“Know than that the life of this world is but amusement, pomp, and mutual boasting among you and rivalry in respect of wealth and children; Here is a similitude: It is like the growth of vegetation after the rain, which delights the planter, but which then withers away, turns yellow and becomes worthless stubble. In the life to come there will be a terrible punishment, or God’s forgiveness and approval: the life of this world is nothing but means of deception.” (Qur’an 57:20)
“Oh Mankind! Behold, We have created you all out of a male and a female, and have made you into nations and tribes so that you might come to know one another. Truly, the noblest of you in the sight of Allah is the one who is most deeply conscious of Him. Behold, God is all-knowing, All-Aware.” (Qur’an 49:13)
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We titled this article as: “The so-called descendants of the Prophet (saw” because the Prophet (saw) has no direct lineage. The Messenger of Allah (saw), has no continuous lineage because his male children (Qasim, `Abdullah, Ibrahim-Allah cover them in mercy) all died in infancy, his direct paternal line (nasab) ended.
In Islamic tradition, lineage (nasab) is primarily traced through the father.
- Lineage is Through Males: In Islamic tradition, lineage (nasab) is traced through the father. Since all of the Prophet’s (saw) male children died young, his direct biological lineage ended.
- Descendants are Through Daughters: The children of his daughters, like Hasan and Hussein, are correctly attributed to their father (Ali ibn Abi Talib). They are from the Prophet’s (saw) family (Ahl al-Bayt) but not his direct nasab.
Maternal lineage for determining Jewish identity (in rabbinic law). It is the sunnah of Rabbinic Judaism, where the lineage is traced through the mother.
Contrast with Islamic Law
In Islam:
- Lineage (nasab) is traced through the father.
- The identity of the mother is always known, but the legal lineage is attached to the father.
Summary of the Difference
- Lineage (Nasab) is the direct paternal bloodline or ancestry. It is the formal, legal line of descent traced through fathers.
- A Descendant is a person who is descended from a specific ancestor. This can be through either paternal or maternal lines. So when we say “so-called descendant” one would do well to keep this in view.
The critical distinction, is that in classical Islamic law, while someone can be a descendant of the Prophet (saw) through his daughters (like Hasan and Hussein), they are not considered part of his direct lineage (nasab) , because lineage is traced through the father. They are instead attributed to the lineage of their own father (Ali ibn Abi Talib).
Preservation of Lineage (Nasab)
In Islamic law, clear lineage (nasab) is considered one of the essential objectives of the law (from the maqāṣid al-sharīʿah). The Qur’an places strong emphasis on identifying people through their fathers:
It is a key argument on why Muslim men can have multiple wives but Muslim women cannot have multiple husbands.
“Call them by their fathers; that is more just in the sight of Allah.” (Qur’an 33:5)
In the framework of Qur’an 33:5, a person is called the “son of their father.” The Prophet(saw) has no biological sons, so he has no one who can be called “son of Muhammed” in that specific, legal sense
Allah granted our beloved Prophet (saw) Al Kawthar.
“Indeed, We have granted you abundant goodness. So pray and sacrifice to your Lord . Only the one who hates you is truly cut off.” (Qur’an 108:1-3)
Proof from the Qur’an: The article uses Surah Al-Kawthar (108:1-3) and its classical exegesis (Tafsir Ibn Kathir) to show that the Prophet’s (saw)contemporaries mocked him as “cut off” (abtar) due to having no surviving male heirs. Allah’s response was that it is the hater who is truly cut off. Allah’s response was not to say they were wrong in the assertion that the Blessed Prophet (saw) had no heirs.
From Tafsir Ibn Al Kathir asbāb al-nuzūl (أسباب النزول) The occasion for the revelation of Qur’an 108:1-3
The Enemy of the Prophet is cut off. Allah says, إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ الاٌّبْتَرُ(For he who hates you, he will be cut off.) meaning, `indeed he who hates you, O Muhammed, and he hates what you have come with of guidance, truth, clear proof and manifest light, he is the most cut off, meanest, lowliest person who will not be remembered.
Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, Sa`id bin Jubayr and Qatadah all said, “This Ayah was revealed about Al-`As bin Wa’il. Whenever the Messenger of Allah was mentioned (in his presence),he would say, `Leave him, for indeed he is a man who is cut off having no descendants. So when he dies he will not be remembered.’ Therefore, Allah revealed this Surah.”
