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.
عبد السلام بن مشيش
ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīsh
Died 1227/8 (killed; Jabal ʿAlam) · Jabal ʿAlam
Master of al-Shādhilī; some researchers call him the true pīr of the order (TDV)
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 2, the best-sourced: Shādhiliyya. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Fakhr al-Dīnفخر الدين
the community's own accountin Shādhiliyya
initiation · Fakhr al-Dīn to Taqī al-Dīn al-Fuqayr · The community's own account
Listed in the order's own silsila as relayed by Wikipedia from shazuli.com; the order's own page was not read.
Wikipedia, Shadhili (relays the chain from shazuli.com 'Spiritual Genealogy'; tertiary)Not yet checked against a further reference.
Taqī al-Dīn al-Fuqayrتقي الدين الفقيرthe community's own accountin Shādhiliyya
initiation · Taqī al-Dīn al-Fuqayr to ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī al-ʿAṭṭār al-Zayyāt · The community's own account
Listed in the order's own silsila as relayed by Wikipedia from shazuli.com; the order's own page was not read.
Wikipedia, Shadhili (relays the chain from shazuli.com 'Spiritual Genealogy'; tertiary)Not yet checked against a further reference.
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī al-ʿAṭṭār al-Zayyātعبد الرحمن المدني العطار الزياتthe community's own accountin Shādhiliyyasources differ
initiation · ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī al-ʿAṭṭār al-Zayyāt to ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīsh · The community's own account
Listed in the order's own silsila as relayed by Wikipedia from shazuli.com; the order's own page was not read.
Wikipedia, Shadhili (relays the chain from shazuli.com 'Spiritual Genealogy'; tertiary)Not yet checked against a further reference.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Some versions of the order's chain are shorter: Hasan, Jābir, Saʿīd al-Ghazwānī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī, Ibn Mashīsh (per order-affiliated blogs); another list runs Nūr al-Dīn ʿAlī, Fakhr al-Dīn, Taqī al-Dīn al-Fuqayr, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān.the community's own account: Golden Chain of the Shadhiliyyah (order-affiliated blog)
ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīshعبد السلام بن مشيش1227
Other routes (1)
Route 2 of 2: Shādhiliyya
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Fakhr al-Dīnفخر الدين
the community's own accountin Shādhiliyya
initiation · Fakhr al-Dīn to Taqī al-Dīn al-Fuqayr · The community's own account
Listed in the order's own silsila as relayed by Wikipedia from shazuli.com; the order's own page was not read.
Wikipedia, Shadhili (relays the chain from shazuli.com 'Spiritual Genealogy'; tertiary)Not yet checked against a further reference.
Taqī al-Dīn al-Fuqayrتقي الدين الفقيرthe community's own accountin Shādhiliyya
initiation · Taqī al-Dīn al-Fuqayr to ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī al-ʿAṭṭār al-Zayyāt · The community's own account
Listed in the order's own silsila as relayed by Wikipedia from shazuli.com; the order's own page was not read.
Wikipedia, Shadhili (relays the chain from shazuli.com 'Spiritual Genealogy'; tertiary)Not yet checked against a further reference.
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī al-ʿAṭṭār al-Zayyātعبد الرحمن المدني العطار الزياتthe community's own accountin Shādhiliyyasources differ
initiation · ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī al-ʿAṭṭār al-Zayyāt to ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīsh · The community's own account
Listed in the order's own silsila as relayed by Wikipedia from shazuli.com; the order's own page was not read.
Wikipedia, Shadhili (relays the chain from shazuli.com 'Spiritual Genealogy'; tertiary)Not yet checked against a further reference.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Some versions of the order's chain are shorter: Hasan, Jābir, Saʿīd al-Ghazwānī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī, Ibn Mashīsh (per order-affiliated blogs); another list runs Nūr al-Dīn ʿAlī, Fakhr al-Dīn, Taqī al-Dīn al-Fuqayr, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān.the community's own account: Golden Chain of the Shadhiliyyah (order-affiliated blog)
ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīshعبد السلام بن مشيش1227
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 ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīsh
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilīأبو الحسن الشاذلي1258
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)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.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīsh”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/ibn-mashish (data of 31 October 2026).