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.
حماد بن أبي سليمان
Ḥammād b. Abī Sulaymān
Died 120/738 · Kufa
Kufan jurist; Abū Ḥanīfa's main teacher
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 1, the best-sourced: Schools of law and ḥadīth. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
two sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
companionship (ṣuḥba) · The Prophet Muhammad to ʿAbd Allāh b. Masʿūd · Two independent sources
Companion of the Prophet (Siyar entry, heading read only).
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry ʿAbd Allāh b. Masʿūd (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 32384)Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L102645 · agreesIbn Masʿūd’s entry opens his sources with the Prophet.
- al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, Shamela0010906 #L32388 · agreesSiyar: early convert and Badr veteran, i.e. a Companion of the Prophet.
ʿAbd Allāh b. Masʿūdعبد الله بن مسعود652two sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · ʿAbd Allāh b. Masʿūd to ʿAlqama b. Qays al-Nakhaʿī · Two independent sources
Siyar: ʿAlqama went to Kufa and kept close company with Ibn Masʿūd.
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry ʿAlqama b. Qays (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 55330)Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L133258 · agreesʿAlqama’s entry lists Ibn Masʿūd among those he narrated from, and Ibn Masʿūd’s companions in Kufa include ʿAlqama.
- al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, Shamela0010906 #L32388 · agreesIbn Masʿūd entry: early convert, fought at Badr; Kufan circle context (heading and opening read).
ʿAlqama b. Qays al-Nakhaʿīعلقمة بن قيس682two sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · ʿAlqama b. Qays al-Nakhaʿī to Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿī · Two independent sources
Siyar lists ʿAlqama b. Qays among those from whom Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿī narrated; ʿAlqama was his maternal uncle.
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿī (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 64219)Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L8852, 133258 · agreesal-Nakhaʿī’s entry lists ʿAlqama among his sources; ʿAlqama’s entry calls him maternal uncle (khāl) and lists his nephew as pupil.
Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿīإبراهيم النخعيtwo sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿī to Ḥammād b. Abī Sulaymān · Two independent sources
Siyar: Ḥammād studied fiqh with Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿī, his most gifted pupil.
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry Ḥammād (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 70727)Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L43464, 8852 · agreesḤammād’s entry lists al-Nakhaʿī first among his sources; al-Nakhaʿī’s entry lists Ḥammād among his pupils. Ḥammād’s death given as 120, or 119 per others.
Ḥammād b. Abī Sulaymānحماد بن أبي سليمان738
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 Ḥammād b. Abī Sulaymān
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Abū Ḥanīfa al-Nuʿmān b. Thābitأبو حنيفة النعمان بن ثابت767
two sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · Ḥammād b. Abī Sulaymān to Abū Ḥanīfa al-Nuʿmān b. Thābit · Two independent sources
Siyar: Abū Ḥanīfa studied fiqh with Ḥammād; TDV: attended his circle 102-120/720-738, his 'main teacher'.
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry Abū Ḥanīfa (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 84378)TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Ebû Hanîfe'Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L201047, 43464 · agreesAbū Ḥanīfa’s entry lists Ḥammād among his teachers. Death dates there: 151 or 153, unlike the 150 used here (TDV).
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān, Shamela0001000 #L44192 · agreesIbn Khallikān: Abū Ḥanīfa took fiqh from Ḥammād b. Abī Sulaymān; also heard ʿAṭāʾ and Abū Isḥāq al-Sabīʿī.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Ḥammād b. Abī Sulaymān”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/hammad-b-abi-sulayman (data of 31 October 2026).