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

الكسائي

ʿAlī b. Ḥamza al-Kisāʾī

Died 189 AH (most-stated date) · Kufa

Canonical reader (one of the ten)

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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 3, the best-sourced: Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Yaḥyā b. Waththāb al-Asadīيحيى بن وثاب
  4. two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings

    read the Qurʾān to · Yaḥyā b. Waththāb al-Asadī to Sulaymān b. Mihrān al-Aʿmash · Two independent sources

    al-Aʿmash and Ṭalḥa read to Yaḥyā b. Waththāb al-Asadī.

    Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4159-4161

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    Sulaymān b. Mihrān al-Aʿmashالأعمش
  5. two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readingssources differ

    read the Qurʾān to · Sulaymān b. Mihrān al-Aʿmash to Ḥamza b. Ḥabīb al-Zayyāt · Two independent sources

    Ḥamza read to al-Aʿmash.

    Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4156-4158

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    Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

    Ḥamza b. Ḥabīb al-Zayyātحمزة بن حبيب الزياتc. 773
  6. two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings

    read the Qurʾān to · Ḥamza b. Ḥabīb al-Zayyāt to ʿAlī b. Ḥamza al-Kisāʾī · Two independent sources

    al-Kisāʾī read to Ḥamza, on whom his reliance rested.

    Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4330-4332

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    ʿAlī b. Ḥamza al-Kisāʾīالكسائيc. 805
Other routes (2)

Route 2 of 3: Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  2. 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 3917-3922

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    ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālibعلي بن أبي طالب661
  3. two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings

    read the Qurʾān to · ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib to Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī · Two independent sources

    al-Sulamī and Zirr also read to ʿUthmān and ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib; TDV gives Ḥafṣ's chain as ʿĀṣim, al-Sulamī, ʿAlī, the Prophet.

    Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3922-3924TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Hafs b. Süleyman

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    Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamīأبو عبد الرحمن السلمي692
  4. two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings

    read the Qurʾān to · Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī to ʿĀṣim b. Abī l-Najūd al-Kūfī · Two independent sources

    ʿĀṣim read to Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī.

    Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3919-3921

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    ʿĀṣim b. Abī l-Najūd al-Kūfīعاصم بن أبي النجودc. 745
  5. two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings

    read the Qurʾān to · ʿĀṣim b. Abī l-Najūd al-Kūfī to ʿĪsā b. ʿUmar al-Hamdhānī · Two independent sources

    ʿĪsā b. ʿUmar read to ʿĀṣim, Ṭalḥa b. Muṣarrif and al-Aʿmash.

    Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4333-4336

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    ʿĪsā b. ʿUmar al-Hamdhānīعيسى بن عمر الهمذاني
  6. two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings

    read the Qurʾān to · ʿĪsā b. ʿUmar al-Hamdhānī to ʿAlī b. Ḥamza al-Kisāʾī · Two independent sources

    al-Kisāʾī also read to ʿĪsā b. ʿUmar al-Hamdhānī.

    Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4331-4333

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    ʿAlī b. Ḥamza al-Kisāʾīالكسائيc. 805

Route 3 of 3: Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  2. two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings

    read the Qurʾān to · The Prophet Muhammad to Ubayy b. Kaʿb · 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 2836-2840

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    Ubayy b. Kaʿbأبي بن كعب654
  3. two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings

    read the Qurʾān to · Ubayy b. Kaʿb to Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī · Two independent sources

    al-Sulamī also read to Ubayy b. Kaʿb and Zayd b. Thābit.

    Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3924-3926

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    Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamīأبو عبد الرحمن السلمي692
  4. two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings

    read the Qurʾān to · Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī to ʿĀṣim b. Abī l-Najūd al-Kūfī · Two independent sources

    ʿĀṣim read to Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī.

    Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3919-3921

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    ʿĀṣim b. Abī l-Najūd al-Kūfīعاصم بن أبي النجودc. 745
  5. two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings

    read the Qurʾān to · ʿĀṣim b. Abī l-Najūd al-Kūfī to ʿĪsā b. ʿUmar al-Hamdhānī · Two independent sources

    ʿĪsā b. ʿUmar read to ʿĀṣim, Ṭalḥa b. Muṣarrif and al-Aʿmash.

    Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4333-4336

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    ʿĪsā b. ʿUmar al-Hamdhānīعيسى بن عمر الهمذاني
  6. two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings

    read the Qurʾān to · ʿĪsā b. ʿUmar al-Hamdhānī to ʿAlī b. Ḥamza al-Kisāʾī · Two independent sources

    al-Kisāʾī also read to ʿĪsā b. ʿUmar al-Hamdhānī.

    Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4331-4333

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    ʿAlī b. Ḥamza al-Kisāʾīالكسائيc. 805
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 ʿAlī b. Ḥamza al-Kisāʾī

2 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.

How to cite

Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “ʿAlī b. Ḥamza al-Kisāʾī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/kisai (data of 31 October 2026).