Explore a traditional ancestral account, the Prophet’s recorded Arab lineage, and the family connections of the Twelve Imams.
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Early genealogies differ. These charts distinguish one transmitted account from an independently verified continuous pedigree.
Tip: the chart can be scrolled sideways on a phone. Select a person to jump to their entry; the directory below also supports name searches. Traditional and historically documented connections are labelled separately.
A selected traditional genealogy from Beacons of Light. Dashed lines indicate transmitted ancestry, not independently verified prehistoric records.
This is one reported sequence. The names and number of intervening generations between Ismail and Adnan differ across accounts.
The Arab paternal lineage also appears in the app’s family data. Spelling varies between translations and transliterations.
Follow both family branches through Ali and Fatimah, then the succeeding Imams. Selected maternal relationships are shown as well.
The vertical Imam sequence shows successive parent–child links. Numbering of the Imams follows Twelver Shia belief. This is a selected family chart, not a list of every spouse or descendant.
A transmitted genealogy is a record of a tradition, not modern proof of every generation. Pre-Adnan sequences vary; this chart selects the account reproduced in Beacons of Light.
Read the discussion of uncertainty ↗The Prophet and Ali share Abd al-Muttalib as a grandfather. Ali’s marriage to Fatimah connects the branches. The app also records al-Baqir’s descent from both Hasan and Husayn.
Explore Imam al-Baqir ↗Explore lives and historical context alongside the names. Traditional lineage, devotional belief and historical evidence answer different questions.
Read about the Prophet’s ancestors ↗Search a name or role, then open an entry to see the relationships represented in this collection.
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Ancestor of the Banu Hashim; remembered in the lineage of Quraysh.
Parents recorded in the app: Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy
Children shown: Abd al-Muttalib (Shaybah)
Ancestor of Hashim and the wider clan line.
Parents recorded in the app: Qusayy ibn Kilab
Children shown: Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, Abd Shams ibn Abd Manaf
Brother of Hashim; ancestral line distinct from Banu Hashim.
Parents recorded in the app: Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy
Grandfather of Prophet Muhammad and Imam Ali; guardian of Muhammad after Aminah’s death.
Parents recorded in the app: Hashim ibn Abd Manaf
Children shown: Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Father of Prophet Muhammad; died before his birth in the standard biographical account.
Parents recorded in the app: Abd al-Muttalib (Shaybah)
Children shown: Prophet Muhammad
Father of Imam Ali, paternal uncle and protector of Prophet Muhammad.
Parents recorded in the app: Abd al-Muttalib (Shaybah)
Children shown: Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib
Son of Abdullah; paternal first cousin of Ali; father of Fatimah and father-in-law of Ali.
Parents recorded in the app: Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Marriages shown: Lady Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
Children shown: Lady Fatimah al-Zahra
Read the biography ↗Son of Abu Talib; paternal first cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet; husband of Fatimah.
Parents recorded in the app: Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Marriages shown: Lady Fatimah al-Zahra, Fatimah bint Hizam (Umm al-Banin)
Children shown: Imam Hasan ibn Ali, Imam Hussain ibn Ali, Lady Zaynab bint Ali, Umm Kulthum bint Ali, Al-Abbas ibn Ali
Read the biography ↗Daughter of Muhammad and Khadijah; wife of Ali; mother of Hasan, Hussain, Zaynab and Umm Kulthum.
Parents recorded in the app: Prophet Muhammad, Lady Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
Marriages shown: Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib
Children shown: Imam Hasan ibn Ali, Imam Hussain ibn Ali, Lady Zaynab bint Ali, Umm Kulthum bint Ali
Read the biography ↗Wife of the Prophet and mother of Fatimah; among the earliest believers.
Marriages shown: Prophet Muhammad
Children shown: Lady Fatimah al-Zahra
Son of Ali and Fatimah; grandson of the Prophet; second Imam in Twelver belief.
Parents recorded in the app: Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, Lady Fatimah al-Zahra
Children shown: Fatimah bint Hasan
Read the biography ↗Son of Ali and Fatimah; grandson of the Prophet; martyred at Karbala.
