Possible Chain: Ahmad bin Hanbal——»Ishaq bin 'Isa bin Njyh——»Imam Maalik——»Salah bin Kaysan al-Madni——»Isma'il bin Muhammad bin Sa'd——»Companions

أنس بن مالك بن النضر
19-Anas bin Malik (0)
Abu Hamza
[10 BH/613 CE - 93 AH/712 CE]
Medinah,Damascus, Basrah
Ansar,Khazraj,B.'Ady B.al-Najjar,Servant

صالح بن كيسان المدني أبو محمد
11176-Salah bin Kaysan al-Madni (4)
Abu al-Harith, Abu Muhammad [Thiqah Thiqah]
[d. 140 AH or after]
Medina
al-Madni

إسماعيل بن محمد بن سعد بن أبي وقاص الزهر
11500-Isma'il bin Muhammad bin Sa'd (4)
Abu Muhammad [Thiqah]
[~75 AH - 134 AH]
Medina
Quraish,B.Zuhrah,al-Madni

مالك بن أنس بن مالك بن أبي عامر
20001-Imam Maalik (7)
Abu 'Abdullah [Thiqah Thiqah]
[93 AH/712 CE - 179 AH/795 CE]
Medina
al-Humayri,al-Asbahi,Ally B. Taym, Hadith Compiler, Imam, Shaikhul Islam, Madni

إسحاق بن عيسى بن نجيح
20630-Ishaq bin 'Isa bin Njyh (9)
Abu Y'aqub [Sadooq]
[d. 214 AH or after]
al-Baghdad
al-Baghdadi

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