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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.

داود الطائي

Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī

Died 165/781 (approximate) (uncertain; range 160-166) · Kufa

Link in second chain; teacher of Maʿrūf per Sufi accounts

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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 4, the best-sourced: Qādiriyya. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  2. the community's own accountin Qādiriyya

    initiation · The Prophet Muhammad to ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib · The community's own account

    TDV Kādiriyye states that in Qādirī ijāzas the chain reaches Ḥaḍrat ʿAlī by two routes; the step from the Prophet to ʿAlī is implied there, not stated.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Kādiriyye'

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    ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālibعلي بن أبي طالب661
  3. one sourcein Qādiriyyasources differ

    gave the khirqa · ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib to al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī · One source

    TDV Hasan-ı Basrî: it is 'believed' (inanılır) that he received the khirqa from ʿAlī or from Kumayl b. Ziyād; TDV gives no sources or counter-arguments there.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Hasan-ı Basrî'TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Kādiriyye'

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    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13731-13745 (App. A) · differsEarliest silsilas run Hasan via Anas to the Prophet; ʿAlī is not mentioned in silsilas until the 5th/11th century.
    • TDV, 'Hasan-ı Basrî', hasan-i-basri · agreesRecords belief that al-Ḥasan received the khirqa from ʿAlī or Kumayl b. Ziyād (belief, not report).

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

    al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrīالحسن البصري728
  4. two sourcesin Qādiriyya

    companionship (ṣuḥba) · al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī to Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī · Two independent sources

    TDV: Ḥabīb studied with Ḥasan by day and repented at his gathering (per ʿAṭṭār); the student relationship rests on traditional accounts.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Habîb el-Acemî'

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    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L79301-79304 · agreesḤabīb al-ʿAjamī narrated from al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī (Siyar entry 'Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī').
    • Abū Nuʿaym, Ḥilyat al-awliyāʾ (OpenITI), 0430AbuNucaymIsbahani.HilyatAwliya.JK000022-ara1.mARkdown#L48354-48362 · agreesḤabīb al-Fārisī's turning to the next world began at al-Ḥasan's preaching session.
    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 (App. A chart) · agreesChart draws Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī (d. 737) beneath Ḥasan al-Baṣrī.
    Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamīحبيب العجمي747
  5. two sourcesin Qādiriyyasources differ

    initiation · Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī to Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī · Two independent sources

    TDV Habîb el-Acemî: in the chains of later tariqas, which place Ḥabīb after al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī, Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī 'is seen as his disciple'; TDV cites no early report of the tie.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Habîb el-Acemî'TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Dâvûd et-Tâî'

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    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L79301-79304 · agreesSiyar lists Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī among those who narrated from Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī.
    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 (App. A chart) · agreesChart places Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī (d. 781) in the same line after Ḥabīb.
    • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · silentQushayrī's line stops at Dāwūd, 'who studied under the Successors'; Ḥabīb is not named.
    • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 44-45 · differsJāmī calls Dāwūd a disciple of Ḥabīb al-Rāʿī (the shepherd), not Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī.

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

    • Order's lineage: Dāwūd was Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī's disciple.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Habîb el-Acemî'
    • TDV Dāwūd: his murshid is said (söylenir) to have been Ḥabīb al-Rāʿī; the article does not name Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Dâvûd et-Tâî'
    • Jāmī (Nafaḥāt pp. 44-45) names Dāwūd's guide as Ḥabīb al-Rāʿī; the atlas's Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī is the figure the Trimingham chart and the Siyar attach.See checks
    Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾīداود الطائي781
Other routes (3)

Route 2 of 4: Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  2. the community's own accountin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    initiation · The Prophet Muhammad to ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib · The community's own account

    The chain ends at ʿAlī; the step to the Prophet is the standard Sufi assumption and TDV does not spell it out.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālibعلي بن أبي طالب661
  3. one sourcein Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)sources differ

    gave the khirqa · ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib to al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī · One source

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13731-13745 (App. A) · differsEarliest silsilas run Hasan via Anas to the Prophet; ʿAlī is not mentioned in silsilas until the 5th/11th century.
    • TDV, 'Hasan-ı Basrî', hasan-i-basri · agreesRecords belief that al-Ḥasan received the khirqa from ʿAlī or Kumayl b. Ziyād (belief, not report).

