Salaf

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Not to be confused with Salafi movement.

Salaf (Arabic: سلف, "ancestors" or "predecessors"), also often referred to with the honorific expression of "al-salaf al-ṣāliḥ" (السلف الصالح, "the pious predecessors") are often taken to be the first three generations of Muslims,[1] that is the generations of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad and his companions (the Sahabah), their successors (the Tabi‘un), and the successors of the successors (the Taba Tabi‘in).

Second generation

The Tabi‘un, the successors of Sahabah.

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Third generation

The Tabi‘ al-Tabi‘in, the successors of the Tabi‘un.

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See also

References

  1. ^ Lacey, Robert (2009). Inside the Kingdom, Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists, and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia. New York: Viking. p. 9.
  2. ^ Al bidaya wan Nahaya, Ibn Kathir
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