: In many Muslim societies, these records are kept to preserve the family's social and religious standing, ensuring that the history of their ancestors' migrations and contributions to Islamic scholarship is not lost.
A (Tree of the Sayyids) is a detailed genealogical record or family tree that traces the lineage of the Sadat (descendants of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad) back to his daughter, Fatima al-Zahra, and his cousin and son-in-law, Ali ibn Abi Talib. shajra e sadat
: Lineages associated with the Chishti Order, like the Shajra-e-Sadat-e-Hasaniya which documents the ancestry of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti. : In many Muslim societies, these records are