Shamir bin `Atiyah said, “This Surah was revealed concerning `Uqbah bin Abi Mu`ayt.” Ibn `Abbas and `Ikrimah have both said, “This Surah was revealed about Ka`b bin Al-Ashraf and a group of the disbelievers of the Quraysh.” Al-Bazzar recorded that Ibn `Abbas said, “Ka`b bin Al-Ashraf came to Makkah and the Quraysh said to him, `You are the leader of them (the people). What do you think about this worthless man who is cut off from his people? He claims that he is better than us while we are the people of the place of pilgrimage, the people of custodianship (of the Ka`bah), and the people who supply water to the pilgrims.’ He replied, `You all are better than him.’ So Allah revealed,إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ الاٌّبْتَرُ(For he who hates you, he will be cut off.)” This is how Al-Bazzar recorded this incident and its chain of narration is authentic.
It has been reported that `Ata’ said, “This Surah was revealed about Abu Lahab when a son of the Messenger of Allah died. Abu Lahab went to the idolators and said, `Muhammed has been cut off (i.e., from progeny) tonight.’ So concerning this Allah revealed,إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ الاٌّبْتَرُ(For he who hates you, he will be cut off.)”
As-Suddi said, “When the male sons of a man died, the people used to say, `He has been cut off.‘ So, when the sons of the Messenger of Allah died they said, `Muhammed has been cut off.’ Thus, Allah revealed,إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ الاٌّبْتَرُ(For he who hates you, he will be cut off.)” So they thought in their ignorance that if his sons died, his remembrance would be cut off. Allah forbid! To the contrary, Allah preserved his remembrance for all the world to see, and He obligated all the servants to follow his Law. This will continue for all time until the Day of Gathering and the coming of the Hereafter. May the blessings of Allah and His peace be upon him forever until the Day of Assembling. This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat Al-Kawthar, and all praise and blessings are due to Allah.
Source: (https://quranx.com/Tafsirs/108.1 Tafsir Ibn Al Kathir)
Notice that these people were well aware that the Blessed Prophet (saw) had daughters. “Leave him, for indeed he is a man who is cut off having no descendants.”
Claiming someone as your father who is not is an act of kufr.
It is reported on the authority of Abu Dharr that he heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) saying:
No person who claimed knowingly anyone else as his father besides (his own) committed nothing but infidelity, and he who made a claim of anything, which (in fact) did not belong to him, is not amongst us; he should make his abode in Fire, and he who labeled anyone with unbelief or called him the enemy of Allah, and he was in fact not so, it rebounded on him.
Source: (https://sunnah.com/muslim:61)
Narrated Sa`d:
I heard the Prophet (saw) saying, “Whoever claims to be the son of a person other than his father, and he knows that person is not his father, then Paradise will be forbidden for him.” I mentioned that to Abu Bakra, and he said, “My ears heard that, and my heart memorized it from Allah’s Messenger (saw).
https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6766
We do not hate man because of his lineage. Nor do we praise a man simply on the basis of his lineage.
This is very powerful. Because the legacy of the Blessed Prophet (saw) is not due to him having a great many descendants, because Allah (swt) took that from him. His legacy is a spiritual legacy. Whoever comes to Islam will find their thirst quenched. Whoever accepts the Blessed Prophet (saw) is not cut off but rather grafted in.
The people of Islam are not to be manipulated by someone who claims descent from such and such and so-and-so. Rather, the people of Islam are to be led by the most righteous, the most altruistic, the most just.
Narrated Abu Hurayrah:
“The Prophet (saw) said: Allah, Most High, has removed from you the pride of the pre-Islamic period and its boasting in ancestors. One is only a pious believer or a miserable sinner. You are sons of Adam, and Adam came from dust. Let the people cease to boast about their ancestors. They are merely fuel in Jahannam; or they will certainly be of less account with Allah than the beetle which rolls dung with its nose.”
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ مَرْوَانَ الرَّقِّيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعَافَى، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، – وَهَذَا حَدِيثُهُ – عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ” إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ أَذْهَبَ عَنْكُمْ عُبِّيَّةَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَفَخْرَهَا بِالآبَاءِ مُؤْمِنٌ تَقِيٌّ وَفَاجِرٌ شَقِيٌّ أَنْتُمْ بَنُو آدَمَ وَآدَمُ مِنْ تُرَابٍ لَيَدَعَنَّ رِجَالٌ فَخْرَهُمْ بِأَقْوَامٍ إِنَّمَا هُمْ فَحْمٌ مِنْ فَحْمِ جَهَنَّمَ أَوْ لَيَكُونُنَّ أَهْوَنَ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنَ الْجِعْلاَنِ الَّتِي تَدْفَعُ بِأَنْفِهَا النَّتْنَ ” .
Source: (https://sunnah.com/abudawud:5116)
Many in the Muslim ummah are aware of the weakening of the largest and most powerful Sunni Caliphate in Islamic history due to the Jewish infiltration of the Young Turks. However, one of the big lies circulating usually by those who are opponents of Salafiyyah and those whom they call the “Wahhabi” is that Muhammed Ibn Abdul Wahhab rebelled against the Ottoman Empire.
