Religion:Salaf
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Salaf (Arabic: سلف, "ancestors" or "predecessors"), also often referred to with the honorific expression of "al-salaf al-ṣāliḥ" (السلف الصالح, "the pious predecessors") are often taken to be the first three generations of Muslims.[1] This comprises companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (the Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.), their followers (the Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.), and the followers of the followers (the Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.).[2] Their religious significance lay in the statement attributed to Muhammad: "The best of my community are my generation, the ones who follow them and the ones who follow them",[3] a period believed to exemplify the purest form of Islam. The generations of Muslims after the third are referred to as the Khalaf.[4]
Second generation
The Tabi‘un, the successors of Sahabah.
- Abu Hanifah Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zūṭā ibn Marzubān
 - Abu Muslim Al-Khawlani
 - Abu Suhail an-Nafi' ibn 'Abd ar-Rahman
 - Al-Rabi Ibn Khuthaym
 - Ali Akbar
 - Ali ibn Husayn (Zain-ul-'Abidin)
 - Alqama ibn Qays al-Nakha'i
 - Ata Ibn Abi Rabah
 - Atiyya bin Saad
 - Hasan al-Basri
 - Iyas Ibn Muawiyah Al-Muzani
 - Masruq ibn al-Ajda'
 - Muhammad al-Baqir
 - Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
 - Muhammad Ibn Wasi' Al-Azdi
 - Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Shihab al-Zuhri
 - Muhammad ibn Munkadir
 - Nafi Mawla Ibn Umar
 - Muhammad ibn Sirin, son of a slave of Khalid ibn al-Walid
 - Musa ibn Nusayr
 - Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr
 - Raja ibn Haywa
 - Sa'id ibn Jubayr
 - Said ibn al-Musayyib
 - Salamah ibn Dinar
 - Salih Ibn Ashyam Al-Adawi
 - Salim Ibn Abdullah Ibn Umar Ibn al-Khattab
 - Shuraih Al-Qadhi
 - Tariq Ibn Ziyad
 - Tawus Ibn Kaysan
 - Umar Ibn Abdul-Aziz
 - Umm Kulthum bint Abu Bakr
 - Urwah Ibn Al-Zubayr
 - Uwais al-Qarni
 
Third generation
The Tabi‘ al-Tabi‘in, the successors of the Tabi‘un.
- Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi
 - Ja'far al-Sadiq, grandson of Ali ibn Hussain
 - Malik ibn Anas
 - Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya
 - Muhammad bin Qasim[5][page needed]
 - Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya al-Qaysiyya
 - Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i
 - Zayd ibn Ali
 - Ishaq ibn Rahwayh
 - Al-Layth ibn Sa'd
 
See also
- List of Sahaba
 - Non-Muslims who interacted with Muslims during Muhammad's era
 
References
- ↑ Lacey, Robert (2009). Inside the Kingdom, Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists, and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia. New York: Viking. p. 9.
 - ↑ "The Meaning of the Word "Salaf" – Abu 'Abdis-Salaam Hasan bin Qaasim ar-Raymee" (in en). 2014-09-29. https://abdurrahman.org/2014/09/29/the-meaning-of-the-word-salaf-abu-abdis-salaam-hasan-bin-qaasim-ar-raymee/.
 - ↑ Wood, Graeme (20 December 2016) (in en). The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 9780241240120. https://books.google.com/books?id=Cp8RDQAAQBAJ&q=salaf+3+generations&pg=PT20.
 - ↑ Brown, Jonathan A. C. (14 December 2009). "Islamic Studies: Salafism". Oxford University Press. https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780195390155/obo-9780195390155-0070.xml?rskey=0OpaqS&result=204.
 - ↑ Al bidaya wan Nahaya, Ibn Kathir
 

