# Salaf > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Salaf > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Salaf.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salaf > Source revision: 1344014540 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|First three generations of Muslims}} {{Distinguish|Salafi movement}} {{more footnotes needed|date=February 2015}} {{Islam|collapsed=1}} '''Salaf''' ({{langx|ar|سلف}}, {{gloss|ancestors}} or {{gloss|predecessors}}), also often referred to with the honorific expression of '''al-salaf al-ṣāliḥ''' ({{lang|ar|السلف الصالح}}, {{gloss|the pious predecessors}}), are often taken to be the first three generations of [Muslims](/source/Muslims).{{cite book|last=Lacey|first=Robert|title=Inside the Kingdom, Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists, and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia|year=2009|publisher=Viking|location=New York|page=9}} This comprises companions of the [Islamic prophet](/source/Islamic_prophet) [Muhammad](/source/Muhammad) (the {{Transliteration|ar|[Sahabah](/source/Companions_of_the_Prophet)}}), their followers (the {{Transliteration|ar|[Tabi'un](/source/Tabi'un)}}), and the followers of the followers (the {{Transliteration|ar|[Taba al-Tabi'in](/source/Tabi'_al-Tabi'in)}}).{{cite web |title=The Meaning of the Word "Salaf" – Abu 'Abdis-Salaam Hasan bin Qaasim ar-Raymee |url=https://abdurrahman.org/2014/09/29/the-meaning-of-the-word-salaf-abu-abdis-salaam-hasan-bin-qaasim-ar-raymee/ |website=AbdurRahman.org |date=2014-09-29 |language=en |access-date=2019-11-30}} Their religious significance lay in the statement attributed to Muhammad: "The best of my community are my generation, the ones who follow them and the ones who follow them",{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cp8RDQAAQBAJ&q=salaf+3+generations&pg=PT20 |title=The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State |last=Wood |first=Graeme |date=20 December 2016 |publisher=Penguin Books Limited |isbn=9780241240120 |language=en}} a period believed to exemplify the purest form of [Islam](/source/Islam). The generations of Muslims after the third are referred to as the '''Khalaf'''.{{cite web |url= https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780195390155/obo-9780195390155-0070.xml?rskey=0OpaqS&result=204 |title= Islamic Studies: Salafism |last= Brown |first= Jonathan A. C. |date= 14 December 2009 |website= Oxford Bibliographies |publisher= Oxford University Press|access-date= 21 September 2023 |quote=}} ==Second generation== The [Tabi‘un](/source/Tabi%E2%80%98un), the successors of [Sahabah](/source/Sahabah). {{dynamic list}} {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} * [Amir al-Sha'bi](/source/Amir_al-Sha'bi) * [Abu Muslim Al-Khawlani](/source/Abu_Muslim_Al-Khawlani) * [Abu Suhail an-Nafi' ibn 'Abd ar-Rahman](/source/Abu_Suhail_an-Nafi'_ibn_'Abd_ar-Rahman) * [Al-Ahnaf](/source/Al-Ahnaf) * [Malik Ibn Anas](/source/Malik_Ibn_Anas) * [Abu Hanifa](/source/Abu_Hanifa) * [Ja'far al-Sadiq](/source/Ja'far_al-Sadiq) * [Al-Rabi Ibn Khuthaym](/source/Al-Rabi_Ibn_Khuthaym) * [Ali Akbar](/source/Ali_al-Akbar_ibn_Husayn) * [Ali ibn Husayn (Zain-ul-'Abidin)](/source/Ali_ibn_Husayn) * [Alqama ibn Qays