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.
قتيبة بن سعيد
Qutayba b. Saʿīd
Nishapur
Traditionist; teacher of al-Tirmidhī and al-Nasāʾī
Sources for this person
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 Qutayba b. Saʿīd
2 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Aḥmad b. Shuʿayb al-Nasāʾīالنسائي
two sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · Qutayba b. Saʿīd to Aḥmad b. Shuʿayb al-Nasāʾī · Two independent sources
Siyar: al-Nasāʾī travelled to Qutayba in 230 and stayed a year, taking much from him.
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry al-Nasāʾī (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 155103)Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L157871 · agreesQutayba’s heading carries the sign for all six compilers, including al-Nasāʾī; no named list for al-Nasāʾī was found in the entry.
- Muḥammad b. ʿĪsā al-Tirmidhīالترمذي
two sourcesin Schools of law and ḥadīth
studied with · Qutayba b. Saʿīd to Muḥammad b. ʿĪsā al-Tirmidhī · Two independent sources
Siyar lists Qutayba b. Saʿīd first among al-Tirmidhī's teachers.
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry al-Tirmidhī (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 148077)Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L157871 · agreesQutayba’s heading carries the sign for all six compilers, including al-Tirmidhī; no named list for al-Tirmidhī was found in the entry.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Qutayba b. Saʿīd”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/qutayba-b-said (data of 31 October 2026).