THE LINEAGE AND THE FAMILY OF MUHAMMAD (Peace be upon him)
With respect to the lineage of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him), there are three versions: The  first was authenticated by biographers and genealogists and states that Muhammad’s genealogy has  been traced to ‘Adnan. The second is subject to controversies and doubt, and traces his lineage  beyond
‘Adnan back to Abraham. The third version, with some parts definitely incorrect, traces his lineage  beyond Abraham back to Adam (Peace be upon him)
After this rapid review, now ample details are believed to be necessary.
The first part: Muhammad bin ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abdul-Muttalib (who was called Shaiba) bin Hashim,
(named ‘Amr) bin ‘Abd Munaf (called Al-Mugheera) bin Qusai (also called Zaid) bin Kilab bin Murra bin
Ka‘b bin Lo’i bin Ghalib bin Fahr (who was called Quraish and whose tribe was called after him) bin
Malik bin An-Nadr (so called Qais) bin Kinana bin Khuzaiman bin Mudrikah (who was called ‘Amir) bin
Elias bin Mudar bin Nizar bin Ma‘ad bin ‘Adnan.
The second part: ‘Adnan bin Add bin Humaisi‘ bin Salaman bin Aws bin Buz bin Qamwal bin Obai bin
‘Awwam bin Nashid bin Haza bin Bildas bin Yadlaf bin Tabikh bin Jahim bin Nahish bin Makhi bin Aid  bin
‘Abqar bin ‘Ubaid bin Ad-Da‘a bin Hamdan bin Sanbir bin Yathrabi bin Yahzin bin Yalhan bin Ar‘awi bin
Aid bin Deshan bin Aisar bin Afnad bin Aiham bin Muksar bin Nahith bin Zarih bin Sami bin Mazzi bin
‘Awda bin Aram bin Qaidar bin Ishmael son of Abraham (Peace be upon them).
The third part: beyond Abraham (Peace be upon him) , Ibn Tarih (Azar) bin Nahur bin Saru‘ bin Ra‘u  bin Falikh bin Abir bin Shalikh bin Arfakhshad bin Sam bin Noah (Peace be upon him) , bin Lamik bin
Mutwashlack bin Akhnukh who was said to be Prophet Idris (Enoch) (Peace be upon him) bin Yarid  bin Mahla’il bin Qabin Anusha bin Shith bin Adam (Peace be upon him)
THE PROPHETIC FAMILY:
The family of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) is called the Hashimite family after his  grandfather Hashim bin ‘Abd Munaf. Let us now speak a little about Hashim and his descendants:
1. Hashim: As we have previously mentioned, he was the one responsible for giving food and water  to the pilgrims. This had been his charge when the sons of ‘Abd Munaf and those of ‘Abd Ad-Dar  compromised on dividing the charges between them. Hashim was wealthy and honest. He was  the first to offer the pilgrims sopped bread in broth. His first name was ‘Amr but he was called
Hashim because he had been in the practice of crumbling bread (for the pilgrims). He was also  the first man who started Quraish’s two journeys of summer and winter. It was reported that he  went to Syria as a merchant. In Madinah, he married Salma — the daughter of ‘Amr from Bani
‘Adi bin An-Najjar. He spent some time with her in Madinah then he left for Syria again while she  was pregnant. He died in Ghazza in Palestine in 497 A.D. Later, his wife gave birth to ‘Abdul-
Muttalib and named him Shaiba for the white hair in his head , and brought him up in her  father’s house in Madinah. None of his family in Makkah learned of his birth. Hashim had four  sons; Asad, Abu Saifi, Nadla and ‘Abdul-Muttalib, and five daughters Ash-Shifa, Khalida, Da‘ifa,
Ruqyah and Jannah.
2. ‘Abdul-Muttalib: We have already known that after the death of Hashim, the charge of pilgrims’  food and water went to his brother Al-Muttalib bin ‘Abd Munaf (who was honest, generous and  trustworthy). When ‘Abdul-Muttalib reached the age of boyhood, his uncle Al-Muttalib heard of  him and went to Madinah to fetch him. When he saw him, tears filled his eyes and rolled down  his cheeks, he embraced him and took him on his camel. The boy, however abstained from going  with him to Makkah until he took his mother’s consent. Al-Muttalib asked her to send the boy  with him to Makkah, but she refused. He managed to convince her saying: “Your son is going to
Makkah to restore his father’s authority, and to live in the vicinity of the Sacred House.” There in
Makkah, people wondered at seeing Abdul-Muttalib, and they considered him the slave of
Muttalib. Al-Muttalib said: “He is my nephew, the son of my brother Hashim.” The boy was  brought up in Al-Muttalib’s house, but later on Al-Muttalib died in Bardman in Yemen so ‘Abdul-
Muttalib took over and managed to maintain his people’s prestige and outdo his grandfathers in  his honourable behaviour which gained him Makkah’s deep love and high esteem.
3. When Al-Muttalib died, Nawfal usurped ‘Abdul-Muttalib of his charges, so the latter asked for help  from Quraish but they abstained from extending any sort of support to either of them.
Consequently, he wrote to his uncles of Bani An-Najjar (his mother’s brothers) to come to his  aid. His uncle, Abu Sa‘d bin ‘Adi (his mother’s brother) marched to Makkah at the head of eighty  horsemen and camped in Abtah in Makkah. ‘Abdul-Muttalib received the men and invited them to  go to his house but Abu Sa‘d said: “Not before I meet Nawfal.” He found Nawfal sitting with  some old men of Quraish in the shade of Al-Ka‘bah. Abu Sa‘d drew his sword and said: “I swear