Adam

آدم

The father of mankind. In Bukhari, God created him sixty cubits tall and sent him to greet the angels, whose answer became his descendants' greeting 1; in the Isra account the Prophet ﷺ met him in the lowest heaven 2.

Depth

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Era
Pre-Islamic Arabia
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Prophets

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Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

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موجز

أبو البشر. يروي البخاري أن الله خلقه وطوله ستون ذراعاً، وأمره أن يسلّم على الملائكة، فكان ما سمعه من تحيتهم تحيته وتحية ذريته. 3

وفي حديث الإسراء رآه النبي في السماء الدنيا، فقال له: «مرحباً بك من ابن ونبي». 4

ما لم يُذكر هنا: سائر أخباره، وهي تحتاج إلى مصدر إضافي.

Connections

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Mentioned in
Bukhari 3326 — the creation of Adam· Muslim 854 — The best day the sun rose on is Friday· Muwatta 2616

People and things also explored

Abu Hurayra· Muhammad· Musa· Qadar (divine decree)· Muwatta, Book of Miscellaneous (al-jami')· Abd Allah ibn Dhakwan Abu al-Zinad· Malik ibn Anas· Bukhari 3326 — the creation of Adam

Sources

  1. Sahih al-Bukhari, 3326
  2. Sahih al-Bukhari, 3207
  3. Sahih al-Bukhari, p.3326
  4. Sahih al-Bukhari, p.3207
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islam.museum contributors. “Adam”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/adam/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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Abu Hurayra

A convert of the Khaybar years who became, by far, the most prolific narrator of hadith in the Sunni collections — a fact celebrated by the tradition and debated by scholars.