Atlas
About this atlas
The atlas holds the chains of transmission from the Prophet as the standard references and the classical sources record them: the Sufi orders, the chains of Qurʾān recitation, the teachers of the schools of law and ḥadīth, and the lines of the Prophet's family, with the places they spread and the living houses and teachers who carry them today. Every link shows its sources; where they differ, both readings are shown, and we do not rule on any community's claims. Ibn ʿArabī's own life, teachers and readers are on their own page.
أبو عمرو بن العلاء
Abū ʿAmr b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Baṣrī
Died 154 AH (others 155, 157) · born 68 AH (other reports 70) · Basra
Canonical reader (one of the ten)
Sources for this person
The chain up to the Prophet
Dates are given where the sources give them. Years are CE; the Hijri year is in each name's detail.
Route 1 of 3, the best-sourced: Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · The Prophet Muhammad to Ubayy b. Kaʿb · Two independent sources
Ibn al-Jazarī: the Companion read the Qurʾān to the Messenger of God (the isnād ends here in each chain).
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 2836-2840Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L789 · agrees (not independent)Entry: he read the Qurʾān to the Prophet.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L193 · agreesEntry: he read the Qurʾān to the Prophet.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L136-L140 · agreesRijāl of Nāfiʿ: chain ends Ubayy, then the Prophet.
Ubayy b. Kaʿbأبي بن كعب654two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Ubayy b. Kaʿb to ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās · Two independent sources
Ibn ʿAbbās read to Ubayy b. Kaʿb and to Zayd b. Thābit.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 2834-2837Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L11895 · agrees (not independent)Entry: presented the whole Qurʾān to Ubayy and Zayd.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L371 · agreesEntry: read to Ubayy.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L141-L144 · agreesRijāl of Ibn Kathīr: Ibn ʿAbbās from Ubayy and Zayd.
ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbāsعبد الله بن عباس687two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās to Dirbās, client of Ibn ʿAbbās · Two independent sources
Dirbās read to his patron Ibn ʿAbbās, who read to Ubayy and Zayd (see the Nāfiʿ line).
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3049-3052Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L7835 · agrees (not independent)Entry: presented to his master Ibn ʿAbbās.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L985 · agreesIbn Kathīr entry: Dirbās mawlā Ibn ʿAbbās.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L141-L144 · agreesRijāl of Ibn Kathīr: Dirbās took from Ibn ʿAbbās.
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Dirbās, client of Ibn ʿAbbās to Ibn Kathīr al-Makkī · Two independent sources
Ibn Kathīr read to Dirbās.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3046-3049Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L12353 · agrees (not independent)Entry: also read to Dirbās.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L985 · agreesEntry: read to Dirbās mawlā Ibn ʿAbbās.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L141-L144 · agreesRijāl of Ibn Kathīr: Dirbās.
Ibn Kathīr al-Makkīابن كثير المكيc. 738two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Ibn Kathīr al-Makkī to Abū ʿAmr b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Baṣrī · Two independent sources
Abū ʿAmr read to Ibn Kathīr (listed among his teachers); the Nashr quotes al-Aṣmaʿī that Abū ʿAmr completed a recitation to Ibn Kathīr after Mujāhid.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3360-3364Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3061-3063Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L8113 · agrees (not independent)Entry: read to ʿAbdallāh b. Kathīr.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L1193 · agreesEntry: read at Mecca to Ibn Kathīr among others.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L145-L151 · agreesRijāl of Abū ʿAmr: ʿAbdallāh b. Kathīr.
Abū ʿAmr b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Baṣrīأبو عمرو بن العلاءc. 771
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · The Prophet Muhammad to Zayd b. Thābit · Two independent sources
Ibn al-Jazarī: the Companion read the Qurʾān to the Messenger of God (the isnād ends here in each chain).
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 2836-2840Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L8309 · agrees (not independent)Entry: he read the Qurʾān to the Prophet.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L272 · agreesListed among the first ṭabaqa, those who read to the Messenger of God.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L141-L144 · agreesRijāl of Ibn Kathīr: Ibn ʿAbbās from Ubayy and Zayd, from the Prophet.
Zayd b. Thābitزيد بن ثابت665two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Zayd b. Thābit to ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās · Two independent sources
Ibn ʿAbbās read to Ubayy b. Kaʿb and to Zayd b. Thābit.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 2834-2837Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L11895 · agrees (not independent)Entry: presented to Ubayy and Zayd.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L371 · silentEntry does not state this link.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L141-L144 · agreesRijāl of Ibn Kathīr: Ibn ʿAbbās from Ubayy and Zayd.
ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbāsعبد الله بن عباس687two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās to Dirbās, client of Ibn ʿAbbās · Two independent sources
Dirbās read to his patron Ibn ʿAbbās, who read to Ubayy and Zayd (see the Nāfiʿ line).
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3049-3052Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L7835 · agrees (not independent)Entry: presented to his master Ibn ʿAbbās.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L985 · agreesIbn Kathīr entry: Dirbās mawlā Ibn ʿAbbās.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L141-L144 · agreesRijāl of Ibn Kathīr: Dirbās took from Ibn ʿAbbās.
