Sanad Scroll Translation
Section titled “Sanad Scroll Translation”Below is the English translation of the Arabic family scroll preserved by the Worcester line.
Number of Generations: 60
Section titled “Number of Generations: 60”| Generation | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sayidina Muhammad | (May the Peace of Allah rest upon him) |
| 2 | Sayyidina ’Ali bin ’Abi Talib | Wife: Sayyiditina Fatimah (RA) |
| 3 | Imam Husayn (RA) | Wife: Persian princess Shah-i-Zanan |
| 4 | Imam Zain al-’Abidin ’Ali | Wife: Fatimah (Daughter of Imam Hasan bin ’Ali) |
| 5 | Sayyid Muhammad Baqir | Wife: Umm Farwah (Great-granddaughter of Sayyidina Abu Bakr al-Sidiq) |
| 6 | Sayyid Ja’far al-Sadiq | Wife: Princess Hamidah |
| 7 | Sayyid Musa al-Kazim | Wife: Lady Najma |
| 8 | Shaykh Ibrahim Murtada | |
| 9 | Sayyid Musa al-Thani | |
| 10 | Sheikh Ahmad | |
| 11 | Sayyid ’Abd al-Qasim | |
| 12 | Sayyid Mahdi | |
| 13 | Sayyid Hasan | |
| 14 | Sayyid Ali | |
| 15 | Sayyid Hazim | |
| 16 | Sayyid Thabit | |
| 17 | Sayyid Yahya | |
| 18 | Sultan Hasan ’Ali | Wife: Fatimah al-Ansari |
| 19 | Imam Ahmad al-Kabir al-Rifa’i | |
| 20 | Sayyid Muhammad | (Imam of the people of ’ilm, his heart connected to Allah) |
| 21 | Sayyid Shams al-Din | |
| 22 | Sayyid Rajab | (The light of the Din, the Sha’ri’ah of his time) |
| 23 | Sayyid Yusuf | |
| 24 | Sayyid Husayn | |
| 25 | Sayyid ’Abd al-Allah | |
| 26 | Sayyid ’Abd al-Rahman | |
| 27 | Sayyid Salih | |
| 28 | Sayyid Sharif | |
| 29 | Sayyid Muhammad | (The Ocean of Awrad, or Devotions) |
| 30 | Shaykh Muhammad Suhuf | (Befriended snakes and scorpions and put fire in his mouth which did not burn) |
| 31 | Sayyid Abd al-Rahman | |
| 32 | Sayyid Sha’ban al-Rifa’i | |
| 33 | Sayyid Rajab | |
| 34 | Sayyid Salih | |
| 35 | Sayyid Ali | |
| 36 | Yusuf | |
| 37 | Sayyid Rajab | |
| 38 | Muhidin | |
| 39 | Sayyid Rajab | |
| 40 | Imam Sadullah al-Qalib | (Leader of the Sha’ri’ka, the one on whom the sun shines) |
| 41 | Sayyid Bakr | |
| 42 | Imam Husayn | |
| 43 | Imam Muttaqin Zain al-’Abidin | |
| 44 | Imam Muhammad | |
| 45 | Imam Jafar | |
| 46 | Sayyid Ibrahim | |
| 47 | Sayyid Muhammad | |
| 48 | Sayyid Hussain | |
| 49 | Sayyid Ali | |
| 50 | Sayyid Takiyah | |
| 51 | Sayyid Ahmad al-Kabir al-Rifa’i | |
| 52 | Sayyid al-Kutub al-Shuja’ al-Rifa’i | (Also known as the River of Knowledge) |
| 53 | Sayyid Shams al-Din | |
| 54 | Sayyid Muhammad | |
| 55 | Sayyid Rajab | |
| 56 | Sayyid Muhsin | |
| 57 | Sayyid Sulayman | |
| 58 | Sheikh Sadan Sulayman | Wife: Khadijah |
| 59 | Sheikh ’Abd al-Rahman Sadan | |
| 60 | Sheikh Sulayman ’Abd al-Rahman | Wife: Sabarah (Bains Kloof kramat) |