A scholarly review of Orientalists' criticisms of the genealogy of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

Abstract

Genealogy is an important and great knowledge. Since the Arabs used to protect their genealogy, they also had the most knowledge about it and there was no tribe that did not have a genealogist. Among the Arabs, genealogy began in the era of Jahiliyyah and in the Islamic era, when other sciences and arts were edited, the knowledge of genealogy also became a regular science and art, and a large number of scholars in each period were known by the title of Nasab. Happened The Caliphs were experts in this art. Apart from them, mentions of more than fifty historians are available in translation books. This knowledge continued to develop for about three centuries and finally its evolution and development came to an end in the 4th century Hijri, and after that this knowledge was narrated as a former knowledge of Arab sciences. In view of the importance of this article, the research study of the Prophet's genealogy is an important matter. The genealogy of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) has been studied in the light of his own sayings. A short article cannot afford to cover all the traditions related to the Prophetic genealogy and the rigor required to study them.