1. Nafiʿ al-Madanī (70-169 AH)
Qalun (120-220 AH) Narrates directly
Warsh (110-197 AH) Narrates directly
2. Ibn Kathir al-Makki (45-120AH) Tabiee
Al-Bazzi (170-250 AH) – > ‘Ikrimah ibn Sulaymaaan – > Shibl – > Ibn Kathir 2 waasitah
Qunbul (195-291 AH) – > Abul Hasan Ahmad – > Abul Ikhreet Wahb – > Ismaa’eel ibn ‘Abdullaah – > Shibl – > Ibn Kathir 4 waasitah
3. Abū ʿAmr al-Basri (68-154 AH)
Ḥafṣ al-Duri (-246 AH) – > Yahyaa Al-Yazeedi – > Abu ‘Amr 1 waasitah
Al-Susi (-261 AH) – > Yahyaa Al-Yazeedi – > Abu ‘Amr 1 waasitah
4. Ibn ʿAmir al-Dimishqi (8-118 AH)
Hishām (153-245 AH) – > Yahyaa ibn Haarith – > Ibn ʿAmir 1 waasitah
Ibn Dhakwān (173-242 AH) – > Ayyub – > Yahyaa ibn Haarith – > Ibn ʿAmir 2 waasita
5. ʿAasim al-Kufi (-127 AH)
Shuʿbah (95-193 AH) Narrates directly
Ḥafṣ (90-180 AH) Narrates directly
6. Ḥamzah al-Kufi (80-156 AH)
Khalaf (150-229 AH) – > Sulaym – > Ḥamzah 1 waasitah
Khallad (- 220 AH) – > Sulaym – > Ḥamzah 1 waasitah
7. Al-Kisa’I al-Kufi (119 – 189 AH)
Al-Layth (- 240 AH) Narrates directly
Al-Duri: Ḥafṣ, the transmitter of Abū ʿAmr (see above) Narrate directly
8. Abū Jaʿfar al-Madanī (- 130 AH) Tabiee
ʿIsa ibn Wirdan (- 160 AH) Narrates directly
Ibn Jummaz (- 170 AH) Narrates directly
9. Yaʿqub Al-Hadrami Al-Basri (117 – 205 AH)
Ruways (- 238 AH) Narrates directly
Rawḥ (- 234 AH) Narrates directly
10. Khalaf al-Kufi The transmitter of Ḥamzah (see above)
Isḥaq (- 286 AH) Narrates directly
Idris (189 – 292 AH) Narrates directly