This is not true. He was never under the Ottoman Empire. The Najd area of the Arabian Peninsula was ruled by many different Arab tribes. It was not under Ottoman jurisdiction.
The real shocker is that the truth is as follows: the nail in the coffin of the Ottoman Empire, the final blow was dealt to it by a team up of the non-believing British Empire and self-proclaimed descendant of the Prophet Muhammed (saw), that man was Hussein bin Ali.
Those who actually did khuruj against their leaders were Ashari’i/Shafi’i/ and self-proclaimed descendants of the Blessed Messenger (saw) who had the whispering of Shaytan planted in their ears and hearts so that they would rebel against the Maturidi /Hanafi Ottomans.
This super-villain team up would consist of “Sharif” Hussein Bin Ali and Mr. Lawrence of Arabia.
Hussein Bin Ali fell for the ruse of the British. Which ended up being a catalyst for the chaos we see in many Muslim nations.
Likely, the British made certain promises to Hussein Bin Ali about replacing a Turkish Caliphate with an Arab one. A promise the British had no intention of keeping.
They are guardians/protectors/allies of each other.
Secret negotiations between the British and the French that culminated in the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement, which effectively re-portioned between them the entirety of the Ottoman Empire, and later by the Balfour Declaration , which assured British support for the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. Basically, the creation of Occupied Palestine is also known in some circles as ‘Israel’.
Hussein, however, apparently sufficiently convinced of British support, announced the launch of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans in June 1916. With the British forces backing the Arab forces, they succeeded in dominating the Hejaz region of the Arabian Peninsula, Aqabah and Damascus.
In late 1918, Hussein’s son Faisal entered Damascus and began to set up an administration there in accordance with what he believed was his father’s understanding with the British. In March 1920, Greater Syria (Syria, Transjordan, Palestine and Lebanon) was proclaimed independent of rule by foreign powers and was declared a constitutional monarchy with Faisal as king, a move that directly challenged French interests there. At the Conference of San Remo in April 1920, it was France’s claims to Syria that were formalized, and Syria was placed under the French mandate. The decision (and Faisal’s capitulation to the terms of the agreement) sparked violent unrest that was met in July by French forces, which imposed an easy defeat and forced Faisal into exile.
For more information you can read about the Hussein-McMahon correspondence, the Conference of San Remo, and the Balfour Declaration. You get to read all about how the Muslims get dictated to by the non-Muslims on what land belongs to whom..
Three so-called great-great-grandsons of the Blessed Prophet (saw). One of them became a proxy of the British.
Two of these so-called descendants of Prophet Muhammed (saw), Faisal bin Al-Hussein bin Ali Al-Hashemi, and Ali bin Hussein had advised caution in cooperating with the British.
Another so-called descendant of the Prophet Muhammed (saw), Abdullah al-Awwal bin al-Hussein. Instead of helping his brother Faisal — a so-called fellow descendant of the Prophet (saw), against the French, he accepted an invitation from Winston Churchill for a “tea party.” He convinced Abdullah not to help his brother against the kuffar.
He advised cooperation with the British at the expense of fellow Muslims. He was richly rewarded with the help of the British and assisted by Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Peake and John Bagot Glubb.
They, of course, created the ‘Arab Legion’. For his loyalty to the non-Muslims and staying his hand, he was given what appeared to be “independence” in 1946 and proclaimed “King” Abdullah.
King Abdullah also supported the “Peel Commission”, which proposed that Palestine be split up into smaller Jewish states. In 1947, when Palestine was split in half, the British proxy “King” Abdullah was the only one in favour of it.
The British proxy, “King” Abdullah, was assassinated and his son, Ṭalāl ibn ʻAbd Allāh was now the new ruler of the British proxy state of Jordan. That is, he was ruler for 13 months until he was forced to resign due to schizophrenia.
The good ‘ol trusty British diplomats assisted in hustling him out of the country for psychiatric treatment, and he was in a mental hospital in Geneva when he became king.
Allah (swt) knows best what they might have done to him in that hospital. Allah (swt) knows best what that poor soul went through growing up. The darkness that grips the enemies of Islam knows no boundaries.
Contrary to his wish to live in Saudi-ruled Hejaz after his abdication, Talal was sent to live the latter part of his life at a sanatorium in Istanbul and died there on 7 July 1972.
Hussein was married four separate times and fathered eleven children, including King Abdullah II of Jordan and Princess Haya, WHO MARRIED THE RULER OF DUBAI.
1967 Six-Day War, which ended in Jordan’s loss of the West Bank. Some speculate that the war was staged so that Jordan could cede territory to occupied Palestine, known in some circles as “Israel.”
In 1970, Hussein expelled Palestinian fighters (fedayeen) from Jordan after they had threatened the country’s security in what became known as Black September.
