Possible Chain: Ahmad bin Hanbal——»Yahya bin 'Abdul Malik——»Yahya bin Sa'id bin Hiyan——»Abu Zara' bin 'Amr /Harm——»Companions

عمر بن الخطاب بن نفيل
3-'Umar ibn al-Khattab (0)
Abu Hafs, al-Farooq
[41 BH/582 CE - 23 AH/645 CE]
Makkah/Medina
Quraish, B.'Adi, Emigrant, Badr, Uhud, Khandaq, Scribe, Promised Paradise

أبو هريرة - عبد الرحمن بن صخر الدوسي
13-Abu Hurairah (0)
Abu Hurairah
[12 BH/603 CE - 59 AH/681 CE]
Makkah/Medina/Yemen/Bahrain
Yemeni, Dausi, Client, Late Muslim

جندب بن جنادة أبو ذر الغفاري
23-Abu Dharr al-Ghaffari (0)
Abu Dhar
[d. 32 AH/652 CE]
Hijaz/Medina/Syria/Al-Rabathah
al-Ghaffari, Early Muslim, Client, Servant, Emigrant

معاوية بن أبي سفيان
27-Mu'awiya ibn Abu Sufyan (0)
Abu 'Abdur Rahman
[13 BH/602 CE - ~60 AH/680 CE]
Makkah/Medina/Syria/Egypt
Quraish, B.Umayya, B.'Abd Shams, Late Muslim, Scribe, Umayyad

عبد الله بن عمرو بن العاص
29-'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-'Aas (0)
Abu Muhammad,Abu 'Abdur Rahman
[d. 63 AH/65 AH]
Makkah/Medina/Egypt/Syria/Ta'if
Quraish, B.Sahm

خرشة بن الحر الفزاري
4026-Kharsha bin al-Hurr al-Fazari (0)

[d. ~74 AH]
Medina/Kufa
al-Farazi,child,Kufi

يحيى بن سعيد بن حيان
11404-Yahya bin Sa'id bin Hiyan (6)
Abu Hiyan [Thiqah]
[d. 145 AH]
al-Kufa
B.Taym,al-Kufi, 'Abid

أبو زرعة بن عمرو/هرم
11406-Abu Zara' bin 'Amr /Harm (3)
Abu Zara' [Thiqah]

al-Kufa
al-Bajli,al-Kufi

يحيى بن عبد الملك بن حميد بن أبي غنية
20614-Yahya bin 'Abdul Malik (9)
[Sadooq]
[d. > 180 AH]
al-Kufa,Asbahan
al-Khuza'i,al-Kufa,Asbahan

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