57. THE STORY OF ‘ADNAN THE FATHER OF THE ARABS OF AL-HIJAZ
There is no difference regarding the fact that ‘Adnan was one of the descendants of Isma‘eel, son of Ibraheem, Al-Khaleel (peace be upon them both), but there are several opinions regarding the number of forefathers there were between him and Isma‘eel (Peace be upon him). The greatest number of forefathers mentioned is forty, which is the number stated by the People of the Scripture. They took it from the Books of Rakhya, as we shall make clear. It was also said that there were thirty forefathers and also that there were twenty and that there were fifteen, and also ten and nine. The smallest number claimed was four, according to the narration of Moosa Ibn Ya‘qoob, who reported on the authority of ‘Abdullah Ibn Wahb Ibn Zam‘ah Az-Zam‘i, who reported on the authority of his paternal aunt that she reported on the authority of Umm Salamah (may Allah be Pleased with her), that she reported from the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) that he said, “Ma‘add was the son of ‘Adnan Ibn Udad Ibn Zand ibn Yara Ibn A‘raq Ath-Thara.” Umm Salamah (may Allah be Pleased with her) said, “Zand is Al-Hamaisa‘, Al-Yara is Nabt and A‘raquth – Thara is Isma‘eel (Peace be upon him), because he is the son of Ibraheem (Peace be upon him) – and Ibraheem (Peace be upon him) was not consumed by the fire, just as fire does not consume ‘ath-thara’.” Ad-Daraqutni said, “We do not know Zand except in this hadeeth and Zand ibn Al-Jawn is Abu Dulamah, the poet.”
Abu ‘Umar said, “There were a number of people from among the Salaf, including ‘Abdullah Ibn Mas‘ood, Amr Ibn Maimoon Al-Azdi and Muhammad Ibn Ka‘b Al-Qurazi, who, when they recited the Words of Allah: {And those after them? None knows them but Allah} (Soorah Ibraheem 14:9), would add, “The scholars of lineage have lied.”
Abu ‘Umar – may Allah have Mercy on him – said, “The meaning, as we understand it, is different from what they have understood; it is that whoever claimed to know the number of Adam’s descendants, (they should know that) none knows it except Allah, Who created them. As for the lineages of the Arabs, the scholars know them, including times and ancestries and they have memorized their groups and the origins of their tribes, though they have differed regarding some of the branches of those tribes.”
Abu ‘Umar also said, “The opinion of the scholars of this discipline regarding the lineage of ‘Adnan is that he is ‘Adnan Ibn Udad Ibn Muqawwam Ibn Nahoor Ibn Tairah Ibn Ya‘rub ibn Yashjub ibn Nabit ibn Isma‘eel ibn Ibraheem Al-Khaleel (peace be upon them both). This is how it was related by Muhammad Ibn Ishaq Ibn Yasar in his Seerah.”
By Ibn Katheer
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