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 بن إسماعيل البخاري
Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī
born 194/810 · Bukhara
Compiler of al-Jāmiʿ al-ṣaḥīḥ
Sources for this person
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: Schools of law and ḥadīth. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Mālik b. Anasمالك بن أنس795
two sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · Mālik b. Anas to Muḥammad b. Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī · Two independent sources
Siyar: al-Shāfiʿī went to Medina and took the Muwaṭṭaʾ from Mālik; TDV: studied under him until 179/795.
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry al-Shāfiʿī (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 112702)TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Şâfiî'Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L163550, 183246 · agreesal-Shāfiʿī’s entry lists Mālik among his teachers; Mālik’s entry lists al-Shāfiʿī among his pupils.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān, Shamela0001000 #L30469 · agreesIbn Khallikān: al-Shāfiʿī came to Mālik having memorised the Muwaṭṭaʾ and read it to him.
Muḥammad b. Idrīs al-Shāfiʿīمحمد بن إدريس الشافعي820two sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · Muḥammad b. Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī to ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr al-Ḥumaydī · Two independent sources
TDV lists al-Ḥumaydī among al-Shāfiʿī's pupils.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Şâfiî'Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L93860, 163550 · agreesal-Ḥumaydī’s entry lists al-Shāfiʿī among his sources; al-Shāfiʿī’s entry lists al-Ḥumaydī among his pupils.
ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr al-Ḥumaydīعبد الله بن الزبير الحميديtwo sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr al-Ḥumaydī to Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī · Two independent sources
Siyar names al-Ḥumaydī among al-Bukhārī's Meccan/Basran teachers.
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry al-Bukhārī (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 139951)Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L164649, 93860 · agreesal-Bukhārī’s entry lists ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr al-Ḥumaydī among his sources; al-Ḥumaydī’s entry lists al-Bukhārī first.
Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārīمحمد بن إسماعيل البخاري
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: Schools of law and ḥadīth
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānīمحمد بن الحسن الشيباني805
two sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī to Muḥammad b. Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī · Two independent sources
Siyar: al-Shāfiʿī took much from al-Shaybānī; TDV: attended his lessons in Baghdad.
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry al-Shaybānī (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 105479)TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Şâfiî'Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L163550 · agreesal-Shāfiʿī’s entry lists Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī among his sources.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān, Shamela0001000 #L30862, 30469 · agreesIbn Khallikān: al-Shaybānī and al-Shāfiʿī held sessions in Baghdad before Hārūn al-Rashīd; Shaybānī honoured him.
Muḥammad b. Idrīs al-Shāfiʿīمحمد بن إدريس الشافعي820two sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · Muḥammad b. Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī to ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr al-Ḥumaydī · Two independent sources
TDV lists al-Ḥumaydī among al-Shāfiʿī's pupils.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Şâfiî'Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L93860, 163550 · agreesal-Ḥumaydī’s entry lists al-Shāfiʿī among his sources; al-Shāfiʿī’s entry lists al-Ḥumaydī among his pupils.
ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr al-Ḥumaydīعبد الله بن الزبير الحميديtwo sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr al-Ḥumaydī to Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī · Two independent sources
Siyar names al-Ḥumaydī among al-Bukhārī's Meccan/Basran teachers.
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry al-Bukhārī (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 139951)Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L164649, 93860 · agreesal-Bukhārī’s entry lists ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr al-Ḥumaydī among his sources; al-Ḥumaydī’s entry lists al-Bukhārī first.
Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārīمحمد بن إسماعيل البخاري
Route 3 of 3: Schools of law and ḥadīth
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Mālik b. Anasمالك بن أنس795
two sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · Mālik b. Anas to Muḥammad b. Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī · Two independent sources
Siyar: al-Shāfiʿī went to Medina and took the Muwaṭṭaʾ from Mālik; TDV: studied under him until 179/795.
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry al-Shāfiʿī (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 112702)TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Şâfiî'Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L163550, 183246 · agreesal-Shāfiʿī’s entry lists Mālik among his teachers; Mālik’s entry lists al-Shāfiʿī among his pupils.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān, Shamela0001000 #L30469 · agreesIbn Khallikān: al-Shāfiʿī came to Mālik having memorised the Muwaṭṭaʾ and read it to him.
Muḥammad b. Idrīs al-Shāfiʿīمحمد بن إدريس الشافعي820two sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · Muḥammad b. Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī to ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr al-Ḥumaydī · Two independent sources
TDV lists al-Ḥumaydī among al-Shāfiʿī's pupils.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Şâfiî'Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L93860, 163550 · agreesal-Ḥumaydī’s entry lists al-Shāfiʿī among his sources; al-Shāfiʿī’s entry lists al-Ḥumaydī among his pupils.
ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr al-Ḥumaydīعبد الله بن الزبير الحميديtwo sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr al-Ḥumaydī to Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī · Two independent sources
Siyar names al-Ḥumaydī among al-Bukhārī's Meccan/Basran teachers.
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry al-Bukhārī (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 139951)Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L164649, 93860 · agreesal-Bukhārī’s entry lists ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr al-Ḥumaydī among his sources; al-Ḥumaydī’s entry lists al-Bukhārī first.
Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārīمحمد بن إسماعيل البخاري
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 b. Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī
No one is recorded below this person in the sources read.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/bukhari (data of 31 October 2026).