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Chains of transmission from the Prophet, read as the sources give them.
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.

أبو الحسن الشاذلي

Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī

Died 656/1258 · Tunis, Alexandria

Founder of the order; began teaching in Tunis, came to Alexandria 642/1244

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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 2, the best-sourced: Shādhiliyya. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Taqī al-Dīn al-Fuqayrتقي الدين الفقير
  4. the community's own accountin Shādhiliyya

    initiation · Taqī al-Dīn al-Fuqayr to ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī al-ʿAṭṭār al-Zayyāt · The community's own account

    Listed in the order's own silsila as relayed by Wikipedia from shazuli.com; the order's own page was not read.

    Wikipedia, Shadhili (relays the chain from shazuli.com 'Spiritual Genealogy'; tertiary)

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    Not yet checked against a further reference.

    ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī al-ʿAṭṭār al-Zayyātعبد الرحمن المدني العطار الزيات
  5. the community's own accountin Shādhiliyyasources differ

    initiation · ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī al-ʿAṭṭār al-Zayyāt to ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīsh · The community's own account

    Listed in the order's own silsila as relayed by Wikipedia from shazuli.com; the order's own page was not read.

    Wikipedia, Shadhili (relays the chain from shazuli.com 'Spiritual Genealogy'; tertiary)

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    Not yet checked against a further reference.

    Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

    ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīshعبد السلام بن مشيش1227
  6. two sourcesin Shādhiliyya

    initiation · ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīsh to Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī · Two independent sources

    TDV calls Ibn Mashīsh al-Shādhilī's murshid, by whose command he went to Ifrīqiya.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, ŞâzeliyyeWikipedia, Abd al-Salam ibn Mashish (cites EI² Le Tourneau, 'ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mas̲h̲īs̲h̲', vol. I p. 91; tertiary)

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    Checked against

    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3018-3020, L3050-3060 · agreesIbn Mashīsh's most eminent disciple was al-Shādhilī, who found him in Fez; Ibn Mashīsh d. 625/1228.
    Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilīأبو الحسن الشاذلي1258
Other routes (1)

Route 2 of 2: Shādhiliyya

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Taqī al-Dīn al-Fuqayrتقي الدين الفقير
  4. the community's own accountin Shādhiliyya

    initiation · Taqī al-Dīn al-Fuqayr to ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī al-ʿAṭṭār al-Zayyāt · The community's own account

    Listed in the order's own silsila as relayed by Wikipedia from shazuli.com; the order's own page was not read.

    Wikipedia, Shadhili (relays the chain from shazuli.com 'Spiritual Genealogy'; tertiary)

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    Not yet checked against a further reference.

    ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī al-ʿAṭṭār al-Zayyātعبد الرحمن المدني العطار الزيات
  5. the community's own accountin Shādhiliyyasources differ

    initiation · ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Madanī al-ʿAṭṭār al-Zayyāt to ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīsh · The community's own account

    Listed in the order's own silsila as relayed by Wikipedia from shazuli.com; the order's own page was not read.

    Wikipedia, Shadhili (relays the chain from shazuli.com 'Spiritual Genealogy'; tertiary)

    Suggest a correction

    Not yet checked against a further reference.

    Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

    ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīshعبد السلام بن مشيش1227
  6. two sourcesin Shādhiliyya

    initiation · ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mashīsh to Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī · Two independent sources

    TDV calls Ibn Mashīsh al-Shādhilī's murshid, by whose command he went to Ifrīqiya.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, ŞâzeliyyeWikipedia, Abd al-Salam ibn Mashish (cites EI² Le Tourneau, 'ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mas̲h̲īs̲h̲', vol. I p. 91; tertiary)

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    Checked against

    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L3018-3020, L3050-3060 · agreesIbn Mashīsh's most eminent disciple was al-Shādhilī, who found him in Fez; Ibn Mashīsh d. 625/1228.
    Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilīأبو الحسن الشاذلي1258
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 Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī

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

How to cite

Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/shadhili (data of 31 October 2026).