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 السمان
Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Sammān
Died 1189/1776 · Medina
Founder of the Sammāniyya (Khalwatiyya-Bakriyya)
Sources for this person
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (3 entries)
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 Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Sammān
2 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Shaykh Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib (Sammāniyya, Sudan)الشيخ أحمد الطيب
one sourcein Khalwatiyya (Halvetiyye)
initiation · Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Sammān to Shaykh Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib (Sammāniyya, Sudan) · One source
The present Sudanese sheikh says the order came from Medina to Sudan through his ancestor Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib; the article does not state a personal initiation by Sammān.
Türkiye Today, 'Sudan Sufi leader highlights deep spiritual links with Türkiye' (4 Feb 2026)Checked against
- Türkiye Today (4 Feb 2026), article, read · agreesOrder brought from Medina over 250 years ago by Ahmad al-Tayyib; Sammān's grave at al-Baqī.
- Wikipedia, 'Mohammed ibn Abdel Karim al-Samman' (de), search result · silentNot read for the Sudanese chain.
- Aḥmad al-Tijānīأحمد التجاني1815
the community's own accountin Tijāniyya
gave the khirqa · Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Sammān to Aḥmad al-Tijānī · The community's own account
TDV: in Medina he received the Sammāniyya licence from Ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Sammān.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Ticânî, Ahmed b. MuhammedChecked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L6066-6110 · silentTrimingham does not mention a Sammāniyya licence for al-Tijānī.
- ʿAlī Ḥarāzim, Jawāhir al-maʿānī (order's own text; archive.org), jm.txt (Part 1) grep Sammān: no match · silentNo Sammān reference found in the part read.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Sammān”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/muhammad-samman (data of 31 October 2026).