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 سعيد النجار
Abū Saʿīd al-Najjār
In the Baṭāʾiḥī chain
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: Rifāʿiyya. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Abū Muḥammad Ruwaym al-Baghdādīأبو محمد رويم البغدادي
the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya
initiation · Abū Muḥammad Ruwaym al-Baghdādī to Abū l-Qāsim al-Sundūsī (al-Sundurūsī) · The community's own account
Chain via Aḥmad's uncle, as TDV gives it: Ruwaym → al-Sundūsī.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'Checked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13846-13850 · silentTrimingham's Manṣūr chains do not name al-Sundūsī.
Abū l-Qāsim al-Sundūsī (al-Sundurūsī)أبو القاسم السندوسيthe community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya
initiation · Abū l-Qāsim al-Sundūsī (al-Sundurūsī) to Abū ʿAlī al-Karmazī · The community's own account
Chain via Aḥmad's uncle, as TDV gives it: al-Sundūsī → al-Karmazī.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'Checked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13846-13850 · silentTrimingham's Manṣūr chains do not name al-Karmazī.
Abū ʿAlī al-Karmazīأبو علي الكرمزيthe community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya
initiation · Abū ʿAlī al-Karmazī to Abū Saʿīd al-Najjār · The community's own account
Chain via Aḥmad's uncle, as TDV gives it: al-Karmazī → Abū Saʿīd al-Najjār.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'Checked against
- al-Shaʿrānī, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā (= Lawāqiḥ al-anwār, OpenITI), 0973CabdWahhabShacrani.LawaqihAnwar.JK009301-ara1#L5788-5790 · differsShaʿrānī gives Manṣūr al-Baṭāʾiḥī's own shaykh as Muḥammad al-Shunbukī and does not name al-Najjār.
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3136-3142 · differsTrimingham: the Shunbukiyya-Wafāʾiyya silsila is one of those to which Ibn al-Rifāʿī was connected.
Abū Saʿīd al-Najjārأبو سعيد النجار
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: Rifāʿiyya
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Abū Muḥammad Ruwaym al-Baghdādīأبو محمد رويم البغدادي
the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya
initiation · Abū Muḥammad Ruwaym al-Baghdādī to Abū l-Qāsim al-Sundūsī (al-Sundurūsī) · The community's own account
Chain via Aḥmad's uncle, as TDV gives it: Ruwaym → al-Sundūsī.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'Checked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13846-13850 · silentTrimingham's Manṣūr chains do not name al-Sundūsī.
Abū l-Qāsim al-Sundūsī (al-Sundurūsī)أبو القاسم السندوسيthe community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya
initiation · Abū l-Qāsim al-Sundūsī (al-Sundurūsī) to Abū ʿAlī al-Karmazī · The community's own account
Chain via Aḥmad's uncle, as TDV gives it: al-Sundūsī → al-Karmazī.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'Checked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13846-13850 · silentTrimingham's Manṣūr chains do not name al-Karmazī.
Abū ʿAlī al-Karmazīأبو علي الكرمزيthe community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya
initiation · Abū ʿAlī al-Karmazī to Abū Saʿīd al-Najjār · The community's own account
Chain via Aḥmad's uncle, as TDV gives it: al-Karmazī → Abū Saʿīd al-Najjār.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'Checked against
- al-Shaʿrānī, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā (= Lawāqiḥ al-anwār, OpenITI), 0973CabdWahhabShacrani.LawaqihAnwar.JK009301-ara1#L5788-5790 · differsShaʿrānī gives Manṣūr al-Baṭāʾiḥī's own shaykh as Muḥammad al-Shunbukī and does not name al-Najjār.
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3136-3142 · differsTrimingham: the Shunbukiyya-Wafāʾiyya silsila is one of those to which Ibn al-Rifāʿī was connected.
Abū Saʿīd al-Najjārأبو سعيد النجار
Route 3 of 3: Rifāʿiyya
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Abū Muḥammad Ruwaym al-Baghdādīأبو محمد رويم البغدادي
the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya
initiation · Abū Muḥammad Ruwaym al-Baghdādī to Abū l-Qāsim al-Sundūsī (al-Sundurūsī) · The community's own account
Chain via Aḥmad's uncle, as TDV gives it: Ruwaym → al-Sundūsī.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'Checked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13846-13850 · silentTrimingham's Manṣūr chains do not name al-Sundūsī.
Abū l-Qāsim al-Sundūsī (al-Sundurūsī)أبو القاسم السندوسيthe community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya
initiation · Abū l-Qāsim al-Sundūsī (al-Sundurūsī) to Abū ʿAlī al-Karmazī · The community's own account
Chain via Aḥmad's uncle, as TDV gives it: al-Sundūsī → al-Karmazī.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'Checked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13846-13850 · silentTrimingham's Manṣūr chains do not name al-Karmazī.
Abū ʿAlī al-Karmazīأبو علي الكرمزيthe community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya
initiation · Abū ʿAlī al-Karmazī to Abū Saʿīd al-Najjār · The community's own account
Chain via Aḥmad's uncle, as TDV gives it: al-Karmazī → Abū Saʿīd al-Najjār.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'Checked against
- al-Shaʿrānī, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā (= Lawāqiḥ al-anwār, OpenITI), 0973CabdWahhabShacrani.LawaqihAnwar.JK009301-ara1#L5788-5790 · differsShaʿrānī gives Manṣūr al-Baṭāʾiḥī's own shaykh as Muḥammad al-Shunbukī and does not name al-Najjār.
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3136-3142 · differsTrimingham: the Shunbukiyya-Wafāʾiyya silsila is one of those to which Ibn al-Rifāʿī was connected.
Abū Saʿīd al-Najjārأبو سعيد النجار
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 Saʿīd al-Najjār
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Abū Manṣūr al-Ṭayyibأبو منصور الطيب
the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya
initiation · Abū Saʿīd al-Najjār to Abū Manṣūr al-Ṭayyib · The community's own account
Chain via Aḥmad's uncle, as TDV gives it: Abū Saʿīd al-Najjār → Abū Manṣūr al-Ṭayyib.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'Checked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13846-13850 · silentTrimingham's Manṣūr chains do not name Abū Saʿīd al-Najjār or Abū Manṣūr al-Ṭayyib.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Abū Saʿīd al-Najjār”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/abu-said-najjar (data of 31 October 2026).