Possible Chain: Ahmad bin Hanbal——»Sa'id bin 'Amir al-Dab'ai——»Jawayriyya bin Asma' bin 'Ubaid——»Imam Maalik——»Salah bin Kaysan al-Madni——»Ibn Ishaq——»Companions

عبد الرحمن بن كعب بن مالك السلمي
1134-'Abdur Rahman bin Ka'b bin Malik (2)
Abu Khattab

Medina
Ansar,Khazraj,B.Jusham B.al-Khazraj,B.Salima,B.Sawad, Child

محمد بن إسحاق بن يسار‎
11107-Ibn Ishaq (5)
Abu 'Abdullah, Abu Bakr [Sadooq]
[85 AH/704 CE - 150 AH/767 CE]
Medina/Kufa/Egypt/Baghdad
Ally B.al-Muttalib,Historian, Seerah, Madni, Basri

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

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

جويرية بن أسماء بن عبيد الضبعي
20216-Jawayriyya bin Asma' bin 'Ubaid (7)
Abu Makharq, Abu Asma' [Sadooq]
[d. 173 AH]
al-Basra
al-Basri

سعيد بن عامر الضبعي
20232-Sa'id bin 'Amir al-Dab'ai (9)
Abu Muhammad [Thiqah]
[d. 208 AH]
al-Basra
Client,al-Basri,Hafiz,Zahid

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