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.
محمد عثمان عبده البرهاني
Muḥammad ʿUthmān ʿAbduh al-Burhānī
Died 5 Apr 1983 · born 1902 · Khartoum / Omdurman
Founder or renewer of the Burhāniyya in Sudan
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
- Sayyidī Ibrāhīm al-Qurashī al-Disūqīإبراهيم الدسوقي1277
the community's own accountin Shādhiliyya
initiation · Sayyidī Ibrāhīm al-Qurashī al-Disūqī to Sayyidī Mūsā Abū l-ʿUmrān · The community's own account
The order's own chain.
the community's own account: Tariqa Burhaniya, Origin and Transmission / silsila pagesNot yet checked against a further reference.
Sayyidī Mūsā Abū l-ʿUmrānموسى أبو العمرانthe community's own accountin Shādhiliyya
initiation · Sayyidī Mūsā Abū l-ʿUmrān to Sayyidī Aḥmad al-ʿArabī al-Sharnūbī · The community's own account
The order's own chain.
the community's own account: Tariqa Burhaniya, Origin and Transmission / silsila pagesNot yet checked against a further reference.
Sayyidī Aḥmad al-ʿArabī al-Sharnūbīأحمد العربي الشرنوبيthe community's own accountin Shādhiliyyasources differ
initiation · Sayyidī Aḥmad al-ʿArabī al-Sharnūbī to Muḥammad ʿUthmān ʿAbduh al-Burhānī · The community's own account
The order's own chain; its page also says he entered the Burhāniyya at about ten through his uncle, and that a teacher later came 'sent by' al-Disūqī.
the community's own account: Tariqa Burhaniya, Origin and Transmission / silsila pagesNot yet checked against a further reference.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- The article on Wikipedia gives the full name Ṭarīqa al-Burhāniyya al-Disūqiyya al-Shādhiliyya but no chain.Wikipedia, Burhaniyya
Muḥammad ʿUthmān ʿAbduh al-Burhānīمحمد عثمان عبده البرهاني1983
Other routes (1)
Route 2 of 2: Shādhiliyya
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Sayyidī Ibrāhīm al-Qurashī al-Disūqīإبراهيم الدسوقي1277
the community's own accountin Shādhiliyya
initiation · Sayyidī Ibrāhīm al-Qurashī al-Disūqī to Sayyidī Mūsā Abū l-ʿUmrān · The community's own account
The order's own chain.
the community's own account: Tariqa Burhaniya, Origin and Transmission / silsila pagesNot yet checked against a further reference.
Sayyidī Mūsā Abū l-ʿUmrānموسى أبو العمرانthe community's own accountin Shādhiliyya
initiation · Sayyidī Mūsā Abū l-ʿUmrān to Sayyidī Aḥmad al-ʿArabī al-Sharnūbī · The community's own account
The order's own chain.
the community's own account: Tariqa Burhaniya, Origin and Transmission / silsila pagesNot yet checked against a further reference.
Sayyidī Aḥmad al-ʿArabī al-Sharnūbīأحمد العربي الشرنوبيthe community's own accountin Shādhiliyyasources differ
initiation · Sayyidī Aḥmad al-ʿArabī al-Sharnūbī to Muḥammad ʿUthmān ʿAbduh al-Burhānī · The community's own account
The order's own chain; its page also says he entered the Burhāniyya at about ten through his uncle, and that a teacher later came 'sent by' al-Disūqī.
the community's own account: Tariqa Burhaniya, Origin and Transmission / silsila pagesNot yet checked against a further reference.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- The article on Wikipedia gives the full name Ṭarīqa al-Burhāniyya al-Disūqiyya al-Shādhiliyya but no chain.Wikipedia, Burhaniyya
Muḥammad ʿUthmān ʿAbduh al-Burhānīمحمد عثمان عبده البرهاني1983
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 Muḥammad ʿUthmān ʿAbduh al-Burhānī
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Ibrāhīm Muḥammad ʿUthmānإبراهيم محمد عثمان2003
the community's own accountin Shādhiliyya
successor of · Muḥammad ʿUthmān ʿAbduh al-Burhānī to Ibrāhīm Muḥammad ʿUthmān · The community's own account
The order's page: his son Ibrāhīm led after the founder's death in 1983 and died in 2003.
the community's own account: Tariqa Burhaniya, Origin and Transmission / silsila pagesecoi.net, Research Directorate response on the Burhaniyya (2016, search extract)Not yet checked against a further reference.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Muḥammad ʿUthmān ʿAbduh al-Burhānī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/muhammad-osman-burhani (data of 31 October 2026).