At a glance
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Place in the story
- Family of the Prophet
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
In the genealogy
Fihr is among the branches of Ilyas ibn Mudar. From Ilyas come Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma and the branches of Kinana ibn Khuzayma, and from Kinana come Quraysh, the sons of Fihr 1. In the first part of the Prophet's lineage, which biographers and genealogists agree is sound, Fihr ibn Malik ibn al-Nadr ibn Kinana appears 3.
The branches of Quraysh
Quraysh divided into many tribes, the most famous of which are Jumah, Sahm, Adi, Makhzum, Taym and Zuhra, and the branches of Qusayy ibn Kilab: Abd al-Dar, Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza and Abd Manaf 1. Abd Manaf had four factions: Abd Shams, Nawfal, al-Muttalib and Hashim. The House of Hashim is the one from which God chose the Prophet 1.
For young visitors
Fihr is the man after whom the tribe of Quraysh is named, and he is among the Prophet's ancestors agreed upon by the genealogists.
Connections
- Child of
- Malik ibn al-Nadr
- Founder of
- Quraysh
People and things also explored
Sending infants to Bedouin wet-nurses· The partition of the Meccan offices between Abd Manaf and Abd al-Dar· Banu Hashim· Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim· Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy· Abu Lahab· Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith· Amina bint Wahb
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p. 21
- Muhadarat Tarikh al-Umam al-Islamiyya — Muhammad al-Khudari , 1/14-15
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p. 48
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Fihr ibn Mālik (Quraysh)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/fihr-ibn-malik/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.