Fihr ibn Malik

Fihr ibn Malik (Arabic: فِهْر ٱبْن مَالِك‎, romanized: Fihr ibn Mālik, fl. c. 230–240 CE), is counted among the direct ancestors of Muhammad.[2]:3 In the lineage of Muhammad from Adnan, Fihr precedes Muhammad by eleven generations.[2]:3

Fihr ibn Malik
فِهْر ٱبْن مَالِك
Born
Makkah
Died
Makkah
ChildrenAl-Harith[1]

Muharib[1]

Ghalib[1]
Parent(s)
Family tree from Adnan to Muhammad

Meaning of name

Some writers stated that his name was also "Qarish" (hard, diminutive is "Quraysh"), which fits him being the progenitor of the Quraysh tribe. However most genealogists reject this version.

Ibn Ishaq's account

According to Ibn Ishaq, Fihr defended Mecca against the Himyarite King of Yemen who wanted to transfer the Kaaba to Yemen.[2]:41

Battle with Yemen

A sharp engagement followed in which Himyar were defeated, and Hassan Bin Kilal Bin Dhi Hadath al-Himyari was taken prisoner by Fihr for two years until he paid his ransom.[2] This story however was rejected by some Muslim scholars who argued that they have never heard of it and that Khuza'a in charge of Kabaa at the time of Hassan Ibn Kilal not Quraysh.[3]

He is the common ancestor of all the ten promised paradise as all of them belonged to the Quraysh Tribe.

References
  1. Watt 1986, p. 434.
  2. Ibn Ishaq; Guillaume (1955). The Life of Muhammad: A Translation of Ibn Isḥāq’s sīrat. London. ISBN 0-19-577828-6.
  3. "المفصل فى تاريخ العرب قبل الإسلام • الموقع الرسمي للمكتبة الشاملة". shamela.ws (in Arabic). Retrieved 2018-10-19.
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