Parents recorded in the app: Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, Lady Fatimah al-Zahra
Children shown: Ali al-Akbar ibn Hussain, Ali al-Asghar / Abdullah ibn Hussain, Sukayna (Sakina) bint Hussain, Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin
Read the biography ↗Daughter of Ali and Fatimah; central witness and speaker after Karbala.
Parents recorded in the app: Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, Lady Fatimah al-Zahra
Daughter traditionally attributed to Ali and Fatimah; some biographical details are disputed.
Parents recorded in the app: Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, Lady Fatimah al-Zahra
Son of Ali and Umm al-Banin; half-brother of Hasan and Hussain; killed at Karbala.
Parents recorded in the app: Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, Fatimah bint Hizam (Umm al-Banin)
Wife of Ali and mother of al-Abbas and his brothers.
Marriages shown: Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib
Children shown: Al-Abbas ibn Ali
Son of Imam Hussain, remembered among those killed at Karbala.
Parents recorded in the app: Imam Hussain ibn Ali
Infant son of Imam Hussain in Karbala remembrance; naming varies by source.
Parents recorded in the app: Imam Hussain ibn Ali
Daughter of Imam Hussain; details of age and biography differ across reports.
Parents recorded in the app: Imam Hussain ibn Ali
Son of Hussain; survived Karbala and transmitted devotional teachings.
Parents recorded in the app: Imam Hussain ibn Ali
Children shown: Imam Muhammad al-Baqir
Read the biography ↗Son of Zayn al-Abidin; through his mother Fatimah bint Hasan, linked to both Hasan and Hussain.
Parents recorded in the app: Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin, Fatimah bint Hasan
Children shown: Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq
Read the biography ↗Daughter of Imam Hasan and mother of Imam al-Baqir; links the Hasanid and Hussainid lines.
Parents recorded in the app: Imam Hasan ibn Ali
Children shown: Imam Muhammad al-Baqir
Son of al-Baqir; major figure in transmission of Jaʿfari teachings.
Parents recorded in the app: Imam Muhammad al-Baqir
Children shown: Imam Musa al-Kazim
Read the biography ↗Son of Jaʿfar al-Sadiq; seventh Imam in Twelver tradition.
Parents recorded in the app: Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq
Children shown: Imam Ali al-Ridha
Read the biography ↗Son of Musa al-Kazim; eighth Imam.
Parents recorded in the app: Imam Musa al-Kazim
Children shown: Imam Muhammad al-Jawad
Read the biography ↗Son of Ali al-Ridha; ninth Imam.
Parents recorded in the app: Imam Ali al-Ridha
Children shown: Imam Ali al-Hadi
Read the biography ↗Son of Muhammad al-Jawad; tenth Imam.
Parents recorded in the app: Imam Muhammad al-Jawad
Children shown: Imam Hasan al-Askari
Read the biography ↗Son of Ali al-Hadi; eleventh Imam.
Parents recorded in the app: Imam Ali al-Hadi
Children shown: Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi
Read the biography ↗Twelver Shia hold that he is the son of Hasan al-Askari and remains in occultation; historicity is disputed across traditions.
Parents recorded in the app: Imam Hasan al-Askari
Read the biography ↗A prominent ancestor of Quraysh in the traditional genealogies.
Parents recorded in the app: Kilab ibn Murrah
Children shown: Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy
An ancestor named in the conventional Qurayshi genealogy.
Parents recorded in the app: Murrah ibn Kab
Children shown: Qusayy ibn Kilab
Part of the traditional pre-Islamic genealogy of Quraysh.
Parents recorded in the app: Kaʿb ibn Luʿayy
Children shown: Kilab ibn Murrah
Part of the traditionally transmitted Qurayshi line.
Parents recorded in the app: Luʿayy ibn Ghalib
Children shown: Murrah ibn Kab
Ancestor in the traditional lineage.
Parents recorded in the app: Ghalib ibn Fihr
Children shown: Kaʿb ibn Luʿayy
Ancestor in the traditional lineage.
