flowchart TB %% ===================== ROOT ===================== P["Prophet ﷺ"]:::root P --> MK["MAKKAH"]:::city P --> MD["MADĪNAH"]:::city P --> KF["KŪFA"]:::city %% ===================== SAHABA ===================== subgraph S1["Sahābah (by city)"] direction LR subgraph MK_S["Makkah"] direction TB MKIBA["Ibn ʿAbbās"]:::sahabi end subgraph MD_S["Madīnah"] direction TB MDAB["Abū Bakr"]:::sahabi MDUM["ʿUmar"]:::sahabi MDUT["ʿUthmān"]:::sahabi MDIU["Ibn ʿUmar"]:::sahabi MDAI["ʿĀʾishah"]:::sahabi MDZT["Zayd b. Thābit"]:::sahabi MDUB["Ubayy b. Kaʿb"]:::sahabi end subgraph KF_S["Kūfa"] direction TB KFIBM["ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd"]:::sahabi KFALI["ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib"]:::sahabi KFAMA["Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī"]:::sahabi end end %% City labels to their Sahaba blocks (visual anchoring) MK --> MKIBA MD --> MDAB MD --> MDUM MD --> MDUT MD --> MDIU MD --> MDAI MD --> MDZT MD --> MDUB KF --> KFIBM KF --> KFALI KF --> KFAMA %% ===================== TAABI'UN ===================== subgraph S2["Tābiʿūn (assumed taught by all Sahābah in the city)"] direction LR subgraph MK_T["Makkah Tābiʿūn"] direction TB MKMUJ["Mujāhid"]:::tabi MKATA["ʿAṭāʾ"]:::tabi MKIKR["ʿIkrimah"]:::tabi end subgraph MD_T["Madīnah Tābiʿūn"] direction TB MDUBD["ʿUbaydullāh"]:::tabi MDURW["ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr"]:::tabi MDQAS["al-Qāsim"]:::tabi MDSAI["Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib"]:::tabi MDKHA["Khārijah"]:::tabi MDSAL["Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar"]:::tabi end subgraph KF_T["Kūfa Tābiʿūn"] direction TB KFSHU["Shurayḥ"]:::tabi KFMAS["Masrūq"]:::tabi KFASW["al-Aswad b. Yazīd"]:::tabi KFALQ["ʿAlqamah"]:::tabi end end %% Sahaba -> ALL Taabi'un (your assumption) %% Makkah: Ibn Abbas -> (all) MKIBA --> MKMUJ MKIBA --> MKATA MKIBA --> MKIKR %% Madinah: every Sahabi -> every Taabi' MDAB --> MDUBD & MDURW & MDQAS & MDSAI & MDKHA & MDSAL MDUM --> MDUBD & MDURW & MDQAS & MDSAI & MDKHA & MDSAL MDUT --> MDUBD & MDURW & MDQAS & MDSAI & MDKHA & MDSAL MDIU --> MDUBD & MDURW & MDQAS & MDSAI & MDKHA & MDSAL MDAI --> MDUBD & MDURW & MDQAS & MDSAI & MDKHA & MDSAL MDZT --> MDUBD & MDURW & MDQAS & MDSAI & MDKHA & MDSAL MDUB --> MDUBD & MDURW & MDQAS & MDSAI & MDKHA & MDSAL %% Kufa: every Sahabi -> every Taabi' KFIBM --> KFSHU & KFMAS & KFASW & KFALQ KFALI --> KFSHU & KFMAS & KFASW & KFALQ KFAMA --> KFSHU & KFMAS & KFASW & KFALQ %% ===================== TABA' TAABI'UN ===================== subgraph S3["Tabaʿ Tābiʿūn (assumed taught by all Tābiʿūn in the city)"] direction LR subgraph MK_TT["Makkah"] direction TB MKSUF["Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah"]:::taba end subgraph