al-Nakha'i](/source/Alqama_ibn_Qays_al-Nakha'i) * [Ata Ibn Abi Rabah](/source/Ata_Ibn_Abi_Rabah) * [Atiyya bin Saad](/source/Atiyya_bin_Saad) * [Hasan al-Basri](/source/Hasan_al-Basri) * [Iyas Ibn Muawiyah Al-Muzani](/source/Iyas_Ibn_Muawiyah_Al-Muzani) * [Masruq ibn al-Ajda'](/source/Masruq_ibn_al-Ajda') * [Muhammad al-Baqir](/source/Muhammad_al-Baqir) * [Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah](/source/Muhammad_ibn_al-Hanafiyyah) * [Muhammad Ibn Wasi' Al-Azdi](/source/Muhammad_Ibn_Wasi'_Al-Azdi) * [Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Shihab al-Zuhri](/source/Muhammad_ibn_Muslim_ibn_Shihab_al-Zuhri) * [Muhammad ibn Munkadir](/source/Muhammad_ibn_Munkadir) * [Nafi Mawla Ibn Umar](/source/Nafi_Mawla_Ibn_Umar) * [Muhammad ibn Sirin](/source/Ibn_Sirin), son of a slave of [Khalid ibn al-Walid](/source/Khalid_ibn_al-Walid) * [Musa ibn Nusayr](/source/Musa_ibn_Nusayr) * [Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr](/source/Qasim_ibn_Muhammad_ibn_Abi_Bakr) * [Raja ibn Haywa](/source/Raja_ibn_Haywa) * [Sa'id ibn Jubayr](/source/Sa'id_ibn_Jubayr) * [Said ibn al-Musayyib](/source/Said_ibn_al-Musayyib) * [Salamah ibn Dinar](/source/Salamah_ibn_Dinar) * [Salih Ibn Ashyam Al-Adawi](/source/Salih_Ibn_Ashyam_Al-Adawi) * [Salim Ibn Abdullah Ibn Umar Ibn al-Khattab](/source/Salim_Ibn_Abdullah_Ibn_Umar_Ibn_al-Khattab) * [Shuraih Al-Qadhi](/source/Shuraih_Al-Qadhi) * [Sufyan al-Thawri](/source/Sufyan_al-Thawri) * [Tariq Ibn Ziyad](/source/Tariq_Ibn_Ziyad) * [Tawus Ibn Kaysan](/source/Tawus_Ibn_Kaysan) * [Umar Ibn Abdul-Aziz](/source/Umar_Ibn_Abdul-Aziz) * [Umm Kulthum bint Abu Bakr](/source/Umm_Kulthum_bint_Abu_Bakr) * [Urwah Ibn Al-Zubayr](/source/Urwah_Ibn_Al-Zubayr) * [Uwais al-Qarni](/source/Uwais_al-Qarni) * [Amr ibn Dinar](/source/Amr_ibn_Dinar) {{Div col end}} ==Third generation== The [Tabi‘ al-Tabi‘in](/source/Tabi%E2%80%98_al-Tabi%E2%80%98in), the successors of the [Tabi‘un](/source/Tabi%E2%80%98un). {{dynamic list}} {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} * [Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi](/source/Abd_al-Rahman_al-Ghafiqi) * [Al Qutaybah](/source/Al_Qutaybah) * [Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya](/source/Muhammad_al-Nafs_al-Zakiyya) * [Muhammad bin Qasim](/source/Muhammad_bin_Qasim)Al bidaya wan Nahaya, [Ibn Kathir](/source/Ibn_Kathir){{page needed|date=August 2015}} * [Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya al-Qaysiyya](/source/Rabia_of_Basra) * [Al-Shafi‘i](/source/Al-Shafi%E2%80%98i) * [Zayd ibn Ali](/source/Zayd_ibn_Ali) * [Ishaq ibn Rahwayh](/source/Ishaq_ibn_Rahwayh) * [Al-Layth ibn Sa'd](/source/Al-Layth_ibn_Sa'd) * [Sufyan ibn Uyaynah](/source/Sufyan_ibn_Uyaynah) {{Div col end}} ==See also== * [List of Sahaba](/source/List_of_Sahaba) * [Non-Muslims who interacted with Muslims during Muhammad's era](/source/Non-Muslims_who_interacted_with_Muslims_during_Muhammad's_era) ==References== {{reflist}} Category:Salaf Salaf Category:Salafi movement Category:Islamic terminology --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Salaf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salaf) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salaf?action=history)). 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