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Chains of transmission from the Prophet, read as the sources give them.
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.

ابن عطاء الله السكندري

Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh al-Iskandarī

Alexandria

Third murshid after al-Mursī

Sources for this person

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

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīshعبد السلام بن مشيش1227
  4. two sourcesin Shādhiliyya

    initiation · ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīsh to Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī · Two independent sources

    TDV calls Ibn Mashīsh al-Shādhilī's murshid, by whose command he went to Ifrīqiya.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, ŞâzeliyyeWikipedia, Abd al-Salam ibn Mashish (cites EI² Le Tourneau, 'ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mas̲h̲īs̲h̲', vol. I p. 91; tertiary)

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    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3018-3020, L3050-3060 · agreesIbn Mashīsh's most eminent disciple was al-Shādhilī, who found him in Fez; Ibn Mashīsh d. 625/1228.
    Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilīأبو الحسن الشاذلي1258
  5. two sourcesin Shādhiliyya

    initiation · Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī to Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Mursī · Two independent sources

    TDV: al-Mursī is al-Shādhilī's khalīfa and heir to his station.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Şâzeliyye

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    • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 664-665 · agreesJāmī: al-Mursī was a disciple of Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī.
    Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Mursīأبو العباس المرسي1287
  6. one sourcein Shādhiliyya

    initiation · Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Mursī to Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh al-Iskandarī · One source

    TDV: Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh is the third murshid after al-Mursī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Şâzeliyye

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    Not yet checked against a further reference.

    Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh al-Iskandarīابن عطاء الله السكندري
Other routes (1)

Route 2 of 2: Shādhiliyya

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīshعبد السلام بن مشيش1227
  4. two sourcesin Shādhiliyya

    initiation · ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīsh to Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī · Two independent sources

    TDV calls Ibn Mashīsh al-Shādhilī's murshid, by whose command he went to Ifrīqiya.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, ŞâzeliyyeWikipedia, Abd al-Salam ibn Mashish (cites EI² Le Tourneau, 'ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mas̲h̲īs̲h̲', vol. I p. 91; tertiary)

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    Checked against

    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3018-3020, L3050-3060 · agreesIbn Mashīsh's most eminent disciple was al-Shādhilī, who found him in Fez; Ibn Mashīsh d. 625/1228.
    Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilīأبو الحسن الشاذلي1258
  5. two sourcesin Shādhiliyya

    initiation · Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī to Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Mursī · Two independent sources

    TDV: al-Mursī is al-Shādhilī's khalīfa and heir to his station.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Şâzeliyye

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    Checked against

    • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 664-665 · agreesJāmī: al-Mursī was a disciple of Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī.
    Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Mursīأبو العباس المرسي1287
  6. one sourcein Shādhiliyya

    initiation · Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Mursī to Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh al-Iskandarī · One source

    TDV: Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh is the third murshid after al-Mursī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Şâzeliyye

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    Not yet checked against a further reference.

    Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh al-Iskandarīابن عطاء الله السكندري
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 Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh al-Iskandarī

No one is recorded below this person in the sources read.

How to cite

Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh al-Iskandarī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/ibn-ata-allah (data of 31 October 2026).