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 بن الحسن الشيباني
Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī
Died 189/805 (sources differ) · Kufa, Baghdad
Pupil of Abū Ḥanīfa and Abū Yūsuf; heard Mālik; teacher of al-Shāfiʿī
Sources for this person
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (2 entries)
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: Schools of law and ḥadīth. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
two sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
companionship (ṣuḥba) · The Prophet Muhammad to ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUmar · Two independent sources
Companion of the Prophet (TDV Mālik names Ibn ʿUmar's rulings as Nāfiʿ's subject).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Mâlik b. Enes'Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L98639 · agreesIbn ʿUmar’s entry opens his sources with the Prophet.
- al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, Shamela0010906 #L48157 · agreesSiyar: Ibn ʿUmar narrated much beneficial knowledge from the Prophet and his father.
ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUmarعبد الله بن عمرtwo sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUmar to Nāfiʿ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī · Two independent sources
Siyar: Nāfiʿ was Ibn ʿUmar's freedman and transmitter.
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry Nāfiʿ (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 68010)Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L199586, 98639 · agreesNāfiʿ’s entry heads him as mawlā of Ibn ʿUmar and lists Ibn ʿUmar among his sources; Ibn ʿUmar has the Prophet as source.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān, Shamela0001000 #L43453 · agreesIbn Khallikān: Nāfiʿ, freedman of ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUmar; heard his master; Mālik among his transmitters.
Nāfiʿ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanīنافع بن عبد الرحمنc. 786two sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · Nāfiʿ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī to Mālik b. Anas · Two independent sources
Siyar: Mālik took from Nāfiʿ; TDV: attended Nāfiʿ's circle for years for Ibn ʿUmar's rulings.
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry Mālik (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 94438)TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Mâlik b. Enes'Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L183246, 199586 · agreesMālik’s entry lists Nāfiʿ mawlā Ibn ʿUmar first among his sources; Nāfiʿ’s entry lists Mālik among those who narrated from him.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān, Shamela0001000 #L29992, 43453 · agreesIbn Khallikān: Mālik heard al-Zuhrī and Nāfiʿ mawlā Ibn ʿUmar; Nāfiʿ’s entry names Mālik among his transmitters.
Mālik b. Anasمالك بن أنس795one sourcein Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · Mālik b. Anas to Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī · One source
TDV: al-Shaybānī attended Mālik's circle about three years; Siyar lists Mālik among his sources.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Mâlik b. Enes'al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry al-Shaybānī (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 105477)Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L183246 · silentMālik’s entry in the Tahdhīb does not list al-Shaybānī among those who narrated from him.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān, Shamela0001000 #L30862, 29992 · silentIbn Khallikān’s entries on al-Shaybānī and Mālik do not mention study; the link rests on the Siyar and TDV.
Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānīمحمد بن الحسن الشيباني805
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: Schools of law and ḥadīth
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
two sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
companionship (ṣuḥba) · The Prophet Muhammad to ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās · Two independent sources
Companion of the Prophet; named in Siyar as teacher of Jābir b. Zayd (the Prophet link itself not read).
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry Jābir b. Zayd (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 63513)Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L96347 · agreesIbn ʿAbbās’s entry opens his sources with the Prophet.
- al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, Shamela0010906 #L50696 · agreesSiyar: Ibn ʿAbbās kept the Prophet’s company for about thirty months and narrated from him.
ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbāsعبد الله بن عباس687two sourcesthis step is recorded in Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings, not in Schools of law and ḥadīth
read the Qurʾān to · ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās to ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Hurmuz al-Aʿraj · Two independent sources
al-Aʿraj read to Ibn ʿAbbās and Abū Hurayra and ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAyyāsh.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 2831-2834Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L10700 · agrees (not independent)Entry: al-Aʿraj read to Abū Hurayra, Ibn ʿAbbās and ʿAbdallāh b. ʿAyyāsh.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L838 · agreesEntry: al-Aʿraj read to Abū Hurayra, Ibn ʿAbbās and Ibn ʿAyyāsh.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L136-L140 · agreesRijāl of Nāfiʿ: the five took from Abū Hurayra, Ibn ʿAbbās and Ibn ʿAyyāsh (general, not per man).
