Fihr ibn Mālik (Quraysh)
فهر بن مالك
The eponym ‘Quraysh’ to whom the tribe is traced, in the agreed first part of the Prophet’s genealogy.
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Place in the story
- Family of the Prophet
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Overview
Fihr ibn Malik ibn al-Nadr ibn Kinana: nicknamed Quraysh, to whom the tribe is ascribed; an ancestor in the agreed-sound portion of the Prophet's lineage.
Life
In the first part of the Prophet's genealogy whose soundness the biographers and genealogists agree on: Fihr ibn Malik ibn al-Nadr ibn Kinana, nicknamed Quraysh, to whom Quraysh is ascribed 1.
Quraysh divided into many tribes, the most famous being Jumah, Sahm, Adi, Makhzum, Taym, Zuhra and the clans of Qusayy ibn Kilab 1.
For young visitors
Fihr is the man after whom the tribe of Quraysh was named, among the Prophet's ancestors agreed upon by the genealogists.
Connections
- Child of
- Malik ibn al-Nadr
- Founder of
- Quraysh
People and things also explored
Banu HashimAbd al-Muttalib ibn HashimAbd Manaf ibn QusayyAbu LahabAbu Sufyan ibn al-HarithAmina bint WahbHashim ibn Abd ManafKhadija bint Khuwaylid
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Fihr ibn Mālik (Quraysh)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/fihr-ibn-malik/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.