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.
محمد أمين كفتارو
Muḥammad Amīn Kuftārū
Died 1357/1938 (Ramaḍān) · Damascus
Head of the Kuftārū line in Damascus; designated his son Aḥmad before his death
Sources for this person
The chain up to the Prophet
No chain up to the Prophet is recorded for this person in the sources read.
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 Muḥammad Amīn Kuftārū
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Aḥmad Kuftārūأحمد كفتارو2004
one sourcein Naqshbandiyyasources differ
successor of · Muḥammad Amīn Kuftārū to Aḥmad Kuftārū · One source
Before his death Muḥammad Amīn designated his son Aḥmad to take over as head of the order (Wikipedia, one source); death year of Amīn differs (1938 vs 1983 in one infobox).
Wikipedia (tertiary), 'Ahmed Kuftaro'Wikipedia (tertiary), 'Mohammed Amin Kuftaro'Checked against
- Wikipedia 'Mohammed Amin Kuftaro', summary · agreesHead of the order; designated his son Aḥmad.
- Wikipedia 'Ahmed Kuftaro', fetch · silentNames the father as educator and Naqshbandī; gives no silsila. Chain from Khālid al-Baghdādī to this shaykh was not read in an open source; no link to the historical chain is drawn (formal lineage not asserted).
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Amīn Kuftārū died in 1938 (most sources seen).Wikipedia (tertiary), 'Mohammed Amin Kuftaro'
- One infobox gives 1983.Wikipedia (tertiary), 'Mohammed Amin Kuftaro'
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Muḥammad Amīn Kuftārū”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/amin-kuftaro (data of 31 October 2026).