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Chains of transmission from the Prophet, read as the sources give them.
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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 محمد علي الحريري البصروي

Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī b. Abī l-Ḥasan (of Busra)

Died 645/1247-48

Disciple of Abū l-Ḥasan al-Ḥarīrī; died at Busra in the Ḥawrān. Trimingham makes him the man through whom the Rifāʿiyya spread into Syria, with no kinship to Aḥmad stated. TDV says authors conflated him with Abū l-Ḥasan because of the name.

Sources for this person

Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), p. 39 n. 8 and App. H

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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
  3. Abū l-Faḍl ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭīأبو الفضل علي الواسطي
  4. two sourcesin Rifāʿiyya

    gave the khirqa · Abū l-Faḍl ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭī to Aḥmad al-Rifāʿī · Two independent sources

    TDV: al-Wāsiṭī taught Aḥmad, gave him ijāza and his cloak (hırka).

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Ahmed er-Rifâî'TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2285-2288 · agreesAḥmad's shaykh al-suhba, who invested him with his first khirqa, was ʿAlī Abū l-Faḍl al-Qārī al-Wāsiṭī.
    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13843-13846 · agreesTaqī al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī: his first initiator ʿAlī Abū l-Faḍl al-Qārī al-Wāsiṭī is linked to al-Junayd.
    Aḥmad al-Rifāʿīأحمد الرفاعي1182
  5. one sourcein Rifāʿiyyasources differ

    family descent · Aḥmad al-Rifāʿī to Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī · One source

    TDV: al-Ḥarīrī (d. 620/1223) was a grandson through a daughter and the first Rifāʿī shaykh in Syria.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    • TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/rifaiyye, branch 1 "Harîriyye" · agreesTDV: Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī (d. 620/1223) was Aḥmad's grandson through a daughter and founded the Ḥarīriyya.
    • Ibn Khallikan, Wafayat al-aʿyan (OpenITI), 0681IbnKhallikan.WafayatAcyan.Shamela0001000-ara1#L2862-2866 · differsIbn Khallikan: Aḥmad had no issue; descendants are through his brother.
    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2386-2389 · silentTrimingham names only Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī, d. Busra 645/1248, who spread the order into Syria; no kinship is stated.

    Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

    • Two men of the same name are in the record. TDV (Rifâiyye, branch 1) separates Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī (d. 620/1223, a grandson of Aḥmad through a daughter, founder of the Ḥarīriyya) from his disciple Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī b. Abī l-Ḥasan (d. 645/1247), and says some authors mixed them up. Trimingham (1971, p. 39 and App. H) knows only the second, d. Busra 645/1248, and states no kinship. The first pass gave the second man's role under the first man's dates.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'
    Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrīأبو الحسن علي الحريري1223
  6. the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya

    companionship (ṣuḥba) · Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī to Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī b. Abī l-Ḥasan (of Busra) · The community's own account

    TDV (Rifâiyye, branch 1): Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī b. Abī l-Ḥasan is listed among the disciples of Abū l-Ḥasan al-Ḥarīrī. Recorded separately because the sources distinguish the two men.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2386-2389; L14513-14515 · silentTrimingham knows Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī of Busra, d. 645/1248, and the Ḥarīriyya, but names no teacher.
    Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī b. Abī l-Ḥasan (of Busra)أبو محمد علي الحريري البصروي1247
Other routes (2)

Route 2 of 3: Rifāʿiyya

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Manṣūr al-Baṭāʾiḥīمنصور البطائحي
  4. two sourcesin Rifāʿiyya

    gave the khirqa · Manṣūr al-Baṭāʾiḥī to Aḥmad al-Rifāʿī · Two independent sources

    TDV: Manṣūr, Aḥmad's maternal uncle, gave him the caliphate and the title shaykh al-shuyūkh; the Umm ʿAbīda lodge was placed under him in 540/1145-46.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Ahmed er-Rifâî'TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2286-2290 · agreesMaternal uncle Manṣūr al-Baṭāʾiḥī (d. 540/1145) gave him the khirqa in his 27th year, then the mashyakha before his death.
    • al-Shaʿrānī, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā (= Lawāqiḥ al-anwār, OpenITI), 0973CabdWahhabShacrani.LawaqihAnwar.JK009301-ara1#L5788 · agreesShaʿrānī: Manṣūr al-Baṭāʾiḥī is Aḥmad b. al-Rifāʿī's maternal uncle and Aḥmad trained in his company.
    Aḥmad al-Rifāʿīأحمد الرفاعي1182
  5. one sourcein Rifāʿiyyasources differ

    family descent · Aḥmad al-Rifāʿī to Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī · One source

    TDV: al-Ḥarīrī (d. 620/1223) was a grandson through a daughter and the first Rifāʿī shaykh in Syria.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    • TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/rifaiyye, branch 1 "Harîriyye" · agreesTDV: Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī (d. 620/1223) was Aḥmad's grandson through a daughter and founded the Ḥarīriyya.
    • Ibn Khallikan, Wafayat al-aʿyan (OpenITI), 0681IbnKhallikan.WafayatAcyan.Shamela0001000-ara1#L2862-2866 · differsIbn Khallikan: Aḥmad had no issue; descendants are through his brother.
    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2386-2389 · silentTrimingham names only Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī, d. Busra 645/1248, who spread the order into Syria; no kinship is stated.

    Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

    • Two men of the same name are in the record. TDV (Rifâiyye, branch 1) separates Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī (d. 620/1223, a grandson of Aḥmad through a daughter, founder of the Ḥarīriyya) from his disciple Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī b. Abī l-Ḥasan (d. 645/1247), and says some authors mixed them up. Trimingham (1971, p. 39 and App. H) knows only the second, d. Busra 645/1248, and states no kinship. The first pass gave the second man's role under the first man's dates.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'
    Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrīأبو الحسن علي الحريري1223
  6. the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya

    companionship (ṣuḥba) · Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī to Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī b. Abī l-Ḥasan (of Busra) · The community's own account

    TDV (Rifâiyye, branch 1): Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī b. Abī l-Ḥasan is listed among the disciples of Abū l-Ḥasan al-Ḥarīrī. Recorded separately because the sources distinguish the two men.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    Checked against

    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2386-2389; L14513-14515 · silentTrimingham knows Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī of Busra, d. 645/1248, and the Ḥarīriyya, but names no teacher.
    Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī b. Abī l-Ḥasan (of Busra)أبو محمد علي الحريري البصروي1247

Route 3 of 3: Rifāʿiyya

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Abū l-Faḍl ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭīأبو الفضل علي الواسطي
  4. two sourcesin Rifāʿiyya

    gave the khirqa · Abū l-Faḍl ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭī to Aḥmad al-Rifāʿī · Two independent sources

    TDV: al-Wāsiṭī taught Aḥmad, gave him ijāza and his cloak (hırka).

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Ahmed er-Rifâî'TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

    Suggest a correction

    Checked against

    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2285-2288 · agreesAḥmad's shaykh al-suhba, who invested him with his first khirqa, was ʿAlī Abū l-Faḍl al-Qārī al-Wāsiṭī.
    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13843-13846 · agreesTaqī al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī: his first initiator ʿAlī Abū l-Faḍl al-Qārī al-Wāsiṭī is linked to al-Junayd.
    Aḥmad al-Rifāʿīأحمد الرفاعي1182
  5. one sourcein Rifāʿiyyasources differ

    family descent · Aḥmad al-Rifāʿī to Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī · One source

    TDV: al-Ḥarīrī (d. 620/1223) was a grandson through a daughter and the first Rifāʿī shaykh in Syria.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    • TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/rifaiyye, branch 1 "Harîriyye" · agreesTDV: Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī (d. 620/1223) was Aḥmad's grandson through a daughter and founded the Ḥarīriyya.
    • Ibn Khallikan, Wafayat al-aʿyan (OpenITI), 0681IbnKhallikan.WafayatAcyan.Shamela0001000-ara1#L2862-2866 · differsIbn Khallikan: Aḥmad had no issue; descendants are through his brother.
    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2386-2389 · silentTrimingham names only Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī, d. Busra 645/1248, who spread the order into Syria; no kinship is stated.

    Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

    • Two men of the same name are in the record. TDV (Rifâiyye, branch 1) separates Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī (d. 620/1223, a grandson of Aḥmad through a daughter, founder of the Ḥarīriyya) from his disciple Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī b. Abī l-Ḥasan (d. 645/1247), and says some authors mixed them up. Trimingham (1971, p. 39 and App. H) knows only the second, d. Busra 645/1248, and states no kinship. The first pass gave the second man's role under the first man's dates.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'
    Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrīأبو الحسن علي الحريري1223
  6. the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya

    companionship (ṣuḥba) · Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī to Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī b. Abī l-Ḥasan (of Busra) · The community's own account

    TDV (Rifâiyye, branch 1): Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī b. Abī l-Ḥasan is listed among the disciples of Abū l-Ḥasan al-Ḥarīrī. Recorded separately because the sources distinguish the two men.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Rifâiyye'

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    • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2386-2389; L14513-14515 · silentTrimingham knows Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī of Busra, d. 645/1248, and the Ḥarīriyya, but names no teacher.
    Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī b. Abī l-Ḥasan (of Busra)أبو محمد علي الحريري البصروي1247
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 Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī b. Abī l-Ḥasan (of Busra)

No one is recorded below this person in the sources read.

How to cite

Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī b. Abī l-Ḥasan (of Busra)”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/ali-hariri-busra (data of 31 October 2026).