Religion:Salaf

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Short description: First three generations of Muslims

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 Sahabah), their followers (the Tabi'un), and the followers of the followers (the Taba al-Tabi'in).[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

  1. Lacey, Robert (2009). Inside the Kingdom, Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists, and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia. New York: Viking. p. 9. 
  2. "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/. 
  3. 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. 
  4. 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. 
  5. Al bidaya wan Nahaya, Ibn Kathir