Sanad Riwayat Hafs 'an Aasim — Tareeq Ash-Shatibi
The Unbroken Chain
A documented chain of narration connecting our teaching — student to teacher, generation after generation, for over fourteen centuries — all the way back to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ himself.
Why this matters
What is a Sanad?
In the science of Qur'anic recitation, a Sanad is a fully documented chain of teachers — each one having learned directly from the one before — tracing a single, verified line all the way back to the Prophet ﷺ. It is not a certificate on paper; it is a living tradition, passed from heart to heart, generation after generation.
Verified, Not Assumed
Every link in the chain is a named, documented scholar — nothing anonymous or approximate.
A Living Tradition
Recitation transmitted directly, teacher to student, exactly as it has been for fourteen centuries.
Genuinely Rare
Very few teachers anywhere hold a Sanad this thoroughly documented — one of our rarest credentials.
The Chain of Narration
From Our Teacher, Back Through 43 Links
Each name below is a link in the chain — a scholar who received this recitation directly from the one before, and passed it on directly to the next.
- 1Mufti Ataul Rehman bin Gulzar
- 2Qari Mohsin Al-Kanjri
- 3Qari Ahmadullah Bhaghalpuri
- 4Qari Kamil Khan Bijnori
- 5Qari Mohammad Abdullah Muradabadi
- 6Qari Ziya-ud-din Ahmed Ilahabadi
- 7Qari Abdur Rahman Al-Makki
- 8Shaykh Abdullah Al-Makki
- 9Shaykh Ibrahim Al-Misri
- 10Shaykh Hasan Budayr
- 11Shaykh Muhammad Al-Mutawalli
- 12Shaykh Ahmad Al-Durri Al-Tihami
- 13Shaykh Ahmad Salmonah
- 14Shaykh Ibrahim Al-Abeedi
- 15Shaykh Abdur Rahman Al-Ujhuri
- 16Shaykh Ahmad Al-Baqari
- 17Shaykh Muhammad Al-Baqari
- 18Shaykh Abdur Rahman Al-Yamani
- 19Shaykh Shahhadhah Al-Yamani / Shaykh Ahmad Al-Sumbati
- 20Shaykh Shahhadhah Al-Mazkoor
- 21Shaykh Nasir Al-Din Al-Tablawi
- 22Shaykh Zakariyya Al-Ansari
- 23Shaykh Ridwan Al-Uqbi
- 24Shaykh Shams-ud-deen Mohammad Al-Jazari
- 25Shaykh Abdur Rahman Al-Misri
- 26Shaykh Muhammad Al-Misri
- 27Shaykh Ali ibn Shuja
- 28Shaykh Abu Al-Qasim Al-Shatibi
- 29Shaykh Ali bin Hudhail
- 30Shaykh Sulayman bin Najah
- 31Shaykh Uthman Al-Dani
- 32Shaykh Tahir Al-Muqri
- 33Shaykh Ali Al-Hashimi
- 34Shaykh Ahmad Al-Ashnani
- 35Shaykh Ubayd bin Sabbah
The Narration
Al-Kufi
Reaching the Companions
Tabieen & Sahaba
Hazrat Zirr bin Hubaysh
Hazrat Abdullah bin Habib Al-Sulami
Hazrat Uthman · Hazrat Ali
Hazrat Ubayy bin Ka'b
Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas'ud
Hazrat Zayd bin Thabit
The Final Messenger
Hazrat Muhammad ﷺ
صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
The Source
Learn Under This Very Chain
Our Advanced Tajweed programme carries this exact Sanad forward — a 2-year course culminating in your own formal Ijazah in Riwayat Hafs.