The Tābiʿū al-Tābʿīn ( ar, تَابِعُو ٱلتَّابِعِينَ, singular ar, تَابِعُ ٱلتَّابِعِينَ) is the generation after the Tābi‘ūn in

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. The first generation of

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are known as the

Sahabah The Companions of the Prophet ( ar, اَلصَّحَابَةُ; ''aṣ-ṣaḥāba'' meaning "the companions", from the verb meaning "accompany", "keep company with", "associate with") were the disciples and followers of Muhammad who saw or m ...

or the companions of Muhammad. The second generation of

which come after the ṣaḥābah are called '' Tābi‘ūn'' (also "the successors"). The third generation of Muslims coming after the '' Tābi‘ūn'', who knew at least one ''Tābi‘'', are called '' tābi‘ al-tābi‘īn''. The three generations make up the ''

salaf Salaf ( ar, سلف, "ancestors" or "predecessors"), also often referred to with the honorific expression of "al-salaf al-ṣāliḥ" (, "the pious predecessors") are often taken to be the first three generations of Muslims. This comprises Muhamm ...

'' of Islam.

Definition according to the Sunnis

The Sunnis define a ''Tābiʿ al-Tābʿīn'' as a Muslim who: # Saw at least one of the Tābiʿun. # Was rightly guided. (That would be, according to Sunnis, one who adheres to the beliefs and actions of the Ahlus Sunnah wal-Jama'ah). # And the one who died in that state. Sunnis consider ''the Tabi' al-Tabi'un '' as the best generation after the Tābiʿun. According to them

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said, "The best people are those living in my generation, then those coming after them (Tābiʿun), and then those coming after (the second generation)''"

Sahih Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari ( ar, صحيح البخاري, translit=Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī), group=note is a '' hadith'' collection and a book of '' sunnah'' compiled by the Persian scholar Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī (810–870) around 846. ...

List of ''Tābiʿ al-Tābʿīn''

Sufyan al-Thawri Sufyan al-Thawri ( ar, أبو عبد الله سفيان بن سعيد بن مسروق الثوري, ʼAbu ʿAbd Allāh Sufyān ibn Saʻīd ibn Masrūq al-Thawrī ; 716–778) was a ''Tābi‘ al-Tābi‘īn'' Islamic scholar, jurist, and founde ...

(97–161 A.H.) *

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(d. 198 A.H.) *

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* Al-Awza'i (d. 158 A.H.) *

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* Zaid bin Ali * Al-Layth Ibn Sa'd *

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(125–210 A.H.; 742–825 AD) *

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*Dawood At-Tai *

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(155-253 A.H.) *

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Muhammad al-Bukhari Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monoth ...

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