was six at the nikah and nine when she joined his household. She became one of the leading scholars among the Companions, and many hadith on his home life come from her.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 3894; Sahih Muslim 1422; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Married 3 AH. Died in Madinah, 41 or 45 AH.
Daughter of Umar ibn al-Khattab, widowed when her husband Khunays ibn Hudhafah died. The pages of the Quran gathered under Abu Bakr were later kept with her.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 4986; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Married 3 or 4 AH. Died a few months later.
Known even before Islam as Umm al-Masakin, the mother of the poor, for her charity. With Khadijah, she is the only one of his wives who died in his lifetime.
Source: Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Married 4 AH. Died in Madinah, 59 or 61 AH.
Among the first Muslims, she emigrated to Abyssinia and then Madinah with her husband Abu Salamah. When he died, she said the dua the Prophet ﷺ taught for a loss, and Allah gave her someone better: the Prophet ﷺ himself. By most reports she was the last of the Mothers of the Believers to die.
Source: Sahih Muslim 918; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Married 5 AH. Died in Madinah, 20 AH.
His cousin, the daughter of his aunt Umaymah. Quran 33:37 tells how Allah gave her in marriage to him. She worked with her own hands and gave in charity, and she was the first of his wives to die after him, as he had foretold.
Source: Quran 33:37; Sahih Muslim 2452; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Married 5 or 6 AH. Died in Madinah, 50 or 56 AH.
Daughter of the chief of Banu al-Mustaliq. When the Companions heard of the marriage, they freed the captives of her people, and Aishah said she knew no woman who brought more blessing to her people.
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 3931, graded hasan; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Married 6 or 7 AH. Died in Madinah, 44 AH (reports differ).
Daughter of Abu Sufyan. She emigrated to Abyssinia, where her first husband died. The Negus contracted the marriage there on the Prophet's ﷺ behalf and paid her mahr.
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 2107, graded sahih by al-Albani; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Married 7 AH. Died in Madinah, 50 AH (some say 52).
Daughter of Huyayy ibn Akhtab, chief of Banu al-Nadir, from the descendants of Harun. After Khaybar the Prophet ﷺ freed her and made her freedom her mahr.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 5086; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Married 7 AH. Died 51 AH.
He married her at Sarif near Makkah after the Umrah of 7 AH, and she was the last woman he married. She was the aunt of Abdullah ibn Abbas and of Khalid ibn al-Walid.
Source: Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Came to Madinah 7 AH. Died in Madinah, 16 AH.
Sent from Egypt by its ruler, al-Muqawqis. Most scholars count her as the mother of his child (umm walad) rather than one of the wives.
Source: Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Children and grandchildren
Three sons and four daughters. Every child was Khadijah's except Ibrahim, whose mother was Mariyah. The sons all died young.
Died as a small child in Makkah.
His first child. The Prophet ﷺ was called Abu al-Qasim, the father of al-Qasim, after him.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Died in Madinah, 8 AH.
His eldest daughter by most reports. She married her cousin Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi, whose mother was Khadijah's sister. She came to Madinah after Badr, and Abu al-As later accepted Islam and rejoined her.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
The Prophet ﷺ carried her while leading the prayer, putting her down when he prostrated. After Fatimah died, she married Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 516; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Died young.
Zaynab's son, who died young.
Source: Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Died in Madinah, 2 AH.
She married Uthman ibn Affan and emigrated with him to Abyssinia, then Madinah. She died while the Muslims were at Badr; Uthman had stayed behind to nurse her.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 3130; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Died as a small child, about 4 AH.
Ruqayyah's son with Uthman.
Source: Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Died in Madinah, 9 AH.
She married Uthman after her sister Ruqayyah died, which is why Uthman is called Dhu al-Nurayn, the one with two lights. She had no children.
Source: Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Married 2 AH. Died in Madinah, 11 AH.
His youngest daughter, married to Ali ibn Abi Talib. He said: "Fatimah is a part of me", and told her she would be the leader of the women of Paradise and the first of his family to follow him. She died about six months after him. All his descendants today come through her.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 3714, 3624, 4240; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Born 3 AH. Died in Madinah, 49 or 50 AH.
The Prophet ﷺ said of him: "This son of mine is a sayyid, and Allah may make peace through him between two great groups of Muslims." That came true when he gave up the caliphate in 41 AH.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 2704; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Born 4 AH. Martyred at Karbala, 10 Muharram 61 AH (680 CE).
The Prophet ﷺ said: "Al-Hasan and al-Husayn are the leaders of the youth of Paradise."
Source: Jami at-Tirmidhi 3768, graded sahih; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
She married her cousin Abdullah ibn Jafar, and was with her brother al-Husayn at Karbala.
Source: Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
She married Umar ibn al-Khattab during his caliphate.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 2881; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Died as a small child in Makkah.
Most reports say al-Tayyib and al-Tahir, the good and the pure, were names of Abdullah; some count them as separate sons. Many commentators report that when he died, an enemy mocked the Prophet ﷺ as cut off, and Surah Al-Kawthar was revealed in answer.
Source: Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah; Ibn Kathir, Tafsir, on Surah 108.
Born 8 AH. Died 10 AH, aged about 16 to 18 months.
Born in Madinah, and named after Prophet Ibrahim. When he died, the Prophet ﷺ wept and said: "The eyes shed tears and the heart grieves, but we say only what pleases our Lord." The sun eclipsed that day, and he taught that eclipses do not happen for anyone's death.
