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.
سفيان بن عيينة
Sufyān b. ʿUyayna
Mecca
Meccan traditionist
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 Sufyān b. ʿUyayna
2 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Aḥmad b. Ḥanbalأحمد بن حنبل855
two sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · Sufyān b. ʿUyayna to Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal · Two independent sources
Siyar lists Ibn ʿUyayna among Aḥmad's sources; TDV names him.
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 126526)TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Ahmed b. Hanbel'Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L4326, 69075 · agreesAḥmad’s entry lists Ibn ʿUyayna among his sources; Ibn ʿUyayna’s entry lists Aḥmad among his pupils.
- Muḥammad b. Idrīs al-Shāfiʿīمحمد بن إدريس الشافعي820
two sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · Sufyān b. ʿUyayna to Muḥammad b. Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī · Two independent sources
Siyar and TDV name Ibn ʿUyayna among al-Shāfiʿī's teachers.
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry al-Shāfiʿī (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 112695)TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Şâfiî'Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L163550, 69075 · agreesIbn ʿUyayna’s entry lists al-Shāfiʿī among those narrating from him; al-Shāfiʿī quoted praising Mālik and Ibn ʿUyayna.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān, Shamela0001000 #L15800, 30469 · agreesIbn Khallikān: al-Shāfiʿī narrated from Ibn ʿUyayna, who deferred to him on tafsīr and fatwa questions.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Sufyān b. ʿUyayna”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/ibn-uyayna (data of 31 October 2026).