MD_TT["Madīnah"] direction TB MDYAH["Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd"]:::taba MDRAB["Rabīʿah al-Raʾī"]:::taba MDAZ["Abū al-Zinād"]:::taba MDZUH["al-Zuhrī"]:::taba MDNAF["Nāfiʿ"]:::taba MDHUM["ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥumūz"]:::taba end subgraph KF_TT["Kūfa"] direction TB KFIBR["Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿī"]:::taba KFAMR["ʿĀmir al-Shaʿbī"]:::taba end end %% Taabi'un -> ALL Taba Taabi'un (your assumption) %% Makkah Taabi'un -> Sufyan MKMUJ --> MKSUF MKATA --> MKSUF MKIKR --> MKSUF %% Madinah Taabi'un -> ALL Madinah Taba Taabi'un MDUBD --> MDYAH & MDRAB & MDAZ & MDZUH & MDNAF & MDHUM MDURW --> MDYAH & MDRAB & MDAZ & MDZUH & MDNAF & MDHUM MDQAS --> MDYAH & MDRAB & MDAZ & MDZUH & MDNAF & MDHUM MDSAI --> MDYAH & MDRAB & MDAZ & MDZUH & MDNAF & MDHUM MDKHA --> MDYAH & MDRAB & MDAZ & MDZUH & MDNAF & MDHUM MDSAL --> MDYAH & MDRAB & MDAZ & MDZUH & MDNAF & MDHUM %% Kufa Taabi'un -> both (Ibrahim, Amir) KFSHU --> KFIBR & KFAMR KFMAS --> KFIBR & KFAMR KFASW --> KFIBR & KFAMR KFALQ --> KFIBR & KFAMR %% ===================== IMAMS + SPECIAL LINKS ===================== %% Madinah Taba Taabi'un -> Imam Malik MAL["Imām Mālik"]:::imam MDYAH --> MAL MDRAB --> MAL MDAZ --> MAL MDZUH --> MAL MDNAF --> MAL MDHUM --> MAL %% Kufa Taba Taabi'un -> Hammad -> Abu Hanifah KFHAM["Ḥammād b. Sulaymān"]:::taba AHN["Imām Abū Ḥanīfah"]:::imam KFIBR --> KFHAM KFAMR --> KFHAM KFHAM --> AHN %% Students of Malik IW["Ibn Wahb"]:::student IQ["Ibn al-Qāsim"]:::student ASH["Ashhab"]:::student ABD["ʿAbdullāh"]:::student YBY["Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā"]:::student MAL --> IW & IQ & ASH & ABD & YBY %% Students of Abu Hanifah ZUF["Zufar"]:::student AYQ["Abū Yūsuf al-Qāḍī"]:::student AHN --> ZUF & AYQ %% Muhammad b. al-Hasan taught by BOTH Malik & Abu Hanifah (per your statement) MBH["Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan"]:::student MAL --> MBH AHN --> MBH %% All students of Malik INCLUDING MBH -> Imam al-Shafi'i SHF["Imām al-Shāfiʿī"]:::imam IW --> SHF IQ --> SHF ASH --> SHF ABD --> SHF YBY --> SHF MBH --> SHF %% Teachers of Imam Ahmad AHM["Imām Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal"]:::imam MKSUF --> AHM SHF --> AHM AYQ --> AHM %% ===================== STYLES ===================== classDef root fill:#111827,color:#fff,stroke:#111827,stroke-width:2px; classDef city fill:#0f172a,color:#fff,stroke:#0f172a,stroke-width:2px; classDef sahabi fill:#1f2a60,color:#fff,stroke:#1f2a60; classDef tabi fill:#1f4d2e,color:#fff,stroke:#1f4d2e; classDef taba fill:#2e5f6b,color:#fff,stroke:#2e5f6b; classDef student fill:#3b3b3b,color:#fff,stroke:#3b3b3b; classDef imam fill:#6b1b1b,color:#fff,stroke:#6b1b1b,stroke-width:2px;