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 العباس المرسي
Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Mursī
Died 685/1287 · Alexandria
Khalīfa and successor of al-Shādhilī
Sources for this person
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (2 entries)
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 2, the best-sourced: Shādhiliyya. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī al-ʿAṭṭār al-Zayyātعبد الرحمن المدني العطار الزيات
the community's own accountin Shādhiliyyasources differ
initiation · ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī al-ʿAṭṭār al-Zayyāt to ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīsh · The community's own account
Listed in the order's own silsila as relayed by Wikipedia from shazuli.com; the order's own page was not read.
Wikipedia, Shadhili (relays the chain from shazuli.com 'Spiritual Genealogy'; tertiary)Not yet checked against a further reference.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Some versions of the order's chain are shorter: Hasan, Jābir, Saʿīd al-Ghazwānī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī, Ibn Mashīsh (per order-affiliated blogs); another list runs Nūr al-Dīn ʿAlī, Fakhr al-Dīn, Taqī al-Dīn al-Fuqayr, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān.the community's own account: Golden Chain of the Shadhiliyyah (order-affiliated blog)
ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīshعبد السلام بن مشيش1227two sourcesin Shādhiliyya
initiation · ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīsh to Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī · Two independent sources
TDV calls Ibn Mashīsh al-Shādhilī's murshid, by whose command he went to Ifrīqiya.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, ŞâzeliyyeWikipedia, 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#L3018-3020, L3050-3060 · agreesIbn Mashīsh's most eminent disciple was al-Shādhilī, who found him in Fez; Ibn Mashīsh d. 625/1228.
Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilīأبو الحسن الشاذلي1258two sourcesin Shādhiliyya
initiation · Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī to Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Mursī · Two independent sources
TDV: al-Mursī is al-Shādhilī's khalīfa and heir to his station.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, ŞâzeliyyeChecked against
- Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 664-665 · agreesJāmī: al-Mursī was a disciple of Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī.
Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Mursīأبو العباس المرسي1287
Other routes (1)
Route 2 of 2: Shādhiliyya
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī al-ʿAṭṭār al-Zayyātعبد الرحمن المدني العطار الزيات
the community's own accountin Shādhiliyyasources differ
initiation · ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī al-ʿAṭṭār al-Zayyāt to ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīsh · The community's own account
Listed in the order's own silsila as relayed by Wikipedia from shazuli.com; the order's own page was not read.
Wikipedia, Shadhili (relays the chain from shazuli.com 'Spiritual Genealogy'; tertiary)Not yet checked against a further reference.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Some versions of the order's chain are shorter: Hasan, Jābir, Saʿīd al-Ghazwānī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī, Ibn Mashīsh (per order-affiliated blogs); another list runs Nūr al-Dīn ʿAlī, Fakhr al-Dīn, Taqī al-Dīn al-Fuqayr, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān.the community's own account: Golden Chain of the Shadhiliyyah (order-affiliated blog)
ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīshعبد السلام بن مشيش1227two sourcesin Shādhiliyya
initiation · ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīsh to Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī · Two independent sources
TDV calls Ibn Mashīsh al-Shādhilī's murshid, by whose command he went to Ifrīqiya.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, ŞâzeliyyeWikipedia, 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#L3018-3020, L3050-3060 · agreesIbn Mashīsh's most eminent disciple was al-Shādhilī, who found him in Fez; Ibn Mashīsh d. 625/1228.
Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilīأبو الحسن الشاذلي1258two sourcesin Shādhiliyya
initiation · Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī to Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Mursī · Two independent sources
TDV: al-Mursī is al-Shādhilī's khalīfa and heir to his station.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, ŞâzeliyyeChecked against
- Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 664-665 · agreesJāmī: al-Mursī was a disciple of Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī.
Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Mursīأبو العباس المرسي1287
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 l-ʿAbbās al-Mursī
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh al-Iskandarīابن عطاء الله السكندري
one sourcein Shādhiliyya
initiation · Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Mursī to Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh al-Iskandarī · One source
TDV: Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh is the third murshid after al-Mursī.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, ŞâzeliyyeNot yet checked against a further reference.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Mursī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/al-mursi (data of 31 October 2026).