Tabi' al-Tabi'in

{{Short description|The Successors of the Successors of the Companions of Muhammad}}

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The Tābiʿū al-Tābʿīn ({{langx|ar|تَابِعُو ٱلتَّابِعِينَ}}, singular {{lang|ar|تَابِعُ ٱلتَّابِعِينَ}}) is the generation after the Tābi‘ūn in Islam.

The first generation of Muslims are called the companions of Muhammad. The second generation of Muslims are called tābi‘ūn "Successors". The third generation are called tabi‘ū al-tabi‘īn "successors of the Successors".{{cite book|last1=Esposito|first1=John L.|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Islam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6VeCWQfVNjkC|date=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=301|isbn=9780195125597|access-date=9 March 2019}} The three generations make up the Salaf, the "Ancestors", of Islam.