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.
حمران بن أعين
Ḥumrān b. Aʿyan
Kufa
Teacher of Ḥamza
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 ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib · 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#L148 · 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: al-Sulamī took from ʿAlī, among others, from the Prophet.
ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālibعلي بن أبي طالب661one sourcein Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib to al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī · One source
al-Ḥusayn read to his father ʿAlī; ʿAlī read to the Prophet.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4168-4171Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L6805 · agrees (not independent)Entry: read to his father and to al-Sulamī.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L148 · silentEntry does not state this link.
al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlīالحسين بن علي680one sourcein Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī to ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn · One source
Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn read to his father al-Ḥusayn.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4167-4170Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L6805 · agrees (not independent)Entry: ʿAlī his son read to him.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L1391 · silentEntry does not state this link.
ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīnعلي زين العابدين713one 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 أعين
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlīالحسين بن علي680
one sourcein Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī to ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn · One source
Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn read to his father al-Ḥusayn.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4167-4170Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L6805 · agrees (not independent)Entry: ʿAlī his son read to him.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L1391 · silentEntry does not state this link.
ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīnعلي زين العابدين713one 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 أعين
Route 3 of 3: Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
two sourcesthis step is recorded in The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines, not in Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readingssources differ
child of · The Prophet Muhammad to Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ · Two independent sources
Fāṭima is the Prophet's daughter; the Ehl-i Beyt article treats the Prophet, ʿAlī, Fāṭima, al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn as the five of the 'people of the cloak' in the Shiʿi usage.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Ehl-i BeytChecked against
- al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), siyar#L36511-36513, L36569 · agreesFāṭima is the Prophet's daughter; the Prophet's line continues only through her.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān (OpenITI), wafayat#L9942-9943 · agreesNames Fāṭima, daughter of the Messenger, as al-Ḥasan's mother.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- TDV reports a Sunni position that limits the Ahl al-Bayt to the Prophet's wives, and another that includes his descendants and the Banū Hāshim.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Ehl-i Beyt
- TDV reports the Shiʿi usage naming the five (Prophet, ʿAlī, Fāṭima, Ḥasan, Ḥusayn).TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Ehl-i Beyt
Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾفاطمة الزهراء632two sourcesthis step is recorded in The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines, not in Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
child of · Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ to al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī · Two independent sources
Al-Ḥusayn is the son of ʿAlī and Fāṭima; his descendants are called sayyid in TDV's usage.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Ehl-i BeytChecked against
- al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), siyar#L49607-49609 · agreesal-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī, the Prophet's sibṭ; born Shaʿbān 4 AH (al-Zubayr).
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L2533-2534 · agreesal-Ḥusayn's line continues through ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn alone.
al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlīالحسين بن علي680one sourcein Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī to ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn · One source
Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn read to his father al-Ḥusayn.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4167-4170Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L6805 · agrees (not independent)Entry: ʿAlī his son read to him.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L1391 · silentEntry does not state this link.
ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīnعلي زين العابدين713one 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 أعين
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 Ḥumrān b. Aʿyan
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Ḥamza b. Ḥabīb al-Zayyātحمزة بن حبيب الزياتc. 773
two 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.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Ḥumrān b. Aʿyan”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/humran (data of 31 October 2026).