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Chains of transmission from the Prophet, read as the sources give them.
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.

علي العجمي

ʿAlī al-ʿAjamī

In the Wāsiṭī chain (as TDV names him)

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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.

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  2. two sourcesthis step is recorded in Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings, not in Rifāʿiyya

    read the Qurʾān to · The Prophet Muhammad to ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib · 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 3917-3922

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    ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālibعلي بن أبي طالب661
  3. one sourcein Rifāʿiyyaomits: the Imams from al-Ḥusayn to ʿAlī al-Riḍā, Maʿrūf al-Karkhī, Sarī al-Saqaṭī (Trimingham App. A chart).

    initiation · ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib to al-Junayd al-Baghdādī · One source

    TDV's Rifāʿī silsila ends at ʿAlī through al-Junayd (the order's own account as TDV reports it; both chains share this step).

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1956-1958 · agreesThe Baghdad lines go back through al-Junayd to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī and Sarī al-Saqaṭī.
    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 · agreesAppendix A chart: ʿAlī, then the Imams to al-Riḍā, Maʿrūf, Sarī, al-Junayd.
    al-Junayd al-Baghdādīالجنيد البغدادي909
  4. two sourcesin Rifāʿiyya

    companionship (ṣuḥba) · al-Junayd al-Baghdādī to al-Shiblī · Two independent sources

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: Junayd → Shiblī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    al-Shiblīالشبلي946
  5. the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya

    initiation · al-Shiblī to ʿAlī al-ʿAjamī · The community's own account

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: Shiblī → ʿAlī al-ʿAjamī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13843-13848 · silentTrimingham (via Taqī al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī) says only that ʿAlī Abū l-Faḍl al-Wāsiṭī is linked to al-Junayd "along recognized lines"; no names.
    ʿAlī al-ʿAjamīعلي العجمي
Other routes (2)

Route 2 of 3: Rifāʿiyya

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Sarī al-Saqaṭīسري السقطي867
  4. two sourcesthis step is recorded in Qādiriyya, not in Rifāʿiyya

    companionship (ṣuḥba) · Sarī al-Saqaṭī to al-Junayd al-Baghdādī · Two independent sources

    TDV: Sarī was the teacher of al-Junayd.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Ma'rûf-i Kerhî'

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    • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L1592 · agreesJunayd accompanied al-Sarī al-Saqaṭī and al-Muḥāsibī.
    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L154129 · agreesJunayd heard from and accompanied Sarī.
    • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · agreesJunayd took the path from Sarī.
    • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 89-92 · agreesSarī named among Junayd's companions.
    al-Junayd al-Baghdādīالجنيد البغدادي909
  5. two sourcesin Rifāʿiyya

    companionship (ṣuḥba) · al-Junayd al-Baghdādī to al-Shiblī · Two independent sources

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: Junayd → Shiblī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    al-Shiblīالشبلي946
  6. the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya

    initiation · al-Shiblī to ʿAlī al-ʿAjamī · The community's own account

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: Shiblī → ʿAlī al-ʿAjamī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13843-13848 · silentTrimingham (via Taqī al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī) says only that ʿAlī Abū l-Faḍl al-Wāsiṭī is linked to al-Junayd "along recognized lines"; no names.
    ʿAlī al-ʿAjamīعلي العجمي

Route 3 of 3: Rifāʿiyya

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Sarī al-Saqaṭīسري السقطي867
  4. two sourcesthis step is recorded in Qādiriyya, not in Rifāʿiyya

    companionship (ṣuḥba) · Sarī al-Saqaṭī to al-Junayd al-Baghdādī · Two independent sources

    TDV: Sarī was the teacher of al-Junayd.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Ma'rûf-i Kerhî'

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    • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L1592 · agreesJunayd accompanied al-Sarī al-Saqaṭī and al-Muḥāsibī.
    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L154129 · agreesJunayd heard from and accompanied Sarī.
    • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · agreesJunayd took the path from Sarī.
    • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 89-92 · agreesSarī named among Junayd's companions.
    al-Junayd al-Baghdādīالجنيد البغدادي909
  5. two sourcesin Rifāʿiyya

    companionship (ṣuḥba) · al-Junayd al-Baghdādī to al-Shiblī · Two independent sources

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: Junayd → Shiblī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    al-Shiblīالشبلي946
  6. the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya

    initiation · al-Shiblī to ʿAlī al-ʿAjamī · The community's own account

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: Shiblī → ʿAlī al-ʿAjamī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13843-13848 · silentTrimingham (via Taqī al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī) says only that ʿAlī Abū l-Faḍl al-Wāsiṭī is linked to al-Junayd "along recognized lines"; no names.
    ʿAlī al-ʿAjamīعلي العجمي
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 ʿAlī al-ʿAjamī

1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.

  • Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārīأبو علي الروذباري934
    the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya

    initiation · ʿAlī al-ʿAjamī to Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī · The community's own account

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: al-ʿAjamī → Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13843-13848 · silentNo intermediate names are given in Trimingham's summary of the Tiryāq.

How to cite

Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “ʿAlī al-ʿAjamī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/ali-ajami (data of 31 October 2026).