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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.

أبو علي ابن الكاتب

Abū ʿAlī Ibn al-Kātib

Link per Hulvī (TDV, Ebü'n-Necîb)

Sources for this person

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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: Suhrawardiyya. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Sarī al-Saqaṭīسري السقطي867
  4. two sourcesin Suhrawardiyya

    initiation · Sarī al-Saqaṭī to al-Junayd al-Baghdādī · Two independent sources

    TDV: from Junayd the chain goes through Sarī al-Saqaṭī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdiyye (Reşat Öngören)'

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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 Suhrawardiyya

    initiation · al-Junayd al-Baghdādī to Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī · Two independent sources

    Hulvī's silsila for Aḥmad al-Ghazālī, as reported in TDV, runs back to Junayd through al-Rūdhbārī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'

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    • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L3993 · agreesal-Ruwdhbārī accompanied al-Junayd and al-Nūrī.
    Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārīأبو علي الروذباري934
  6. the community's own accountin Suhrawardiyya

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

    Same silsila (Hulvī, in TDV).

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'

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    Not yet checked against a further reference.

    Abū ʿAlī Ibn al-Kātibأبو علي ابن الكاتب
Other routes (2)

Route 2 of 3: Suhrawardiyya

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Sarī al-Saqaṭīسري السقطي867
  4. two sourcesin Suhrawardiyya

    initiation · Sarī al-Saqaṭī to al-Junayd al-Baghdādī · Two independent sources

    TDV: from Junayd the chain goes through Sarī al-Saqaṭī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdiyye (Reşat Öngören)'

    Suggest a correction

    Checked against

    • 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 Suhrawardiyya

    initiation · al-Junayd al-Baghdādī to Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī · Two independent sources

    Hulvī's silsila for Aḥmad al-Ghazālī, as reported in TDV, runs back to Junayd through al-Rūdhbārī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'

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    Checked against

    • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L3993 · agreesal-Ruwdhbārī accompanied al-Junayd and al-Nūrī.
    Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārīأبو علي الروذباري934
  6. the community's own accountin Suhrawardiyya

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

    Same silsila (Hulvī, in TDV).

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'

    Suggest a correction

    Not yet checked against a further reference.

    Abū ʿAlī Ibn al-Kātibأبو علي ابن الكاتب

Route 3 of 3: Suhrawardiyya

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Sarī al-Saqaṭīسري السقطي867
  4. two sourcesin Suhrawardiyya

    initiation · Sarī al-Saqaṭī to al-Junayd al-Baghdādī · Two independent sources

    TDV: from Junayd the chain goes through Sarī al-Saqaṭī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdiyye (Reşat Öngören)'

    Suggest a correction

    Checked against

    • 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 Suhrawardiyya

    initiation · al-Junayd al-Baghdādī to Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī · Two independent sources

    Hulvī's silsila for Aḥmad al-Ghazālī, as reported in TDV, runs back to Junayd through al-Rūdhbārī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'

    Suggest a correction

    Checked against

    • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L3993 · agreesal-Ruwdhbārī accompanied al-Junayd and al-Nūrī.
    Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārīأبو علي الروذباري934
  6. the community's own accountin Suhrawardiyya

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

    Same silsila (Hulvī, in TDV).

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'

    Suggest a correction

    Not yet checked against a further reference.

    Abū ʿAlī Ibn al-Kātibأبو علي ابن الكاتب
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 ʿAlī Ibn al-Kātib

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

How to cite

Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Abū ʿAlī Ibn al-Kātib”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/ali-ibn-al-katib (data of 31 October 2026).