Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyib
Leading faqih of Medina; his students link Companion families to later Maliki lines.
8th Century
701–800 CE · 2nd–3rd century AH — Umayyad rule, the Abbasid revolution, and the generation of Tabi‘in who heard the Companions. Scholarly isnads and royal houses of Damascus, Baghdad, and Andalus begin to branch.
Figures & lineages of the 8th century
Companions, Tabi‘in, scholars, leaders, warriors, reformers, and rulers — with nasab notes and links to explore related profiles.
Tabi‘in (Successors)
Al-Hasan al-Basri
Moral teacher to governors; Basran genealogies of hadith and asceticism trace to his circle.
Urwah ibn al-Zubayr
Compiled early Maghazi; bridge between Siddiq family and Umayyad-era record keepers.
Caliphs & Kings
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
Called the Fifth Rightly Guided Caliph; restored justice and public muslimancestry registers.
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
Arabized administration; coinage and diwan reforms used in later Syrian family records.
Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik
Patron of the Damascus mosque; Umayyad princely lines into Spain and North Africa.
Scholars & Reformers
Abu Hanifah an-Nu‘man
Founder of the Hanafi school; his students spread from Central Asia to the Ottoman world.
Sufyan ath-Thawri
Combined fiqh and zuhd; isnads through him reach countless 9th-century jurists.