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Dirbās, client of Ibn ʿAbbās to Ibn Kathīr al-Makkī · Two independent sources
Ibn Kathīr read to Dirbās.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3046-3049Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L12353 · agrees (not independent)Entry: also read to Dirbās.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L985 · agreesEntry: read to Dirbās mawlā Ibn ʿAbbās.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L141-L144 · agreesRijāl of Ibn Kathīr: Dirbās.
Ibn Kathīr al-Makkīابن كثير المكيc. 738two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Ibn Kathīr al-Makkī to Abū ʿAmr b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Baṣrī · Two independent sources
Abū ʿAmr read to Ibn Kathīr (listed among his teachers); the Nashr quotes al-Aṣmaʿī that Abū ʿAmr completed a recitation to Ibn Kathīr after Mujāhid.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3360-3364Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3061-3063Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L8113 · agrees (not independent)Entry: read to ʿAbdallāh b. Kathīr.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L1193 · agreesEntry: read at Mecca to Ibn Kathīr among others.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L145-L151 · agreesRijāl of Abū ʿAmr: ʿAbdallāh b. Kathīr.
Abū ʿAmr b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Baṣrīأبو عمرو بن العلاءc. 771
Route 3 of 3: Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · The Prophet Muhammad to Ubayy b. Kaʿb · Two independent sources
Ibn al-Jazarī: the Companion read the Qurʾān to the Messenger of God (the isnād ends here in each chain).
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 2836-2840Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L789 · agrees (not independent)Entry: he read the Qurʾān to the Prophet.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L193 · agreesEntry: he read the Qurʾān to the Prophet.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L136-L140 · agreesRijāl of Nāfiʿ: chain ends Ubayy, then the Prophet.
Ubayy b. Kaʿbأبي بن كعب654two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Ubayy b. Kaʿb to ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Sāʾib al-Makhzūmī · Two independent sources
ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Sāʾib read to Ubayy b. Kaʿb and ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3049-3052Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L11740 · agrees (not independent)Entry: read to Ubayy.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L393 · agreesEntry: read to Ubayy.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L141-L144 · agreesRijāl of Ibn Kathīr: ʿAbdallāh took from Ubayy himself.
ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Sāʾib al-Makhzūmīعبد الله بن السائب689two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Sāʾib al-Makhzūmī to Ibn Kathīr al-Makkī · Two independent sources
Ibn Kathīr read to ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Sāʾib, to Mujāhid b. Jabr and to Dirbās, client of Ibn ʿAbbās.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3046-3049Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L12353 · agrees (not independent)Entry: read to ʿAbdallāh b. al-Sāʾib per al-Dānī; al-Hamadhānī doubts it.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L985 · agreesEntry: read to ʿAbdallāh b. al-Sāʾib, Mujāhid and Dirbās.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L141-L144 · agreesRijāl of Ibn Kathīr: first of three.
Ibn Kathīr al-Makkīابن كثير المكيc. 738two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Ibn Kathīr al-Makkī to Abū ʿAmr b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Baṣrī · Two independent sources
Abū ʿAmr read to Ibn Kathīr (listed among his teachers); the Nashr quotes al-Aṣmaʿī that Abū ʿAmr completed a recitation to Ibn Kathīr after Mujāhid.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3360-3364Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3061-3063Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L8113 · agrees (not independent)Entry: read to ʿAbdallāh b. Kathīr.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L1193 · agreesEntry: read at Mecca to Ibn Kathīr among others.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L145-L151 · agreesRijāl of Abū ʿAmr: ʿAbdallāh b. Kathīr.
Abū ʿAmr b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Baṣrīأبو عمرو بن العلاءc. 771
How to read the marks
- Two sources: a solid rule. Two independent references give the same link.
- One source: a lighter rule, so labelled.
- The community's own account: a dotted rule. The order tells it; we have not yet read it against a reference source.
- A gap in the rule: the sources omit names between the two. The label says which.
- The sources differ: tap the ≠ to read each reading with its source.
- A ring: a spiritual link, without a meeting (uwaysī).
Who received from Abū ʿAmr b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Baṣrī
2 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Salām b. Sulaymān al-Ṭawīlسلام الطويل
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Abū ʿAmr b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Baṣrī to Salām b. Sulaymān al-Ṭawīl · Two independent sources
Salām read to Abū ʿAmr (see above).
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4671-4674Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L8678 · agrees (not independent)Entry: ʿarḍ from Abū ʿAmr.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L1723 · agreesEntry: read to Abū ʿAmr.
- Yaḥyā b. al-Mubārak al-Yazīdīاليزيدي817
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Abū ʿAmr b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Baṣrī to Yaḥyā b. al-Mubārak al-Yazīdī · Two independent sources
al-Sūsī and al-Dūrī read to Yaḥyā al-Yazīdī, who read to Abū ʿAmr; Ibn al-Jazarī counts them as Abū ʿAmr's two rāwīs.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3357-3360Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L27324 · agrees (not independent)Entry: read to Abū ʿAmr and was his successor in teaching it.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L1193 · agreesAbū ʿAmr entry lists Yaḥyā b. al-Mubārak al-Yazīdī among his readers.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L70-L135 · agreesDānī: al-Dūrī and al-Sūsī transmitted from al-Yazīdī (on Abū ʿAmr).
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Abū ʿAmr b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Baṣrī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/abu-amr (data of 31 October 2026).