AbuBakr Lineages

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Here you can find the biographies of those who are among the most prominent men and women from the lineage of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq (RA) in the many time periods and places they spread to and lived in. They have been arranged according to the centuries they lived in based on the Islamic calendar.

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Shihab Al-Din Al-Nawiri

Shihab Al-Din Al-Nawiri (1): The Noble, Honorable Imam Abu Al-Abbas Shihab Al-Din Ahmed Bin Taj Al-Din Abu Muhammad Abdul-Wahhab Bin Abi Abdullah Muhammad Bin Abdul-Da’im Bin Manja (or ‘Ubadah) Bin Ali Bin Tarrad Bin Khattab Bin Nasr Bin Isma’il Bin Ibrahim Bin Ja’far Bin Hilal Bin Al-Husayn Bin Laith Bin Talha Bin Abdullah Bin Abdel-Rahman Bin Abi Bakr Al-Siddiq was from the tribe of Quraysh and a descendant of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq. He was a scholar and researcher with tremendous knowledge. He was described as naturally intelligent, good-looking, and a source of love and comfort to his friends. He wrote a bit of poetry and was also a skilled writer of prose. Besides being a talented writer, he was a prolific scribe who wrote in three notebooks. He copied the text of Al-Bukhari eight times and made a history compilation comprised of thirty volumes. He authored Nihayat Al-Arab fi Funun Al-Adab, another work comprised of thirty volumes. He was unique for his generation in all respects.

Shihab Al-Din Al-Nawiri was born on a Monday night, on the 26th of Dhul Qi’dah in 677 AH (1278 AD), although some reports place his birth in 660 AH (1262 AD), in Qus, Upper Egypt. His ancestry can be traced to Nuwayrah, Beni Suef, which is also in Upper Egypt. He studied at Al-Azhar Al-Sharif in Cairo, where he learned the science of hadith, history, and literature. During his youth, he worked for a while copying important and noteworthy books.

Al-Nawiri had ties to the inner circle of Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad Bin Qalawun during both his second term (708-693 AH) and his third term (709-741 AH). He gained the sultan’s favor and support and held numerous administrative and financial positions in which his superior skills and qualifications were readily apparent. He later oversaw the army in Tripoli and was also appointed to supervise the royal court in Dakahlia and Al-Murtahia.

Al-Nawiri later left these jobs to live in isolation and dedicate himself to the type of studying and intensive reading that would leave his great thirst for knowledge quenched. Al-Nawiri died in Cairo on Thursday, the 19th (or Friday, the 20th, according to some sources) of Ramadan in 733 AH (1333 AD). He was buried that Friday in Al-Qarafa. He did not have any children, and his brother was his sole inheritor—but he did have anything to bequeath.

In his book, Nihayat Al-Arab fi Funun Al-Adab, under a chapter called “A Dream of Mine I Wish to Document Due to Its Proof of the Accuracy of My Lineage,” the great scholar Shihab Al-Din Al-Nuwairi Al-Bakri Al-Siddiqi wrote the following:

On a Thursday night, on 13 Dhul Qi’dah 729 AH, I saw the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him and his family) in a dream while he was sitting in the Bahri Iwan of Al-Madrasah Al-Nasiria, which is between the two palaces on the right side if you’re heading to the middle of the iwan at the tail-end of it, with nearly two arm-lengths or less between him and the wall—and I was sitting there in his noble presence as he was saying good things about Umm Al-Mu’minin, Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her).

So I told him: “O Messenger of Allah, she is my paternal aunt.”

Then I said a second time: “O Messenger of Allah, Umm Al-Mu’minin, Aisha, is my paternal aunt, because I am Ahmed Bin Abdul-Wahhab Bin Muhammad Bin Abdul-Da’im Bin Manja Bin Ali Bin Tarrad Bin Khattab Bin Nasr Bin Isma’il Bin Ibrahim.”

Then when I paused on “Ibrahim” while relating my lineage, the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: “Ibn Ja’far.”

I said: “Yes, O Messenger of Allah. Ibn Ja’far Bin Hilal Bin Al-Husayn Bin Laith Bin Talha Bin Abdullah Bin Abdel-Rahman Bin Abi Bakr Al-Siddiq—so Umm Al-Mu’minin, Aisha, O Messenger of Allah, was my paternal aunt.”

So the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: “Yes,” whereupon I woke up from sleep.

This dream has given me great happiness—and I have now proved [my lineage], praise be to Allah.

 

Source: Kitab Al-Sulala Al-Bakria As-Siddiqia – Part II, by Ahmed Farghal Al-De’abassi Al-Bakri

Date of Publication

1 Ramadan 1438 AH / May 26, 2017 AD

(1) Al-Bidaya Wal Nihaya, Ihiaa Al-Turath Ed. 14/ 189-190, Sullam Al-Wusul ila Tabaqat Al-Fuhul 1/ 171-172, Nihayat Al-Arab fi Funun Al-Adab 33/ 286, Tarikh Ibn Al-Jazari 2/ 646, Al-Muqaffa Al-Kabir 1/ 521-522, Al-Kuna wa Al-Alqab 3/ 273, Mua’rikhu Masr Al-Islamia pp. 62-67, Al-A’lam, by Al-Zarkali 1/ 165