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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 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
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‘un
.
- Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi
- 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". AbdurRahman.org. 2014-09-29. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
- ISBN 9780241240120.
- ^ Brown, Jonathan A. C. (14 December 2009). "Islamic Studies: Salafism". Oxford Bibliographies. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ Al bidaya wan Nahaya, Ibn Kathir