Ash-Shaykh Sidi Abu Madyan took from ash-Shaykh Sidi Mahammad Lahlu al-Fasi ad-Darqawi who took from ash-Shaykh Muhammad bin Ali ad-Darqawi al-Murakashi and he was a student of ash-Shaykh Muhammad al-‘Arabi ibn al-Hashimi [ a descendant of the Prophet Allah’s prayer and peace be upon him, the Qadi of Madghurah] who was a student of ash-Shaykh Ahmad al-Badawi al-Fasi who was the student of the great Shaykh Moulay al-Arabi ad-Darqawi, Allah be well pleased with all of them.
Moulay Al-Arabi Ad-Darqawi took it from ‘Ali al-Jamal, from al-‘Arabi ibn ‘Abdullah, from Ahmad ibn ‘Abdullah, from Qasim al-Khassasi, from Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah, from ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Fasi, from Yusuf al-Fasi, from ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Majdhub, from ‘Ali al-Sanhaji al-Dawwar, from Ibrahim al-Fahham, from Ahmad Zarruq, from Ahmad al-Hadrami, from Yahya al-Qadiri, from ‘Ali ibn Wafa, from Muhammad Wafa Bahr al-Safa, from Dawud al-Bakhili, from Ahmad ibn ‘Ata’ Illah al-Iskandari, from Abul ‘Abbas al-Mursi, from Abul Hasan al-Shadhili, from ‘Abd al-Salam ibn Mashish, from ‘Abd al-Rahman al-‘Attar al-Zayyat, from al-Ghawth Abu Madyan, from ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jaylani.
