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.
نافع بن عبد الرحمن
Nāfiʿ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī
Also written: Nāfiʿ, mawlā Ibn ʿUmar
Died 169 AH · born c. 70 AH · Medina
Canonical reader (one of the ten)
Sources for this person
Ibn al-Jazarī (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 6, the best-sourced: Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · The Prophet Muhammad to Ubayy b. Kaʿb · Two independent sources
Ibn al-Jazarī: the Companion read the Qurʾān to the Messenger of God (the isnād ends here in each chain).
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 2836-2840Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L789 · agrees (not independent)Entry: he read the Qurʾān to the Prophet.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L193 · agreesEntry: he read the Qurʾān to the Prophet.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L136-L140 · agreesRijāl of Nāfiʿ: chain ends Ubayy, then the Prophet.
Ubayy b. Kaʿbأبي بن كعب654two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Ubayy b. Kaʿb to ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās · Two independent sources
Ibn ʿAbbās read to Ubayy b. Kaʿb and to Zayd b. Thābit.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 2834-2837Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L11895 · agrees (not independent)Entry: presented the whole Qurʾān to Ubayy and Zayd.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L371 · agreesEntry: read to Ubayy.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L141-L144 · agreesRijāl of Ibn Kathīr: Ibn ʿAbbās from Ubayy and Zayd.
ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbāsعبد الله بن عباس687two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
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 sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
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. 786
Other routes (5)
Route 2 of 6: Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · The Prophet Muhammad to Ubayy b. Kaʿb · Two independent sources
Ibn al-Jazarī: the Companion read the Qurʾān to the Messenger of God (the isnād ends here in each chain).
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 2836-2840Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L789 · agrees (not independent)Entry: he read the Qurʾān to the Prophet.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L193 · agreesEntry: he read the Qurʾān to the Prophet.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L136-L140 · agreesRijāl of Nāfiʿ: chain ends Ubayy, then the Prophet.
Ubayy b. Kaʿbأبي بن كعب654two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Ubayy b. Kaʿb to ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās · Two independent sources
Ibn ʿAbbās read to Ubayy b. Kaʿb and to Zayd b. Thābit.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 2834-2837Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L11895 · agrees (not independent)Entry: presented the whole Qurʾān to Ubayy and Zayd.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L371 · agreesEntry: read to Ubayy.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L141-L144 · agreesRijāl of Ibn Kathīr: Ibn ʿAbbās from Ubayy and Zayd.
ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbāsعبد الله بن عباس687two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
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 sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
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. 786
Route 3 of 6: Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · The Prophet Muhammad to Ubayy b. Kaʿb · Two independent sources
Ibn al-Jazarī: the Companion read the Qurʾān to the Messenger of God (the isnād ends here in each chain).
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 2836-2840Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L789 · agrees (not independent)Entry: he read the Qurʾān to the Prophet.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L193 · agreesEntry: he read the Qurʾān to the Prophet.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L136-L140 · agreesRijāl of Nāfiʿ: chain ends Ubayy, then the Prophet.
Ubayy b. Kaʿbأبي بن كعب654two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Ubayy b. Kaʿb to Abū Hurayra · Two independent sources
Ibn ʿAbbās, Abū Hurayra and Ibn ʿAyyāsh read to Ubayy b. Kaʿb.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 2834-2836Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L10410 · agrees (not independent)Entry: he took the Qurʾān by ʿarḍ from Ubayy.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L348 · agreesEntry: he read to Ubayy.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L136-L140 · agreesRijāl of Nāfiʿ: Abū Hurayra and others from Ubayy.
Abū Hurayraأبو هريرة678two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Abū Hurayra 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: most of his transmission is from Abū Hurayra.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L838 · agreesEntry: read to Abū Hurayra.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L136-L140 · agreesRijāl of Nāfiʿ: the five took from Abū Hurayra (general).
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Hurmuz al-Aʿrajعبد الرحمن بن هرمز الأعرج735two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
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. 786
Route 4 of 6: Schools of law and ḥadīth
- 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. 786
Route 5 of 6: 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. 786
Route 6 of 6: 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. 786
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 Nāfiʿ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī
3 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Mālik b. Anasمالك بن أنس795
two 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.
- Qālūn (ʿĪsā b. Mīnā)قالونc. 835
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Nāfiʿ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī to Qālūn (ʿĪsā b. Mīnā) · Two independent sources
Qālūn read to Nāfiʿ in 150 AH and was close to him; Ibn al-Jazarī's chain gives Qālūn and Warsh as the two rāwīs of Nāfiʿ.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 2825-2828Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 2849-2853Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L16872 · agrees (not independent)Entry: read to Nāfiʿ (and to ʿĪsā b. Wardān).
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L2087 · agreesEntry: read to Nāfiʿ until proficient; also to Ibn Wardān.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L174-L188 · agreesIsnād of Qālūn: reads to Nāfiʿ.
- Warsh (ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd)ورشc. 813
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Nāfiʿ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī to Warsh (ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd) · Two independent sources
Warsh travelled to Medina and read four complete recitations to Nāfiʿ in 155 AH.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 2858-2861Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L13925 · agrees (not independent)Entry (Nāfiʿ-side wording): Warsh presented the Qurʾān to him in 155.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L2031 · agreesEntry names Nāfiʿ as his teacher.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L174-L188 · agreesIsnād of Warsh: reads to Nāfiʿ.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Nāfiʿ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/nafi (data of 31 October 2026).