Salaf (, "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.
Second generation
The Tabi‘un, the successors of
Sahabah.
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Amir al-Sha'bi
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Abu Muslim Al-Khawlani
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Abu Suhail an-Nafi' ibn 'Abd ar-Rahman
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Al-Ahnaf
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Malik Ibn Anas
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Ja'far al-Sadiq
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Al-Rabi Ibn Khuthaym
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Ali Akbar
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Ali ibn Husayn (Zain-ul-'Abidin)
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Alqama ibn Qays al-Nakha'i
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Ata Ibn Abi Rabah
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Atiyya bin Saad
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Hasan al-Basri
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Iyas Ibn Muawiyah Al-Muzani
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Masruq ibn al-Ajda'
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Muhammad al-Baqir
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Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
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Muhammad Ibn Wasi' Al-Azdi
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Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Shihab al-Zuhri
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Muhammad ibn Munkadir
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Nafi Mawla Ibn Umar
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Ibn Sirin, son of a slave of Khalid ibn al-Walid
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Musa ibn Nusayr
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Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr
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Raja ibn Haywa
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Sa'id ibn Jubayr
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Said ibn al-Musayyib
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Salamah ibn Dinar
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Salih Ibn Ashyam Al-Adawi
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Salim Ibn Abdullah Ibn Umar Ibn al-Khattab
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Shuraih Al-Qadhi
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Sufyan al-Thawri
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Tariq Ibn Ziyad
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Tawus Ibn Kaysan
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Umar Ibn Abdul-Aziz
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Umm Kulthum bint Abu Bakr
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Urwah Ibn Al-Zubayr
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Uwais al-Qarni
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Amr ibn Dinar
Third generation
The Tabi‘ al-Tabi‘in, the successors of the Tabi‘un.
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Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi
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Abu Hanifa
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Al Qutaybah
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Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya
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Muhammad bin Qasim
[Al bidaya wan Nahaya, Ibn Kathir]
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Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya al-Qaysiyya
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Al-Shafi‘i
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Zayd ibn Ali
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Ishaq ibn Rahwayh
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Al-Layth ibn Sa'd
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Sufyan ibn Uyaynah
See also
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List of Sahaba
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Non-Muslims who interacted with Muslims during Muhammad's era
