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.
السيد حمزة الرفاعي
Sayyid Ḥamza al-Rifāʿī
Medina
Descendant of Aḥmad al-Rifāʿī in Medina; gave Kenan Rifâî ijāza and caliphate
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 Sayyid Ḥamza al-Rifāʿī
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Kenan Rifâîكنعان الرفاعي1950
the community's own accountin Rifāʿiyya
gave the khirqa · Sayyid Ḥamza al-Rifāʿī to Kenan Rifâî · The community's own account
TDV: Seyyid Hamza er-Rifâî in Medina, a descendant of Aḥmad, granted Kenan Rifâî icazet and hilafet.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Kenan Rifâî'Checked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, grep Kenan/Hamza: no entry · silentNot in Trimingham; TDV (Kenan Rifâî) only. Not checked further.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Sayyid Ḥamza al-Rifāʿī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/hamza-rifai (data of 31 October 2026).