Source: Sahih Muslim 2315; Sahih al-Bukhari 1303, 1043; Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat.
Guide
His family, in short
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was Muhammad, son of Abdullah, son of Abd al-Muttalib, son of Hashim, of the tribe of Quraysh, and his line goes back 21 generations to Adnan, a descendant of Prophet Ismail, son of Ibrahim. His mother was Aminah bint Wahb. He married eleven wives in his lifetime, Khadijah first, and had seven children: al-Qasim, Abdullah and Ibrahim, who all died young, and Zaynab, Ruqayyah, Umm Kulthum and Fatimah. His descendants come through Fatimah and her sons, al-Hasan and al-Husayn.
His full name and lineage
Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim ibn Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy ibn Kilab ibn Murrah ibn Kab ibn Luayy ibn Ghalib ibn Fihr ibn Malik ibn al-Nadr ibn Kinanah ibn Khuzaymah ibn Mudrikah ibn Ilyas ibn Mudar ibn Nizar ibn Maadd ibn Adnan. Imam al-Bukhari gives this line at the head of the chapter on the Prophet ﷺ being sent, and Ibn Hisham opens his Sirah with it. His mother's line joins it at Kilab: Aminah bint Wahb ibn Abd Manaf ibn Zuhrah ibn Kilab.
Why the lineage stops at Adnan
The scholars agree that the line to Adnan is sound, and that Adnan descends from Prophet Ismail. They do not agree on the names, or even the number of generations, between Adnan and Ismail: the genealogists' lists range from a few generations to about forty. So most scholars, al-Bukhari among them, stop at Adnan. Ibn Sad records a report that the Prophet ﷺ himself stopped at Adnan when giving his lineage, but its chain is weak, and we do not rely on it. Charts that run on to Ibrahim and Adam fill the gap with one list among many.
His wives
He was married to Khadijah alone for about 25 years, until her death. After that he married Sawdah, Aishah, Hafsah, Zaynab bint Khuzaymah, Umm Salamah, Zaynab bint Jahsh, Juwayriyah, Umm Habibah, Safiyyah and Maymunah. Most were widows, and several marriages joined him to a tribe or a Companion's family. Allah calls them the mothers of the believers. For each one's story, open her name in the tree.
مَّا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَبَآ أَحَدٍۢ مِّن رِّجَالِكُمْ وَلَٰكِن رَّسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَخَاتَمَ ٱلنَّبِيِّۦنَ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمًۭا
Maa kaana Muhammmadun abaaa ahadim mir rijaalikum wa laakir Rasoolal laahi wa Khaataman Nabiyyeen; wa kaanal laahu bikulli shai'in 'Aleema
"Muhammad is not the father of [any] one of your men, but [he is] the Messenger of Allah and last of the prophets. And ever is Allah, of all things, Knowing."
Quran 33:40, translation by Sahih International.
His children
None of his sons lived to adulthood, as the verse above says: he is "not the father of any one of your men". His daughters all married and all accepted Islam, and three of them died in his lifetime. Fatimah died about six months after him. The families who trace their descent to him, often called sayyids or sharifs, do so through her sons al-Hasan and al-Husayn.
How we wrote this tree
Names and dates come from Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim where those collections mention them, and otherwise from the classical biographies: Ibn Hisham's edition of Ibn Ishaq's Sirah and Ibn Sad's al-Tabaqat al-Kubra. Where the sources disagree on a year or an age, we give the reports as they are and say they differ. Dates before the Hijrah are approximate. For the events of his life in order, see the Prophet ﷺ, a life timeline.
- Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab Manaqib al-Ansar, the chapter on the Prophet ﷺ being sent (the lineage), and the hadith numbers given on each person.
- Sahih Muslim 2276, and the hadith numbers given on each person.
- Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah, from the Sirah of Ibn Ishaq.
- Ibn Sad, al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, the volumes on the Prophet ﷺ, his family and the women.
- Ibn Kathir, al-Bidayah wa'l-Nihayah, on the lineage beyond Adnan.
- Quran 33:6, 33:37, 33:40 and 111. Arabic from the Tanzil Uthmani text, English by Sahih International.
Questions
Good to know
What is the full name of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ?
Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim, of Quraysh. His lineage continues through Abd Manaf, Qusayy and Kilab back to Adnan, a descendant of Prophet Ismail.
How many wives did Prophet Muhammad ﷺ have?
Eleven women were married to him in his lifetime. Khadijah and Zaynab bint Khuzaymah died before him, so nine were living when he died. Mariyah, the mother of his son Ibrahim, is counted by most scholars as an umm walad rather than a wife.
How many children did Prophet Muhammad ﷺ have?
Seven: three sons, al-Qasim, Abdullah and Ibrahim, who all died young, and four daughters, Zaynab, Ruqayyah, Umm Kulthum and Fatimah. All were Khadijah's children except Ibrahim, whose mother was Mariyah.
Is Prophet Muhammad ﷺ descended from Ibrahim?
Yes. The scholars agree that he descends from Prophet Ismail, son of Ibrahim, through Adnan. The names between Adnan and Ismail are not agreed, which is why the tree stops at Adnan.
Who were the Prophet's ﷺ parents?
His father was Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, who died before he was born, and his mother was Aminah bint Wahb, who died when he was six.
Does the Prophet ﷺ have descendants today?
Yes, through his daughter Fatimah and her sons al-Hasan and al-Husayn. None of his sons lived to have children.