The “King” renounced Jordan’s ties to the West Bank in 1988 after the Palestine Liberation Organization was recognized internationally as the sole representative of the Palestinians. Effectively leaving the Palestinians on their own.
“King” Hussein’s Marriage to Lisa Halaby.
It really is a surprise that those who believe that those who are descendants of the Blessed Messenger (saw) that somehow their lineage is superior to all other lineages, that out of all those so-called Sharifeen women that Al Hussein ibn Talal could marry, he set his sights on Toni Avril Gardiner. No one knows for sure how they met or who began the introductions. She went from London officer worker to “Queen” of Jordan.
You will find this anomaly time and time again. The anomaly of a “superior stock” of so-called Sharifeen men setting their sights on non-Muslim women. In South East Asia, it often frustrates these so-called Sharifeen women who are not even given a choice to marry non-Sharifeen Muslim men. Offering them instead to pursue a life of academics or live a life of spinsters.
Toni with Hussein gave birth to ʿAbd Allāh aṯ-ṯānī ibn al-Ḥusayn, also known as “King” Abdullah the second. They ended up getting a divorce in 1971.
Moving forward, “King” Abdullah II had married a third time and that wife died in 1977. Very soon after her death, he married an American, Lisa Halaby in 1978. No one knows for sure how they met or who began the introductions. She went from regular American girl to “Queen” of Jordan.
The Argument: Inconsistency, Not Bigotry
This is not an ad hominem attack.
We are not stating that “marrying a non-Muslim woman is always wrong and proves degeneracy.” Instead, we are using these marriages to expose a hypocrisy within the logic of lineage-based superiority.
Here is the structure of the argument.
- The Claim: The Hashemites and their supporters base their social and political authority on the idea that they are part of a superior, blessed lineage—direct descendants of the Prophet Muhammed through his daughter Fatima and her husband Ali.
- The Implication of the Claim: If this lineage is truly the source of their unique value and nobility, then it stands to reason that preserving and honoring this lineage would be of paramount importance. Marrying within this “blessed stock” would be the logical way to maintain its purity and centrality.
- The Observed Action: We point to the repeated marriages of Hashemite kings (Hussein bin Ali’s sons, King Hussein, King Abdullah II) to women who are not only non-Hashemite but are, in fact, Western and non-Muslim (Toni Gardiner, Lisa Halaby) or from completely unrelated backgrounds.
- The Charge of Inconsistency: The question is not “How dare a Muslim man marry a Christian?” It is, “If your very identity and claim to power is based on being a special, select group, why do your actions show such disregard for that group’s boundaries?” We simply say they are not believing in their own propaganda. They treat their lineage as a political tool to gain power over other Muslims, but they do not treat it as a sacred trust that requires them to marry within it to preserve it.
One of the major achievements of this fourth “Queen” of “King” Abdullah was her eschewing of the Khimar. Or the garment of piety and righteousness that is common among observant Muslim women. Lisa Halby, who now goes under the name of “Queen Noor”, was successful in showing young Muslim women all over the world that if she doesn’t think they need to wear the garment of piety and righteousness, then neither do you!
This is a tradition that has carried on with the new “King” of Jordan’s wife “Queen” Rania. The trend of looking sporty and fashionable in anything but the garment of piety and righteousness.
It was certainly the impact it had on many impressionable Muslim youths: “Wow! You mean Muslim women don’t have to wear a scarf!?”
So there you have it. The nail in the coffin of the Ottoman Empire was given by the so-called descendants of the Prophet Muhammed (saw). Those descendants, in turn, helped to parcel out the Muslim lands and territories, including occupied Palestine, known in some corners as “Israel”.
We also know that Princess Haya is married to the current ruler of Dubai (who has seemed indifferent towards occupied Palestine).
The so-called direct descendants of the Blessed Prophet (saw) are in reality normal people just like everyone else. They can attain to great heights of felicity and righteousness. Their acts of piety and goodness can be beyond awe-inspiring. They can also succumb to human frailties, their passions, lust, desires and ambitions like anyone else.
Some of them are righteous, worthy of al-walāya, and others are beastly, worthy of al-barā’a.
We will interact with and deal with the descendants of Ali based upon the apparent. We will not defer to them simply based on lineage. You can count us, and every thinking Muslim who takes the Qur’an and Sunnah as their source of guidance!”
We will share with you, dear researcher, dear truth seekers, one of the most dangerous books that you can ever read.
The (Hashemites) killed Muslims in the name of (Ahl al-Bayt) in a number greater than can be counted and Allah knows best.
(The Book of the Hashemite Tribe: A Thousand Years of Blood)
Say: “O Allah, Lord of all dominion! You give dominion to whom You will, and take away dominion from whom You will, and You exalt whom You will, and abase whom You will. In Your Hand is all good. Surely You are All-Powerful.” (Qur’an 3:26)
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