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 مدين شعيب
Abū Madyan Shuʿayb
Died 590/1194
Maghribī master; Ibn Mashīsh is listed as his disciple in secondary sources
Sources for this person
The chain up to the Prophet
No chain up to the Prophet is recorded for this person in the sources read.
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 Madyan Shuʿayb
5 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Muḥammad b. ʿAlī, al-Faqīh al-Muqaddamالفقيه المقدم محمد بن علي1255
two sourcesin Bā ʿAlawiyya (Ṭarīqa ʿAlawiyya of Ḥaḍramawt)omits: a deputy or transmitter between Abū Madyan and Muḥammad b. ʿAlī (named in the order's account as Muḥammad al-Faqīh or ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Muqʿad; Trimingham says "deriving from"). Ho (pp. 41-42) names the chain: al-Muqʿad, then ʿAbd Allāh al-Maghribī.sources differ
gave the khirqa · Abū Madyan Shuʿayb to Muḥammad b. ʿAlī, al-Faqīh al-Muqaddam · Two independent sources
The order's own account (al-ʿAydarūs, al-Silsila al-quddūsiyya, as cited in TDV Amûdiyye) has Abū Madyan send his deputy Muḥammad al-Faqīh to Ḥaḍramawt to invest friends with the khirqa; TDV Bâ Alevî says only that Muḥammad b. ʿAlī admired Abū Madyan. The envoy name ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Muqʿad, given in later tellings, was not found in the sources read.
TDV, 'Amûdiyye' (Nihat Azamat, 1991)TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)Checked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L927-931 · differsMuḥammad b. ʿAlī was "initiated into the Way deriving from Abū Madyan Shuʿayb", not by him; born 574/1178.
- Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (summaries in this reader), pp. 612–615 · agreesJāmī gives Abū Madyan's death as 590/1194, when Muḥammad b. ʿAlī (b. 574) was about sixteen.
- Ho, The Graves of Tarim (University of California Press, 2006), ch. 2, pp. 41-42 · agreesAbū Madyan sent ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Muqʿad, who died at Mecca; ʿAbd Allāh al-Maghribī then invested the First Jurist with the khirqa as Abū Madyan's deputy.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- TDV Amûdiyye cites the Silsila quddūsiyya: Abū Madyan told his deputy Muḥammad al-Faqīh to go to Ḥaḍramawt; he fell ill in Mecca and sent his student ʿAbd Allāh al-Ṣāliḥ, through whom Abū ʿĪsā al-ʿAmūdī joined. TDV does not say here that this Muḥammad al-Faqīh is Muḥammad b. ʿAlī.TDV, 'Amûdiyye' (Nihat Azamat, 1991)
- TDV Bâ Alevî mentions Muḥammad b. ʿAlī's admiration for Abū Madyan and no khirqa or envoys.TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)
- Harīrīzāde (Tibyān) repeats the story but found no chain for the Amūdiyya; al-Zabīdī gives a chain via ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-Marzūqī (both as reported in TDV Amûdiyye).TDV, 'Amûdiyye' (Nihat Azamat, 1991)
- Trimingham (1971, p. 15 n. 1): Muḥammad b. ʿAlī was initiated into the Way deriving from Abū Madyan Shuʿayb and is said to have been the first to introduce Sufi discipline (tahkīm) into Ḥaḍramawt; dates 574/1178-653/1255. Jāmī (pp. 612–615) dates Abū Madyan's death 590.Trimingham 1971; Jami, Nafahat al-uns
- Ho (2006, p. 41): Abū Madyan's student al-Muqʿad died in Mecca; before dying he instructed ʿAbd Allāh al-Maghribī to invest the First Jurist with the cloak and appoint him (takhkīm) as representative of Abū Madyan's pathway.Ho, The Graves of Tarim (University of California Press, 2006), ch. 2, p. 41
- Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad b. Ḥarāzimابن حرازم1236
one sourcein Shādhiliyya
companionship (ṣuḥba) · Abū Madyan Shuʿayb to Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad b. Ḥarāzim · One source
Wikipedia: Ibn Ḥarāzim was Abū Madyan's pupil.
