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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 الفضل علي الواسطي

Abū l-Faḍl ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭī

Wāsiṭ

Aḥmad's first shaykh; gave ijāza and khirqa

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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. ʿAlī al-ʿAjamīعلي العجمي
  4. 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.
    Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārīأبو علي الروذباري934
  5. the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya

    initiation · Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī to Ghulām b. Turkān · The community's own account

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: al-Rūdhbārī → Ghulām b. Turkān.

    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.
    Ghulām b. Turkānغلام بن تركان
  6. the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya

    initiation · Ghulām b. Turkān to Abū l-Faḍl ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭī · The community's own account

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: Ghulām b. Turkān → Abū l-Faḍl al-Wāsiṭī.

    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.
    Abū l-Faḍl ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭīأبو الفضل علي الواسطي
Other routes (2)

Route 2 of 3: Rifāʿiyya

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. ʿAlī al-ʿAjamīعلي العجمي
  4. 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.
    Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārīأبو علي الروذباري934
  5. the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya

    initiation · Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī to Ghulām b. Turkān · The community's own account

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: al-Rūdhbārī → Ghulām b. Turkān.

    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.
    Ghulām b. Turkānغلام بن تركان
  6. the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya

    initiation · Ghulām b. Turkān to Abū l-Faḍl ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭī · The community's own account

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: Ghulām b. Turkān → Abū l-Faḍl al-Wāsiṭī.

    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.
    Abū l-Faḍl ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭīأبو الفضل علي الواسطي

Route 3 of 3: Rifāʿiyya

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. ʿAlī al-ʿAjamīعلي العجمي
  4. 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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    Checked against

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

    initiation · Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī to Ghulām b. Turkān · The community's own account

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: al-Rūdhbārī → Ghulām b. Turkān.

    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#L13843-13848 · silentNo intermediate names are given in Trimingham's summary of the Tiryāq.
    Ghulām b. Turkānغلام بن تركان
  6. the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya

    initiation · Ghulām b. Turkān to Abū l-Faḍl ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭī · The community's own account

    Chain via Aḥmad's first shaykh, as TDV gives it: Ghulām b. Turkān → Abū l-Faḍl al-Wāsiṭī.

    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#L13843-13848 · silentNo intermediate names are given in Trimingham's summary of the Tiryāq.
    Abū l-Faḍl ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭīأبو الفضل علي الواسطي
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-Faḍl ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭī

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

  • Aḥmad al-Rifāʿīأحمد الرفاعي1182
    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.

How to cite

Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Abū l-Faḍl ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/ali-wasiti (data of 31 October 2026).