Family tree of Muhammad

This family tree is about the relatives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad as a family member of the family of Hashim and the Quraysh tribe which is ‘Adnani. According to Islamic tradition, Muhammad descends from the Islamic prophet Ishmael through the Hashem tribe.

Prophet Muhammad's family tree

* indicates that the marriage order is disputed
Note that direct lineage is marked in bold.

Genealogy

Muhammad to Adnan

According to Islamic prophetic tradition, Muhammad 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. His Ancestors were generally referred to by their laqabs or titles, names will be mentioned alongside each title.
Adnan ibn Ismail
≈ c. 1200 BCE
Sources: Ibn Hishām, Ibn Kathīr
Ma‘add ibn Adnan
≈ c. 1100 BCE
Sources: Ibn Hishām
Nizar ibn Ma‘add
≈ c. 1000 BCE
Sources: Ibn Kathīr
Mudar ibn Nizar
≈ c. 900 BCE
Sources: Ibn Hishām
Ilyas ibn Mudar
≈ c. 800 BCE
Sources: Ibn Kathīr
Mudrikah ibn Ilyas
≈ c. 700 BCE
Sources: Ibn Hishām
Khuzaymah ibn Mudrikah
≈ c. 600 BCE
Sources: Ibn Kathīr
Kinanah ibn Khuzaymah
≈ c. 500 BCE
Sources: Al-Balādhurī
An-Nadr ibn Malik
≈ c. 450 BCE
Sources: Ibn Hishām
Malik ibn An-Nadr
≈ c. 400 BCE
Sources: Ibn Kathīr
Fihr ibn Malik
≈ c. 350 BCE
Sources: Ibn Hishām, Al-Balādhurī
Ghalib ibn Fihr
≈ c. 300 BCE
Lu’ayy ibn Ghalib
≈ c. 250 BCE
Ka‘b ibn Lu’ayy
≈ c. 200 BCE
Murrah ibn Ka‘b
≈ c. 150 BCE
Kilab ibn Murrah
≈ c. 100 BCE
Qusayy ibn Kilab
≈ c. 50 BCE
Sources: Ibn Hishām, Al-Azraqī
Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy
≈ c. 30 BCE
Hashim ibn Abd Manaf
≈ c. 20 BCE
Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim
≈ c. 497–578 CE
Sources: Ibn Hishām, Ibn Kathīr
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib
≈ c. 545–570 CE
Sources: Ibn Hishām
Prophet Muhammad ibn Abdullah ﷺ
570–632 CE
Sources: Ibn Hishām, Ibn Kathīr, Al-Ṭabarī, Muslim & Bukhārī

Adnan to Isma'il

Islamic tradition and Arabic oral genetic tradition agree that the lineage from Adnan to Isma'il is lost. Nevertheless, there are records that survived, although they are deemed mere speculations by most scholars.
'Adnan was the ancestor of the 'Adnani Arabs of northern, central and western Arabia and a direct descendant of Isma'il. It is not confirmed how many generations are between them; however, Adnan was fairly close to him. According to the Hebrew Bible, Isma'il had twelve sons who are said to have become twelve tribal chiefs throughout the regions from Havilah to Shur.
Genealogists differ from which son of Isma'il the main line of descent came, either his eldest son Nabeet or Al-Nabt, or his second son Qidar was the father of the North Arabian people that controlled the region between the Persian Gulf and the Sinai Peninsula.

Ibrahim to Adam

Scholars, both Islamic and Secular, agree that the narrations considering Ibrahim's lineage to Adam are mythology. Most of the lineage is borrowed from Hebrew tradition or Isra'iliyyat.
Prophet Adam
≈ c. 6000–5000 BCE
Sources: Ibn Kathīr, Al-Ṭabarī
Prophet Sheeth ibn Adam
≈ c. 5000 BCE
Sources: Ibn Kathīr, Al-Tha‘labī
Anush ibn Sheeth
≈ c. 4800 BCE
Sources: Al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr
Kenan ibn Anush
≈ c. 4600 BCE
Sources: Al-Ṭabarī
Mahalil ibn Kenan
≈ c. 4400 BCE
Sources: Ibn Kathīr
Yarid ibn Mahalil
≈ c. 4200 BCE
Sources: Al-Ṭabarī
Prophet Idris ibn Yarid
≈ c. 4000 BCE
Sources: Ibn Kathīr, Tafsīr al-Qurṭubī
Mathushalakh ibn Idris
≈ c. 3800 BCE
Sources: Al-Ṭabarī
Lamikh ibn Mathushalakh
≈ c. 3600 BCE
Sources: Ibn Kathīr
Prophet Nuh ibn Lamikh
≈ c. 3300–3000 BCE
Sources: Ibn Kathīr, Al-Ṭabarī, Tafsīr Ibn ‘Ashūr
Saam ibn Nuh
≈ c. 3000 BCE
Sources: Al-Ṭabarī
Arfakshad ibn Saam
≈ c. 2900 BCE
Sources: Ibn Kathīr
Shalikh ibn Arfakshad
≈ c. 2800 BCE
Sources: Al-Ṭabarī
Abir ibn Shalikh
≈ c. 2700 BCE
Sources: Ibn Kathīr
Falikh ibn Abir
≈ c. 2600 BCE
Sources: Al-Ṭabarī
Ra’u ibn Falikh
≈ c. 2500 BCE
Sources: Ibn Kathīr
Sarugh ibn Ra’u
≈ c. 2400 BCE
Sources: Al-Ṭabarī
Nahur ibn Sarugh
≈ c. 2300 BCE
Sources: Ibn Kathīr
Azar ibn Nahur
≈ c. 2200 BCE
Sources: Ibn Kathīr, Tafsīr al-Baghawī
Prophet Ibrahim ibn Azar
≈ c. 2000–1800 BCE
Sources: Ibn Kathīr, Al-Ṭabarī, Ibn al-Athīr
Prophet Ismail ibn Ibrahim
≈ c. 1900 BCE
Sources: Ibn Kathīr, Al-Azraqī
These dates are ijtihādī based on classical Islamic histories such as Al-Bidāyah wa’n-Nihāyah, Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī, and Sīrah Ibn Hishām.
Exact dates before Prophet Ibrahim are not definitively established in Islam.