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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.

محمد الزجاج

Muḥammad al-Zajjāj

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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: Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî). Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Maʿrūf al-Karkhīمعروف الكرخي815
  4. two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    initiation · Maʿrūf al-Karkhī to Sarī al-Saqaṭī · Two independent sources

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L1838-1840 · agreesMaʿrūf was a teacher of Sarī al-Saqaṭī.
    • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L462 · agreesSarī accompanied Maʿrūf al-Karkhī.
    • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 59-60 · agreesSarī a pupil of Maʿrūf.
    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13731-13735 (App. A) · agreesIbn al-Nadīm chain: Junayd from Sarī from Maʿrūf.
    Sarī al-Saqaṭīسري السقطي867
  5. two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    initiation · Sarī al-Saqaṭī to al-Junayd al-Baghdādī · Two independent sources

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L1592 · agreesJunayd accompanied al-Sarī al-Saqaṭī and al-Muḥāsibī.
    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L154129 · agreesJunayd heard from and accompanied Sarī.
    • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · agreesJunayd took the path from Sarī.
    • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 89-92 · agreesSarī named among Junayd's companions.
    al-Junayd al-Baghdādīالجنيد البغدادي909
  6. two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    initiation · al-Junayd al-Baghdādī to Muḥammad al-Zajjāj · Two independent sources

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye. TDV relays the chain without comment on the interval it spans between Junayd and Aḥmad al-Ghazālī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L4940 · agreesal-Zajjājī accompanied Abū ʿUthmān, Junayd, Nūrī and Ruwaym.
    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795 (App. A chart) · agreesChart: al-Zajjājī (d. 310/922 or 348/959) under al-Junayd.
    Muḥammad al-Zajjājمحمد الزجاج
Other routes (2)

Route 2 of 3: Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Maʿrūf al-Karkhīمعروف الكرخي815
  4. two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    initiation · Maʿrūf al-Karkhī to Sarī al-Saqaṭī · Two independent sources

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L1838-1840 · agreesMaʿrūf was a teacher of Sarī al-Saqaṭī.
    • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L462 · agreesSarī accompanied Maʿrūf al-Karkhī.
    • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 59-60 · agreesSarī a pupil of Maʿrūf.
    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13731-13735 (App. A) · agreesIbn al-Nadīm chain: Junayd from Sarī from Maʿrūf.
    Sarī al-Saqaṭīسري السقطي867
  5. two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    initiation · Sarī al-Saqaṭī to al-Junayd al-Baghdādī · Two independent sources

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L1592 · agreesJunayd accompanied al-Sarī al-Saqaṭī and al-Muḥāsibī.
    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L154129 · agreesJunayd heard from and accompanied Sarī.
    • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · agreesJunayd took the path from Sarī.
    • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 89-92 · agreesSarī named among Junayd's companions.
    al-Junayd al-Baghdādīالجنيد البغدادي909
  6. two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    initiation · al-Junayd al-Baghdādī to Muḥammad al-Zajjāj · Two independent sources

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye. TDV relays the chain without comment on the interval it spans between Junayd and Aḥmad al-Ghazālī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L4940 · agreesal-Zajjājī accompanied Abū ʿUthmān, Junayd, Nūrī and Ruwaym.
    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795 (App. A chart) · agreesChart: al-Zajjājī (d. 310/922 or 348/959) under al-Junayd.
    Muḥammad al-Zajjājمحمد الزجاج

Route 3 of 3: Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Maʿrūf al-Karkhīمعروف الكرخي815
  4. two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    initiation · Maʿrūf al-Karkhī to Sarī al-Saqaṭī · Two independent sources

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L1838-1840 · agreesMaʿrūf was a teacher of Sarī al-Saqaṭī.
    • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L462 · agreesSarī accompanied Maʿrūf al-Karkhī.
    • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 59-60 · agreesSarī a pupil of Maʿrūf.
    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13731-13735 (App. A) · agreesIbn al-Nadīm chain: Junayd from Sarī from Maʿrūf.
    Sarī al-Saqaṭīسري السقطي867
  5. two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    initiation · Sarī al-Saqaṭī to al-Junayd al-Baghdādī · Two independent sources

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L1592 · agreesJunayd accompanied al-Sarī al-Saqaṭī and al-Muḥāsibī.
    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L154129 · agreesJunayd heard from and accompanied Sarī.
    • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · agreesJunayd took the path from Sarī.
    • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 89-92 · agreesSarī named among Junayd's companions.
    al-Junayd al-Baghdādīالجنيد البغدادي909
  6. two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

    initiation · al-Junayd al-Baghdādī to Muḥammad al-Zajjāj · Two independent sources

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye. TDV relays the chain without comment on the interval it spans between Junayd and Aḥmad al-Ghazālī.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L4940 · agreesal-Zajjājī accompanied Abū ʿUthmān, Junayd, Nūrī and Ruwaym.
    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795 (App. A chart) · agreesChart: al-Zajjājī (d. 310/922 or 348/959) under al-Junayd.
    Muḥammad al-Zajjājمحمد الزجاج
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 al-Zajjāj

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

  • Abū Bakr al-Nassājأبو بكر النساج
    the community's own accountin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)omits: intermediaries the data does not name

    initiation · Muḥammad al-Zajjāj to Abū Bakr al-Nassāj · The community's own account

    Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye. [omits: Abū ʿUthmān al-Maghribī (d. 373/984); Abū l-Qāsim al-Jurjānī]

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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    • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L5540 · differsAbū ʿUthmān al-Maghribī accompanied al-Zajjājī (d. 373); he comes between.
    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13780-13795 (App. A chart) · differsChart: Zajjājī, then Maghribī (d. 984), then al-Gurgānī (d. 1076); Nassāj sits beneath.

How to cite

Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Muḥammad al-Zajjāj”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/muhammad-zajjaj (data of 31 October 2026).