How Many People Were in the Ark of Nuh
Question
How many men and women, in number, were in the ark of Hazrat Nuh at the time of the Flood? Please give the answer based on a hadith or the Qur’an.
Answer
Shaykh Husayn ibn Muhammad related from Hazrat Ibn ‘Abbas that there were eighty in all; and it is related from Muqatil that there were seventy-two in all — half men and half women; there are other opinions as well: [ar]واختلفوا في عدد أصحاب السفينة، قال قتادة وابن جريج ومحمد بن كعب القرظي: لم يكن في السفينة إلا ثمانية: نوح وامرأته وثلاثة بنين له سام وحام ويافث ونساؤهم،…
Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya
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