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.
أبي بن كعب
Ubayy b. Kaʿb
Died 33/654 (approximate) (sources differ) · Medina
Companion of the Prophet, named in Ibn al-Jazarī's isnād to the Prophet
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: 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 كعب654
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 Ubayy b. Kaʿb
6 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Abū Hurayraأبو هريرة678
two 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 l-ʿĀliya Rufayʿ b. Mihrān al-Riyāḥīأبو العالية الرياحي709
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Ubayy b. Kaʿb to Abū l-ʿĀliya Rufayʿ b. Mihrān al-Riyāḥī · Two independent sources
Abū l-ʿĀliya read to Ubayy b. Kaʿb (with ʿUmar, Zayd and Ibn ʿAbbās).
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3367-3369Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L7992 · agrees (not independent)Entry: took ʿarḍ from Ubayy, Zayd and Ibn ʿAbbās.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L563 · agreesEntry (citing al-Dānī): ʿarḍ from Ubayy, Zayd and Ibn ʿAbbās.
- Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamīأبو عبد الرحمن السلمي692
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Ubayy b. Kaʿb to Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī · Two independent sources
al-Sulamī also read to Ubayy b. Kaʿb and Zayd b. Thābit.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3924-3926Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L11550 · agrees (not independent)Entry: ʿarḍ from Ubayy.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L457 · agreesEntry (via al-Dānī): ʿarḍ from Ubayy.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L156-L159 · agreesRijāl of ʿĀṣim: al-Sulamī from Ubayy.
- ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Sāʾib al-Makhzūmīعبد الله بن السائب689
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Ubayy b. Kaʿb to ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Sāʾib al-Makhzūmī · Two independent sources
ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Sāʾib read to Ubayy b. Kaʿb and ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3049-3052Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L11740 · agrees (not independent)Entry: read to Ubayy.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L393 · agreesEntry: read to Ubayy.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L141-L144 · agreesRijāl of Ibn Kathīr: ʿAbdallāh took from Ubayy himself.
- ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbāsعبد الله بن عباس687
two 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. ʿAyyāsh b. Abī Rabīʿa al-Makhzūmīعبد الله بن عياش بن أبي ربيعة683
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Ubayy b. Kaʿb to ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAyyāsh b. Abī Rabīʿa al-Makhzūmī · Two independent sources
The three (Ibn ʿAyyāsh, Ibn ʿAbbās, Abū Hurayra) read to Ubayy b. Kaʿb.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 4480-4482Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L12265 · agrees (not independent)Entry: he read to Ubayy.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L531 · agreesEntry: read to Ubayy.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L136-L140 · agreesRijāl of Nāfiʿ: Ibn ʿAyyāsh from Ubayy.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Ubayy b. Kaʿb”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/ubayy (data of 31 October 2026).