Rashidun 1

RASHIDUN CALIPHATE

GENEALOGY

(Abū Bakr aṣ-Ṣiddīq)

 

Lu`ayy ibn Ghālib al-Qurayshī

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Ka`b ibn Lu`ayy al-Qurayshī

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Murrah ibn Ka`b al-Qurayshī

(Ancestor of the Prophet Muḥammad (PUH)

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Taym ibn Murrah al-Qurayshī

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Sa`d ibn Taym at-Taymī

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Ka`b ibn Sa`d at-Taymī

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`Amr ibn Ka`b at Taymī

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`Amir ibn `Amr at-Taymī

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Abū Quhāfah `Uthmān ibn `Amir at-Taymī

m. Umm al-Khayr Salma bint Sakhr ibn `Amr at-Taymī

 

They had issue, including:

632 - 634 Abū Bakr aṣ-Ṣiddīq `Abdullāh ibn Abī Quhāfah at-Taymī, First Rashidun Caliph. Born at Mecca, 572. Known as al-`Atīq (the handsome). A Cloth Merchant before the coming of Islam he was, according to Sunnis, the first male convert to Islam. He was one of the Prophet Muḥammad's closest associates throughout his life, famously hiding in a cave with him during the Prophet's flight to Medina, and fought in many battles against the pagans at Mecca. After Muhammad's death he was acclaimed Caliph with the help of `Umar (who was to be the second Caliph). He led the Hajj (pilgrimage) in 631 & 633 and died in 634. He married (first) (divorced following his conversion to Islam) Qutaylah bint 'Abd al-'Uzzā al-Qurayshī an 8th generation descendant of Lu`ayy ibn Ghālib, married (second) Umm Rūmān Zaynab ibn 'Amir, who also married `Abdallāh ibn Harith, and died in 628. He married (third) Asmā` bint Umays who also married Ja`far ibn Abī Talib, brother of the fourth Rashidun Caliph, born 590, Islamic Envoy to Ethiopia, Islamic Warrior and died 629. He married (fourth) Habībah ibn Khārijah al-Hārith ibn al-Khazraj. He had issue, including: