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.
حمزة بن حبيب الزيات
Ḥamza b. Ḥabīb al-Zayyāt
Died 156 AH · born 80 AH · Kufa
Canonical reader (one of the ten)
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: Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · The Prophet Muhammad to ʿAbd Allāh b. Masʿūd · 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 3917-3922Checked against
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L228 · agreesListed among the first ṭabaqa, those who read to the Messenger of God.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L156-L159 · agreesRijāl of ʿĀṣim/Ḥamza: Ibn Masʿūd, from the Prophet.
ʿAbd Allāh b. Masʿūdعبد الله بن مسعود652two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · ʿAbd Allāh b. Masʿūd to ʿAlqama b. Qays al-Nakhaʿī · Two independent sources
ʿAlqama read to ʿAbd Allāh b. Masʿūd.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4165-4167Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L13815 · agrees (not independent)Entry: ʿarḍ from Ibn Masʿūd.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L439 · agreesEntry: read to Ibn Masʿūd.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L160-L166 · agreesRijāl of Ḥamza: Yaḥyā's teachers took from Ibn Masʿūd.
ʿAlqama b. Qays al-Nakhaʿīعلقمة بن قيس682two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · ʿAlqama b. Qays al-Nakhaʿī to Yaḥyā b. Waththāb al-Asadī · Two independent sources
Yaḥyā read to ʿAlqama b. Qays (and others).
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4160-4163Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L27440 · agrees (not independent)Entry: ʿarḍ on ʿAlqama, among others.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L439 · agreesʿAlqama entry: Yaḥyā b. Waththāb read to him.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L160-L166 · agreesRijāl of Ḥamza: Yaḥyā took from ʿAlqama and others.
Yaḥyā b. Waththāb al-Asadīيحيى بن وثابtwo sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Yaḥyā b. Waththāb al-Asadī to Sulaymān b. Mihrān al-Aʿmash · Two independent sources
al-Aʿmash and Ṭalḥa read to Yaḥyā b. Waththāb al-Asadī.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4159-4161Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L8846 · agrees (not independent)Entry: ʿarḍ from Yaḥyā b. Waththāb (listed with ʿArḍ from Zayd b. Waththāb in the same passage).
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L1113 · agreesEntry: read to Yaḥyā b. Waththāb.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L160-L166 · agreesRijāl of Ḥamza: al-Aʿmash took from Yaḥyā b. Waththāb.
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readingssources differ
read the Qurʾān to · Sulaymān b. Mihrān al-Aʿmash to Ḥamza b. Ḥabīb al-Zayyāt · Two independent sources
Ḥamza read to al-Aʿmash.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4156-4158Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L7246 · agrees (not independent)Entry: presented to al-Aʿmash.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L1113 · agreesAʿmash entry: Ḥamza the reader read to him.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L160-L166 · agreesRijāl of Ḥamza: al-Aʿmash.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Ibn al-Jazarī: ʿarḍan (a full recitation), 'and it is said, the letters only' (al-ḥurūf faqaṭ).Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4156-4157
Ḥamza b. Ḥabīb al-Zayyātحمزة بن حبيب الزياتc. 773
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīnعلي زين العابدين713
one sourcein Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn to Muḥammad al-Bāqir · One source
al-Bāqir read to Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4166-4169Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L5464 · agrees (not independent)Entry: the chain "al-Bāqir, then Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn, then al-Ḥusayn, then ʿAlī" (single generic statement).
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L1391 · silentEntry does not state this link.
Muḥammad al-Bāqirمحمد الباقر733one sourcein Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Muḥammad al-Bāqir to Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq · One source
Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq read to his father Muḥammad al-Bāqir.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4165-4168Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L5464 · agrees (not independent)Entry: read to his fathers, Muḥammad al-Bāqir first (generic statement).
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L1391 · silentEntry does not state this link.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L160-L166 · silentPassage does not state this link.
Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiqجعفر الصادق765two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq to Ḥamza b. Ḥabīb al-Zayyāt · Two independent sources
Ḥamza also read to Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq b. Muḥammad al-Bāqir.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4157-4160Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L7246 · agrees (not independent)Entry: presented to Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq (some say only in part).
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L1391 · agreesEntry: also read to Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L160-L166 · agreesRijāl of Ḥamza: Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Ṣādiq.
Ḥamza b. Ḥabīb al-Zayyātحمزة بن حبيب الزياتc. 773
Route 3 of 3: Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīnعلي زين العابدين713
one sourcein Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn to Muḥammad al-Bāqir · One source
al-Bāqir read to Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4166-4169Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L5464 · agrees (not independent)Entry: the chain "al-Bāqir, then Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn, then al-Ḥusayn, then ʿAlī" (single generic statement).
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L1391 · silentEntry does not state this link.
Muḥammad al-Bāqirمحمد الباقر733one sourcein Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readingssources differ
read the Qurʾān to · Muḥammad al-Bāqir to Ḥumrān b. Aʿyan · One source
Ḥumrān also read to al-Bāqir.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4163-4165Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L7240 · agrees (not independent)Entry (marked as Ghāyat-only addition): ʿarḍ from Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Bāqir.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L724 · differsEntry: he heard (samiʿa) from Abū Jaʿfar al-Bāqir; says nothing of reading to him.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L160-L166 · silentPassage does not state this link.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Ḥumrān heard (samiʿa) from al-Bāqir (al-Dhahabī) rather than read to him; only Ghāyat records a reading.al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L724
Ḥumrān b. Aʿyanحمران بن أعينtwo sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Ḥumrān b. Aʿyan to Ḥamza b. Ḥabīb al-Zayyāt · Two independent sources
Ḥamza also read to Ḥumrān b. Aʿyan.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4157-4159Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L7246 · agrees (not independent)Entry: presented to Ḥumrān b. Aʿyan.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L724 · agreesḤumrān entry: Ḥamza read to him.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L160-L166 · agreesRijāl of Ḥamza: Ḥumrān.
Ḥamza b. Ḥabīb al-Zayyātحمزة بن حبيب الزياتc. 773
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 Ḥamza b. Ḥabīb al-Zayyāt
2 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Sulaym b. ʿĪsā al-Ḥanafīسليم بن عيسىc. 804
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Ḥamza b. Ḥabīb al-Zayyāt to Sulaym b. ʿĪsā al-Ḥanafī · Two independent sources
Khalaf and Khallād read to Sulaym, who read to Ḥamza (Ibn al-Jazarī: 121 paths from Ḥamza).
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4152-4154Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L8914 · agrees (not independent)Entry: presented the Qurʾān to Ḥamza, his closest companion.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L1833 · agreesEntry: Ḥamza's reader, with al-Kisāʾī the two foremost.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L70-L135 · agreesDānī: Khalaf and Khallād read to Sulaym, from Ḥamza.
- ʿAlī b. Ḥamza al-Kisāʾīالكسائيc. 805
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Ḥamza b. Ḥabīb al-Zayyāt to ʿAlī b. Ḥamza al-Kisāʾī · Two independent sources
al-Kisāʾī read to Ḥamza, on whom his reliance rested.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4330-4332Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L14790 · agrees (not independent)Entry: ʿarḍ from Ḥamza four times; his main reliance.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L1391 · agreesḤamza entry lists al-Kisāʾī among his readers.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L167-L173 · agreesRijāl of al-Kisāʾī: Ḥamza first.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Ḥamza b. Ḥabīb al-Zayyāt”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/hamza (data of 31 October 2026).