Murrah ibn Ka'b
The common ancestor of all four of Muhammad's grandparents
- Hind bint Surayr
- Asma bint Adiy
Wahshiya bint Shaiban
Murrah ibn Ka'b (Arabic: مُرَّة ٱبْن كَعْب) ibn Luay ibn Ghalib ibn Fihr ibn Malik was a man from Quraysh tribe, supposed to have lived in the 4th century.[1] He was the sixth-in-line of Muhammad's grandfathers. He is the common ancestor of all four of Muhammad's grandparents. He is also the common ancestor of six of Muhammad's eight great-grandparents. He is also the common ancestor of Muhammad and his friend Abu Bakr.
Descendants
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- Abdul Muttalib (Muhammad's paternal grandfather):
- Father:Hashim ibn Abd Manaf ibn Qusay ibn Kilab ibn Murrah ibn Ka'b.
- Mother:Salma bint Amr An-Najjariya (not a descendant of Murrah).
- Fatimah bint Amr (Muhammad's paternal grandmother):
- Father:Amr ibn Ae’z ibn Imran ibn Makhzum ibn Yaqza ibn Murrah ibn Ka'b.
- Mother:Sakhra bint Abd ibn Imran ibn Makhzum ibn Yaqza ibn Murrah ibn Ka'b.
- Wahb ibn 'Abd Manaf (Muhammad's maternal grandfather):
- Father:Abd Manaf ibn Zuhra ibn Kilab ibn Murrah ibn Ka'b.
- Mother:Atika bint a-Awqas As-Sulamiya[2] (not a descendant of Murrah).
- Barrah bint Abdul Uzza (Muhammad's maternal grandmother):
- Father:Abdul Uzza ibn Othman ibn Abd Addar ibn Qusay ibn Kilab ibn Murrah ibn Ka'b.
- Mother:Um Habib bint Assad ibn Abdul Uzza ibn Qusay ibn Kilab ibn Murrah ibn Ka'b.
His mother was Wahshiya bint Shaiban ibn Muharib ibn Fihr ibn Malik, so his mother was a second cousin of his father.
References
Sources
- Ibn Hisham's Prophet Muhammad's biography (Arabic)
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Linear genealogy of Muhammad from the first couple, according to various sources
- Ghalib
- Lu'ay
- Ka'b
- Murrah
- Kilab
- Qusai
- Abd Manaf
- Hashim ibn Abd Manaf