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

    • Aflākī's chain, as reported by TDV Mevleviyye, passes from ʿAlī to al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE
    • TDV Hasan-ı Basrî records the belief (inanılır) that al-Ḥasan received the khirqa from ʿAlī or from Kumayl b. Ziyād.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Hasan-ı Basrî'
    • Trimingham (App. A): the oldest silsilas (Ibn al-Nadīm; al-Qushayrī) do not name ʿAlī; he enters Sufi chains only in the 5th/11th century.See checks
    al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrīالحسن البصري728
  4. two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    initiation · al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī to Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī · Two independent sources

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L79301-79304 · agreesḤabīb al-ʿAjamī narrated from al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī (Siyar entry 'Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī').
    • Abū Nuʿaym, Ḥilyat al-awliyāʾ (OpenITI), 0430AbuNucaymIsbahani.HilyatAwliya.JK000022-ara1.mARkdown#L48354-48362 · agreesḤabīb al-Fārisī's turning to the next world began at al-Ḥasan's preaching session.
    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 (App. A chart) · agreesChart draws Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī (d. 737) beneath Ḥasan al-Baṣrī.
    Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamīحبيب العجمي747
  5. two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)sources differ

    initiation · Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī to Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī · Two independent sources

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L79301-79304 · agreesSiyar lists Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī among those who narrated from Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī.
    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 (App. A chart) · agreesChart places Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī (d. 781) in the same line after Ḥabīb.
    • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · silentQushayrī's line stops at Dāwūd, 'who studied under the Successors'; Ḥabīb is not named.
    • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 44-45 · differsJāmī calls Dāwūd a disciple of Ḥabīb al-Rāʿī (the shepherd), not Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī.

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

    • Jāmī (Nafaḥāt pp. 44-45) names Dāwūd's guide as Ḥabīb al-Rāʿī; the atlas's Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī is the figure the Trimingham chart and the Siyar attach.See checks
    Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾīداود الطائي781

Route 3 of 4: Qādiriyya

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  2. two sourcesthis step is recorded in Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings, not in Qādiriyya

    read the Qurʾān to · The Prophet Muhammad to Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī · Two independent sources

    Ibn al-Jazarī: the Companion read the Qurʾān to the Messenger of God (the isnād ends here in each chain).

    Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3372-3377

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    Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarīأبو موسى الأشعري662
  3. two sourcesthis step is recorded in Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings, not in Qādiriyya

    read the Qurʾān to · Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī to Ḥiṭṭān b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Raqāshī · Two independent sources

    Ḥiṭṭān read to Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī.

    Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3366-3368

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    Ḥiṭṭān b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Raqāshīحطان بن عبد الله الرقاشي
  4. two sourcesthis step is recorded in Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings, not in Qādiriyya

    read the Qurʾān to · Ḥiṭṭān b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Raqāshī to al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī · Two independent sources

    al-Ḥasan read to Ḥiṭṭān b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Raqāshī and to Abū l-ʿĀliya.

    Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3366-3368

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    al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrīالحسن البصري728
  5. two sourcesin Qādiriyya

    companionship (ṣuḥba) · al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī to Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī · Two independent sources

    TDV: Ḥabīb studied with Ḥasan by day and repented at his gathering (per ʿAṭṭār); the student relationship rests on traditional accounts.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Habîb el-Acemî'

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    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L79301-79304 · agreesḤabīb al-ʿAjamī narrated from al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī (Siyar entry 'Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī').
    • Abū Nuʿaym, Ḥilyat al-awliyāʾ (OpenITI), 0430AbuNucaymIsbahani.HilyatAwliya.JK000022-ara1.mARkdown#L48354-48362 · agreesḤabīb al-Fārisī's turning to the next world began at al-Ḥasan's preaching session.
    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 (App. A chart) · agreesChart draws Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī (d. 737) beneath Ḥasan al-Baṣrī.
    Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamīحبيب العجمي747
  6. two sourcesin Qādiriyyasources differ

    initiation · Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī to Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī · Two independent sources

    TDV Habîb el-Acemî: in the chains of later tariqas, which place Ḥabīb after al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī, Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī 'is seen as his disciple'; TDV cites no early report of the tie.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Habîb el-Acemî'TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Dâvûd et-Tâî'

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    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L79301-79304 · agreesSiyar lists Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī among those who narrated from Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī.
    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 (App. A chart) · agreesChart places Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī (d. 781) in the same line after Ḥabīb.
    • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · silentQushayrī's line stops at Dāwūd, 'who studied under the Successors'; Ḥabīb is not named.
    • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 44-45 · differsJāmī calls Dāwūd a disciple of Ḥabīb al-Rāʿī (the shepherd), not Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī.

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

    • Order's lineage: Dāwūd was Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī's disciple.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Habîb el-Acemî'
    • TDV Dāwūd: his murshid is said (söylenir) to have been Ḥabīb al-Rāʿī; the article does not name Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Dâvûd et-Tâî'
    • Jāmī (Nafaḥāt pp. 44-45) names Dāwūd's guide as Ḥabīb al-Rāʿī; the atlas's Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī is the figure the Trimingham chart and the Siyar attach.See checks
    Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾīداود الطائي781

Route 4 of 4: Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  2. two sourcesthis step is recorded in Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings, not in Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    read the Qurʾān to · The Prophet Muhammad to Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī · Two independent sources

    Ibn al-Jazarī: the Companion read the Qurʾān to the Messenger of God (the isnād ends here in each chain).

    Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3372-3377

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    Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarīأبو موسى الأشعري662
  3. two sourcesthis step is recorded in Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings, not in Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    read the Qurʾān to · Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī to Ḥiṭṭān b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Raqāshī · Two independent sources

    Ḥiṭṭān read to Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī.

    Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3366-3368

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    Ḥiṭṭān b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Raqāshīحطان بن عبد الله الرقاشي
  4. two sourcesthis step is recorded in Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings, not in Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    read the Qurʾān to · Ḥiṭṭān b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Raqāshī to al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī · Two independent sources

    al-Ḥasan read to Ḥiṭṭān b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Raqāshī and to Abū l-ʿĀliya.

    Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3366-3368

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    al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrīالحسن البصري728
  5. two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    initiation · al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī to Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī · Two independent sources

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L79301-79304 · agreesḤabīb al-ʿAjamī narrated from al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī (Siyar entry 'Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī').
    • Abū Nuʿaym, Ḥilyat al-awliyāʾ (OpenITI), 0430AbuNucaymIsbahani.HilyatAwliya.JK000022-ara1.mARkdown#L48354-48362 · agreesḤabīb al-Fārisī's turning to the next world began at al-Ḥasan's preaching session.
    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 (App. A chart) · agreesChart draws Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī (d. 737) beneath Ḥasan al-Baṣrī.
    Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamīحبيب العجمي747
  6. two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)sources differ

    initiation · Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī to Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī · Two independent sources

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L79301-79304 · agreesSiyar lists Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī among those who narrated from Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī.
    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 (App. A chart) · agreesChart places Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī (d. 781) in the same line after Ḥabīb.
    • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · silentQushayrī's line stops at Dāwūd, 'who studied under the Successors'; Ḥabīb is not named.
    • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 44-45 · differsJāmī calls Dāwūd a disciple of Ḥabīb al-Rāʿī (the shepherd), not Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī.

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

    • Jāmī (Nafaḥāt pp. 44-45) names Dāwūd's guide as Ḥabīb al-Rāʿī; the atlas's Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī is the figure the Trimingham chart and the Siyar attach.See checks
    Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾīداود الطائي781
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 Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī

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

  • Maʿrūf al-Karkhīمعروف الكرخي815
    two sourcesin Qādiriyyasources differ

    companionship (ṣuḥba) · Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī · Two independent sources

    TDV Dāwūd: Maʿrūf was his most famous disciple.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Dâvûd et-Tâî'TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Ma'rûf-i Kerhî'

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    • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · agreesDaqqāq's chain: Maʿrūf took the path from Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī.
    • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L869 · agreesMaʿrūf 'accompanied Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī'.
    • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 42-43 · agreesMaʿrūf kept company with Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī.
    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L108803 · differsDhahabī on Maʿrūf: al-Sulamī says he accompanied Dāwūd, 'and it is not sound'.

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

    • TDV Maʿrūf reports that Ibn Taymiyya and al-Dhahabī denied that Maʿrūf kept company with Dāwūd, and that some Shiʿi authors say they never met; TDV also notes that ʿAṭṭār and earlier sources record a meeting.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Ma'rûf-i Kerhî'
    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar (entry Maʿrūf al-Karkhī): reports al-Sulamī's claim that Maʿrūf accompanied Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī and judges it unproven (lam yaṣiḥḥa).See checks
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    initiation · Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī · Two independent sources

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · agreesDaqqāq's chain: Maʿrūf took the path from Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī.
    • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L869 · agreesMaʿrūf 'accompanied Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī'.
    • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 42-43 · agreesMaʿrūf kept company with Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī.
    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L108803 · differsDhahabī on Maʿrūf: al-Sulamī says he accompanied Dāwūd, 'and it is not sound'.

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

    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar (entry Maʿrūf al-Karkhī): reports al-Sulamī's claim that Maʿrūf accompanied Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī and judges it unproven (lam yaṣiḥḥa).See checks

How to cite

Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/dawud-tai (data of 31 October 2026).