Adnan
عدنان
The ancestor at whom the Prophet’s lineage is said to stop: twenty-first in the chain of the prophetic genealogy in Raheeq’s reckoning, descendant of Qaydar ibn Ismail; when the Prophet reached Adnan in tracing his lineage he would stop and say the genealogists lie.
At a glance
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Place in the story
Unknown (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Adnan: the ancestor at whom the Prophet's genealogy stops, of the children of Qaydar ibn Isma'il — the twenty-first in al-Mubarakpuri's chain of descent.
Life
Of the children of Qaydar ibn Isma'il, his sons kept begetting in Mecca until Adnan came of them and his son Ma'add; from him the Adnani Arabs preserved their genealogies 1.
It is reported that the Prophet, whenever his line was traced and reached Adnan, stopped and said: "the genealogists lie", never going past him 2. A body of scholars held the lineage may be raised above him, deeming that hadith weak, saying there are forty fathers between Adnan and Ibrahim on careful reckoning 3.
For young visitors
Adnan is an old ancestor of the Prophet; people stop tracing the line at him because the names before him are not preserved with certainty.
Connections
- Child of
- Qaydar ibn Ismail
People and things also explored
Jāhilī Marriage FormsWaʾd (Infant Burial)Death of IbrahimThe death of Umm Kulthum bint MuhammadThe li'an between Uwaymir al-Ajlani and his wifeThe marriage of Fatima and AliThe Prophet's marriage to KhadijaThe Prophet's marriage to Sawda bint Zam'a
Sources
- Qalb Jazirat al-Arab — Fuʾad Hamza
- Tarikh al-Rusul wa-l-Muluk — al-Tabari
- Rahma lil-Alamin — al-Mansur Furi
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Adnan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/adnan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.