Genealogy of Sayyid ’Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

In the name of Allah, and peace and blessings upon His Messenger, our master Muhammad ibn ‘Abdillah ibn ‘Abdil Muttalib ibn Hashim, his family and companions, one and all!

Here is the genealogy of Mahbub-i-Subhani, al-Ghawth al-A’zam, Sultan ul Awliyah, Sayyidina wa Mawlānā Hazrat Shaykh Muhyi’d-Din ’Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani al-Hasani al-Hussaini :

His father was:
Sayyid Abu Salih Musa, son of
Sayyid ‘Abdullah, son of
Sayyid Yahya az-Zahid, son of
Sayyid Muhammad, son of
Sayyid Dawud, son of
Sayyid Musa, son of
Sayyid ‘Abdullah, son of
Sayyid Musa al-Jawn, son of
Sayyid ‘Abdullah al-Mahd, son of
Sayyid al-Hasan al-Muthanna, son of
Sayyid Imam Muhammad al-Hasan al-Sibt, son of
Amir ul Muminin, Sayyidina wa Mawlānā Abu’l Hasan Imam ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib.

His mother was:
Sayyida Umm al-Khair Fatimah, daughter of
Sayyid ‘Abdullah as-Sawma’i, son of
Sayyid Jamal al-Din Muhammad, son of
Sayyid Mahmud, son of
Sayyid Abu’l ‘Ata ‘Abdullah, son of
Sayyid Kamal al-Din ‘Isa, son of
Sayyid Imam Muhammad al-Jawad, son of
Sayyid Imam ‘Ali ar-Rida, son of
Sayyid Imam Musa al-Kasim, son off
Sayyid Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq, son of
Sayyid Imam Muhammad al-Baqir, son of
Sayyid Imam Zain al-‘Abidin, son of
Sayyid Imam ‘Abdullah al-Hussain, Shahid-e-Karbala, son of
Amir ul Muminin, Sayyidina wa Mawlānā Abu’l Hasan Imam ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib.

Both Imams Muhammad al-Hasan and ‘Abdullah al-Hussain are the beloved grandsons of Sayyidina RasulAllah Salla’Llahu ‘Alayhi wa Sallam through his daughter Sayyida Fatimah az-Zuhra who was married to Imam ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib RadiAllahu Ta’ala ‘Anhum Ajma’in.