Parents recorded in the app: Fihr ibn Malik
Children shown: Luʿayy ibn Ghalib
Often identified with the eponymous Quraysh in genealogical traditions.
Parents recorded in the app: Malik ibn al-Nadr
Children shown: Ghalib ibn Fihr
Traditional ancestor of the Quraysh line.
Parents recorded in the app: Al-Nadr ibn Kinana
Children shown: Fihr ibn Malik
Traditional ancestor in the genealogy.
Parents recorded in the app: Kinana ibn Khuzayma
Children shown: Malik ibn al-Nadr
Traditional ancestor in the genealogy.
Parents recorded in the app: Khuzayma ibn Mudrika
Children shown: Al-Nadr ibn Kinana
Traditional ancestor in the genealogy.
Parents recorded in the app: Mudrika ibn Ilyas
Children shown: Kinana ibn Khuzayma
Traditional ancestor in the genealogy.
Parents recorded in the app: Ilyas ibn Mudar
Children shown: Khuzayma ibn Mudrika
Traditional ancestor in the genealogy.
Parents recorded in the app: Mudar ibn Nizar
Children shown: Mudrika ibn Ilyas
Traditional ancestor in the genealogy.
Parents recorded in the app: Nizar ibn Maʿadd
Children shown: Ilyas ibn Mudar
Traditional ancestor in the genealogy.
Parents recorded in the app: Maʿadd ibn Adnan
Children shown: Mudar ibn Nizar
Traditional ancestor in the genealogy.
Parents recorded in the app: Adnan
Children shown: Nizar ibn Maʿadd
Genealogists widely transmit a lineage to Adnan. The exact generations linking Adnan to Ismail are disputed; no direct parent link is asserted here.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Udd
Children shown: Maʿadd ibn Adnan
In Islamic tradition, an ancestor of the northern Arabian line. The intermediary generations to Adnan are uncertain; this entry is intentionally unlinked.
Parents recorded in the app: Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham)
Parent in the selected traditional account: Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham)
Son of Ibrahim and brother of Ismail in the scriptural narrative.
Parents recorded in the app: Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham)
A central prophetic ancestor in Islamic scripture and tradition; his earlier genealogical line is not represented as independently verified.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Tarih
Children shown: Prophet Ismail (Ishmael), Prophet Ishaq (Isaac)
Qur’an 6:74 names Azar in relation to Ibrahim; whether he was the biological father is interpreted differently, including within Shia exegesis. This is not presented as a confirmed biological link.
The first human and prophet in Islamic belief. An uninterrupted historically verifiable chain from Adam to later genealogical figures is unavailable.
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Prophet Adam
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Shith (Seth)
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Unash
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Qaynan
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Mahla’il
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Yarid
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Ukhnakh (Idris)
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Mattushalakh
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Lamk
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Nuh (Noah)
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Sam (Shem)
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Arfakhshadh
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Shalikh
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: ʿAbir
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Faligh
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Arʿawa’
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Sarakh
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Takhar
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Prophet Ismail (Ishmael)
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Qaydar
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Hamal
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Nabt
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Salaman
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: al-Hamaysaʿ
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: al-Yasaʿ
Named in the traditional genealogy reproduced in Beacons of Light. This is not an independently verified prehistoric pedigree.
Parent in the selected traditional account: Udad
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The pre-Adnan charts use the extended account in Beacons of Light, which also records alternative sequences. Names are normalised for readability; variants are not silently combined into a new pedigree.
Mahdi Pishvai’s history explicitly notes disagreement before Adnan. Ja‘far Subhani’s The Message gives wider ancestral context.
The Ahlulbait family chart and directory preserve the app’s selective parent/child and marriage records. The chart does not claim to list every child, spouse, mother or descendant. Existing app historical material remains subject to editorial and scholarly review.
Azar appears in the directory as a scriptural figure with debated identification; no unverified parent link to Ibrahim is added. Dates are omitted from the early traditional sequence rather than guessed.
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