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.
الشيخ محمد عبد الكريم الكسنزاني
Shaykh Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Kasnazānī
Died 2020-07-04 · born 1938-04-15 · Sulaymaniyah
Shaykh of the Kasnazāniyya; led the order about 42 years (Wikipedia, citing Arab-culture and Kurdistan24)
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 Shaykh Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Kasnazānī
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Shaykh Nahrū (Nehru) Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Karīm al-KasnazānīLiving, as of Oct 2026الشيخ نهرو محمد الكسنزاني
one sourcein Qādiriyya
successor of · Shaykh Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Kasnazānī to Shaykh Nahrū (Nehru) Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Kasnazānī · One source
Wikipedia: the present sheikh succeeded his father Muḥammad after his death in 2020; Shafaq News calls Nahrū the spiritual leader of the Kasnazānī Qādirī order.
Wikipedia, 'Kasnazani' (secondary)Shafaq News, 'Leader Barzani discusses the situation in Iraq with the Spiritual leader of the Kasnazani Qadiri Order'Checked against
- Wikipedia, 'Kasnazani', 'Spiritual hierarchy' · agreesSays he succeeded his father after his death; his name appears in several forms on the page.
- Shafaq News, article · agreesGives the title spiritual leader of the order; silent on succession; article undated.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Shaykh Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Kasnazānī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/muhammad-kasnazani (data of 31 October 2026).