Wikipedia, Abu Abdallah ibn Harzihim (tertiary; seen only in summary)Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3051 · agreesIbn Ḥarāzim (d. 633/1236) a pupil of Abū Madyan.
- ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīshعبد السلام بن مشيش1227
one sourcein Shādhiliyyasources differ
gave the khirqa · Abū Madyan Shuʿayb to ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīsh · One source
Wikipedia, citing EI² (Le Tourneau), lists Ibn Mashīsh as Abū Madyan's disciple (instructions followed at Bejaïa); TDV Şâzeliyye does not state this link. The khirqa transmission and Abū Yaʿzā's place were not confirmed in any open source reached; V. Cornell, The Way of Abū Madyan, is the specialist lead (not read).
Wikipedia, Abd al-Salam ibn Mashish (cites EI² Le Tourneau, 'ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mas̲h̲īs̲h̲', vol. I p. 91; tertiary)Checked against
- Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3017-3019 · agreesAbū Madyan's Way was perpetuated through his pupil Ibn Mashīsh (d. 625/1228).
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- TDV Şâzeliyye names no Abū Madyan link for the chain and mentions Abū Madyan only as the subject of a qaṣīda commentary by Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh and Ibn ʿArabī.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Şâzeliyye
- ʿAbd Allāh b. Asʿad al-Yāfiʿīعبد الله اليافعي1367
one sourcein Niʿmatullāhiyyaomits: the Egyptian-branch intermediaries between Abū Madyan (d. c. 1197) and al-Yāfiʿī (d. 1367), unnamed in Trimingham
gave the khirqa · Abū Madyan Shuʿayb to ʿAbd Allāh b. Asʿad al-Yāfiʿī · One source
Trimingham: al-Yāfiʿī (1298-1367) traced his mystical ancestry to Abū Madyan, through the Egyptian branch.
Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), local .txt, Ni'matullahiyya, pp. 101-102Checked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), local .txt, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L5848 · agrees'Abdallah al-Yafi'i ... traced his mystical ancestry to Abu Madyan (Egyptian branch).
- nimatullahi.org Masters, page · silentNames al-Yāfiʿī as Shah Nimatullah's master; no earlier chain.
- ʿAbd Allāh al-Ṣāliḥ al-Maghribīعبد الله الصالح المغربي
the community's own accountin Bā ʿAlawiyya (Ṭarīqa ʿAlawiyya of Ḥaḍramawt)omits: Muḥammad al-Faqīh, the deputy who in the Amūdiyya account (TDV) delegates the mission to ʿAbd Allāh al-Ṣāliḥ; the atlas link runs Abū Madyan to ʿAbd Allāh directly. omits (per Ho): ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Muqʿad.sources differ
gave the khirqa · Abū Madyan Shuʿayb to ʿAbd Allāh al-Ṣāliḥ al-Maghribī · The community's own account
In the Amūdiyya account the khirqa mission passes from Muḥammad al-Faqīh to his student ʿAbd Allāh al-Ṣāliḥ; ʿAbd Allāh is named as teacher of the Amūdī, not stated as teacher of Muḥammad b. ʿAlī.
TDV, 'Amûdiyye' (Nihat Azamat, 1991)Checked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L927-931 · silentTrimingham names no ʿAbd Allāh al-Ṣāliḥ.
- Ho, The Graves of Tarim (University of California Press, 2006), ch. 2, p. 41 · differsHo makes al-Maghribī a student of al-Muqʿad's mission, instructed by al-Muqʿad, not a direct student of Abū Madyan.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Ho (2006, p. 41): ʿAbd Allāh al-Maghribī was instructed by Abū Madyan's student al-Muqʿad before the latter's death at Mecca.Ho, The Graves of Tarim (University of California Press, 2006), ch. 2, p. 41
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Abū Madyan Shuʿayb”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/abu-madyan (data of 31 October 2026).