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Hurmuz al-Aʿrajعبد الرحمن بن هرمز الأعرج735two sourcesthis step is recorded in Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings, not in Schools of law and ḥadīth
read the Qurʾān to · ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Hurmuz al-Aʿraj to Nāfiʿ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī · Two independent sources
Among the Successors Nāfiʿ read to: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Hurmuz al-Aʿraj.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 2830-2832Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L26054 · agrees (not independent)Entry: Nāfiʿ read to ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Hurmuz al-Aʿraj.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L1314 · agreesEntry: Nāfiʿ read to al-Aʿraj.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L136-L140 · agreesRijāl of Nāfiʿ: al-Aʿraj among five.
Nāfiʿ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanīنافع بن عبد الرحمنc. 786two sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · Nāfiʿ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī to Mālik b. Anas · Two independent sources
Siyar: Mālik took from Nāfiʿ; TDV: attended Nāfiʿ's circle for years for Ibn ʿUmar's rulings.
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry Mālik (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 94438)TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Mâlik b. Enes'Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L183246, 199586 · agreesMālik’s entry lists Nāfiʿ mawlā Ibn ʿUmar first among his sources; Nāfiʿ’s entry lists Mālik among those who narrated from him.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān, Shamela0001000 #L29992, 43453 · agreesIbn Khallikān: Mālik heard al-Zuhrī and Nāfiʿ mawlā Ibn ʿUmar; Nāfiʿ’s entry names Mālik among his transmitters.
Mālik b. Anasمالك بن أنس795one sourcein Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · Mālik b. Anas to Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī · One source
TDV: al-Shaybānī attended Mālik's circle about three years; Siyar lists Mālik among his sources.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Mâlik b. Enes'al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry al-Shaybānī (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 105477)Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L183246 · silentMālik’s entry in the Tahdhīb does not list al-Shaybānī among those who narrated from him.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān, Shamela0001000 #L30862, 29992 · silentIbn Khallikān’s entries on al-Shaybānī and Mālik do not mention study; the link rests on the Siyar and TDV.
Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānīمحمد بن الحسن الشيباني805
Route 3 of 3: Schools of law and ḥadīth
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
two sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
companionship (ṣuḥba) · The Prophet Muhammad to ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās · Two independent sources
Companion of the Prophet; named in Siyar as teacher of Jābir b. Zayd (the Prophet link itself not read).
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry Jābir b. Zayd (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 63513)Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L96347 · agreesIbn ʿAbbās’s entry opens his sources with the Prophet.
- al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, Shamela0010906 #L50696 · agreesSiyar: Ibn ʿAbbās kept the Prophet’s company for about thirty months and narrated from him.
ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbāsعبد الله بن عباس687two sourcesthis step is recorded in Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings, not in Schools of law and ḥadīth
read the Qurʾān to · ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās to Abū Jaʿfar Yazīd b. al-Qaʿqāʿ · Two independent sources
Abū Jaʿfar read to Ibn ʿAbbās.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4478-4480Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L27515 · agrees (not independent)Entry: Abū Jaʿfar read to Ibn ʿAbbās.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L371 · agreesIbn ʿAbbās entry lists Abū Jaʿfar among his readers.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L136-L140 · agreesRijāl of Nāfiʿ: general statement.
Abū Jaʿfar Yazīd b. al-Qaʿqāʿأبو جعفر يزيد بن القعقاعc. 748two sourcesthis step is recorded in Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings, not in Schools of law and ḥadīth
read the Qurʾān to · Abū Jaʿfar Yazīd b. al-Qaʿqāʿ to Nāfiʿ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī · Two independent sources
Nāfiʿ read to seventy Successors, among them Abū Jaʿfar (Ibn al-Jazarī names Abū Jaʿfar first).
