In Islamic tradition, an-Nadhr () was the ancestor of the Islamic prophet

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. He precedes Muhammad by 13 generations.

Ancestry

The tradition (the version of Ibn Ishaq) holds that "Muhammad was the son of 'Abdullah, b. 'Abdu'I-Muttalib (whose name was Shayba), b.

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(whose name was 'Amr), b. 'Abd Manaf (whose name was al-Mughira), b.

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(whose name was Zayd), b. Kilab, b. Murra, b. Ka'b, b.

Lu'ay Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib () was an ancestor of Islamic prophet Muhammad of Arabia. He is the son of Ghalib ibn Fihr who lived in Makkah. History The tradition states that Muhammad was the son of 'Abdullah, b. 'Abdu'I-Muttalib (whose name was Shayba ...

, b. Ghalib, b. Fihr, b. Malik, b. aI-Nadr, b.

Kinana The Kinana ( ar, كِنَاَنَة, Kināna) were an Arab tribe based around Mecca in the Tihama coastal area and the Hejaz mountains. The Quraysh of Mecca, the tribe of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, was an offshoot of the Kinana. A number of ...

, b. Khuzayma, b. Mudrika (whose name was 'Amir), b.

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, b.

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, b. Nizar, b.

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, b.

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, b. Udd (or Udad),.... b. Ya'rub, b. Yashjub, b.

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, b.

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b. Ibrahim, al-Khalil of the Compassionate."

Family

His father Kinana had four sons: al-Nadr, Malik, 'Abdu Manat, and Milkan. Nadr's mother was Barra d. Murr b. Udd b. Tabikha b. al-Yas b. Mudar; the other sons were by another woman.

Quraysh

It is also said that

Quraysh tribe The Quraysh ( ar, قُرَيْشٌ) were a grouping of Arab clans that historically inhabited and controlled the city of Mecca and its Kaaba. The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born into the Hashim clan of the tribe. Despite this, many of the Qu ...

got their name from their gathering Nadr to his brothers after they had been separated, for gathering together may be expressed by taqarrush.

References

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