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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.
Seydina Mouhamadou Makhtar Laye
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Khalif 2021 until his death on 9 Apr 2025
Sources for this person
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 1, the best-sourced: Layène. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
one sourcein Layène
successor of · Seydina Issa Laye II to Seydina Mame Alassane Laye · One source
Wikipedia's khalif list gives seydina mame alassane laye next in office.
Wikipedia, Layene (tertiary; cites Glover 2013, Thomas 2012, Laborde 1994, Bop 2005, Halverson 2020)Checked against
- Wikipedia, Layene, list of khalifs · agreesLists seydina mame alassane laye after seydina issa laye ii.
one sourcein Layène
successor of · Seydina Mame Alassane Laye to Seydina Abdoulaye Thiaw Laye · One source
Wikipedia's khalif list gives seydina abdoulaye thiaw laye next in office.
Wikipedia, Layene (tertiary; cites Glover 2013, Thomas 2012, Laborde 1994, Bop 2005, Halverson 2020)Checked against
- Wikipedia, Layene, list of khalifs · agreesLists seydina abdoulaye thiaw laye after seydina mame alassane laye.
one sourcein Layène
successor of · Seydina Abdoulaye Thiaw Laye to Seydina Mouhamadou Makhtar Laye · One source
Wikipedia's khalif list gives seydina mouhamadou makhtar laye next in office.
Wikipedia, Layene (tertiary; cites Glover 2013, Thomas 2012, Laborde 1994, Bop 2005, Halverson 2020)Checked against
- Wikipedia, Layene, list of khalifs · agreesLists seydina mouhamadou makhtar laye after seydina abdoulaye thiaw laye.
Seydina Mouhamadou Makhtar Laye
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 Seydina Mouhamadou Makhtar Laye
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
two sourcesin Layènesources differ
successor of · Seydina Mouhamadou Makhtar Laye to Seydina Mouhamadou Lamine Laye · Two independent sources
Wikipedia's khalif list gives seydina mouhamadou lamine laye next in office. Reports of April 2025 confirm.
Wikipedia, Layene (tertiary; cites Glover 2013, Thomas 2012, Laborde 1994, Bop 2005, Halverson 2020)Dakaractu, Succession a Cambérène: Seydina Mouhamadou Lamine Laye nouveau Khalife général des LayenesLe Soleil (Dakar), Mamadou Lamine Laye 7e khalife des LayènesallAfrica (fr), Serigne Mouhamadou Lamine Laye, nouveau Khalife général des Layènes, 9 Apr 2025Checked against
- Wikipedia, Layene, list of khalifs · agreesLists seydina mouhamadou lamine laye after seydina mouhamadou makhtar laye.
- Dakaractu, article · agreesAnnounces him as new Khalife général after the death of Makhtar Laye.
- allAfrica fr, 9 Apr 2025 · agreesSame succession.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Numbering and parentage differ by report: Le Soleil calls him the 7th khalife and son of Seydina Ababacar Laye; Dakaractu the 8th and son of Seydina Issa Laye. No rival claimant found.Le Soleil (Dakar), Mamadou Lamine Laye 7e khalife des LayènesDakaractu, Succession a Cambérène: Seydina Mouhamadou Lamine Laye nouveau Khalife général des Layenes
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Seydina Mouhamadou Makhtar Laye”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/seydina-mouhamadou-makhtar-laye (data of 31 October 2026).