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 2830-2832Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L26054 · agrees (not independent)Entry: Nāfiʿ read to Abū Jaʿfar al-Qāriʾ among his teachers.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L1314 · agreesEntry: Nāfiʿ read to Abū Jaʿfar.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L136-L140 · agreesRijāl of Nāfiʿ: Abū Jaʿfar first of five.
Nāfiʿ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanīنافع بن عبد الرحمنc. 786two sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · Nāfiʿ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī to Mālik b. Anas · Two independent sources
Siyar: Mālik took from Nāfiʿ; TDV: attended Nāfiʿ's circle for years for Ibn ʿUmar's rulings.
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry Mālik (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 94438)TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Mâlik b. Enes'Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L183246, 199586 · agreesMālik’s entry lists Nāfiʿ mawlā Ibn ʿUmar first among his sources; Nāfiʿ’s entry lists Mālik among those who narrated from him.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān, Shamela0001000 #L29992, 43453 · agreesIbn Khallikān: Mālik heard al-Zuhrī and Nāfiʿ mawlā Ibn ʿUmar; Nāfiʿ’s entry names Mālik among his transmitters.
Mālik b. Anasمالك بن أنس795one sourcein Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · Mālik b. Anas to Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī · One source
TDV: al-Shaybānī attended Mālik's circle about three years; Siyar lists Mālik among his sources.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Mâlik b. Enes'al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry al-Shaybānī (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 105477)Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L183246 · silentMālik’s entry in the Tahdhīb does not list al-Shaybānī among those who narrated from him.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān, Shamela0001000 #L30862, 29992 · silentIbn Khallikān’s entries on al-Shaybānī and Mālik do not mention study; the link rests on the Siyar and TDV.
Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānīمحمد بن الحسن الشيباني805
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. al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī
2 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Abū Ḥanīfa al-Nuʿmān b. Thābitأبو حنيفة النعمان بن ثابت767
two sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīthsources differ
studied with · Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī to Abū Ḥanīfa al-Nuʿmān b. Thābit · Two independent sources
Siyar: al-Shaybānī took part of his fiqh from Abū Ḥanīfa and completed it with Abū Yūsuf.
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry al-Shaybānī (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 105476)Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L201047 · agreesAbū Ḥanīfa’s entry lists Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī among those who narrated from him.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān, Shamela0001000 #L30862, 51995 · differsIbn Khallikān: al-Shaybānī sat in Abū Ḥanīfa’s circle two years, then studied fiqh under Abū Yūsuf; Abū Yūsuf’s pupils include him.
- Hallaq, Sharīʿa (2009), hallaq_sharia_2009.txt#L3412-3436 (pp. 63-64) · agreesAbū Ḥanīfa and Abū Yūsuf each had personal followings, later merged into one doctrinal Hanafite school; Shaybānī listed among personal-school jurists.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Ibn Khallikān (entry al-Shaybānī): he sat in Abū Ḥanīfa’s circle about two years and then studied fiqh under Abū Yūsuf, so most of his Hanafite fiqh came through Abū Yūsuf. The Siyar basis (completed with Abū Yūsuf) is consistent.Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān, entry Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan (OpenITI Shamela0001000, line 30862)
- Muḥammad b. Idrīs al-Shāfiʿīمحمد بن إدريس الشافعي820
two sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī to Muḥammad b. Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī · Two independent sources
Siyar: al-Shāfiʿī took much from al-Shaybānī; TDV: attended his lessons in Baghdad.
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry al-Shaybānī (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 105479)TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Şâfiî'Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L163550 · agreesal-Shāfiʿī’s entry lists Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī among his sources.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān, Shamela0001000 #L30862, 30469 · agreesIbn Khallikān: al-Shaybānī and al-Shāfiʿī held sessions in Baghdad before Hārūn al-Rashīd; Shaybānī honoured him.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/muhammad-shaybani (data of 31 October 2026).