[[Al-Khathib al-Baghdadi]] menyebutkan silsilahnya adalah Abu Al-Husain Al-Hasan bin Qahthabah bin Syabib bin Khalid bin Ma'dan bin Syams bin Qais bin Aklab bin Sa'ad bin Amr bin Amr bin Ash-Shamit bin Ghanam bin Malik bin Sa'ad bin Nubhan bin Amr bin Al-Ghauts bin [[Tayy|Tha'i]] ath-Tha'i.<ref name="Tarikh">{{cite web|title=Tarikh Baghdad - Al-Maktaba al-Shamela al-Haditha|url=https://shamela.ws/book/736/4483|language=ar|website=shamela.ws|author=Al-Khathib al-Baghdadi|author-link=Al-Khathib al-Baghdadi|page=415|access-date=2023-01-20|archive-date=2023-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120150157/https://shamela.ws/book/736/4483|dead-url=no}}</ref> [[Kunyah]]<nowiki/>nya adalah Abu Al-Husain.<ref name="Tarikh" />
