Possible Chain: Ahmad bin Hanbal——»Yahya bin Ishaq——»al-Laith bin Sa'd——»'Ubaidullah bin Abi Ja'far——»Bukayr bin 'Abdullah bin al-Ashj——»Companions

أسعد أبو أمامة بن سهل بن حنيف
405-Abu Umama bin Sahl (0)
Abu Umama
[~8 AH - 100 AH]
Medina/Kufa
Ansar, Aws, B.'Amr B.'Auf,B.Hanash,Child

محمود بن لبيد بن عقبة بن رافع
1830-Mahmud bin Labid bin 'Uqba (0)
Abu Na'im
[d. 97 AH]
Medinah
Ansar,Aws, B.'Abdul Ashhal, Child

بكير بن عبد الله بن الأشج
11154-Bukayr bin 'Abdullah bin al-Ashj (5)
Abu Yusuf, Abu 'Abdullah [Thiqah]
[d. 120 AH or after]
Medina,Egypt
Client,Ally B.Makhzum, Ally B.Ashja',al-Madni,Egypt

عبيد الله بن أبي جعفر المصري
11409-'Ubaidullah bin Abi Ja'far (5)
Abu Bakr [Thiqah]
[d. 136 AH]
Egypt
Client,al-Masri

الليث بن سعد
20023-al-Laith bin Sa'd (7)
Abu al-Harith [Thiqah Thiqah]
[94 AH - 175 AH]
Asbahan,Egypt
Client, al-Fahmi, al-Masri, Imam

أحمد بن حنبل
30007-Ahmad bin Hanbal (10)
Abu 'Abdullah [Thiqah Thiqah]
[164 AH/780 CE - 241 AH/855 CE]
Baghdad/Syria/Hijaz
Imam, Hafiz, al-Shaybani, al-Murwazi, Baghdadi

يحيى بن إسحاق
30525-Yahya bin Ishaq (10)
Abu Bakr [Sadooq]
[d. 210 AH]
Baghdad
Baghdad