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 موسى الأشعري
Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī
Died 42/662-63 (sources differ) · Basra
Companion of the Prophet, named in Ibn al-Jazarī's isnād to the Prophet
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 1, 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 Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī · 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 3372-3377Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L12334 · agrees (not independent)Entry: he presented his reading to the Prophet.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L302 · agreesListed among the first ṭabaqa, those who read to the Messenger of God.
Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarīأبو موسى الأشعري662
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 Mūsā al-Ashʿarī
2 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Abū Rajāʾ ʿImrān b. Milḥān al-ʿUṭāridīأبو رجاء العطاردي
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī to Abū Rajāʾ ʿImrān b. Milḥān al-ʿUṭāridī · Two independent sources
Abū Rajāʾ read to Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī, who read to the Prophet.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4684-4687Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L16587 · agrees (not independent)Entry: "talaqqana" (took) from Abū Mūsā; ʿarḍ to Ibn ʿAbbās.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L542 · agreesEntry: "talaqqana" from Abū Mūsā; ʿarḍ to Ibn ʿAbbās. Not a formal reading.
- Ḥiṭṭān b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Raqāshīحطان بن عبد الله الرقاشي
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī to Ḥiṭṭān b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Raqāshī · Two independent sources
Ḥiṭṭān read to Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3366-3368Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L7043 · agrees (not independent)Entry: read to Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L420 · agreesEntry: read to Abū Mūsā.
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L12334 · agrees (not independent)Abū Mūsā entry: Ḥiṭṭān read to him.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/abu-musa-ashari (data of 31 October 2026).