Possible Chain: Ahmad bin Hanbal——»Yahya bin 'Abdul Malik——»Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri——»Habib bin Abi Thabit——»Companions

عبد الله بن العباس بن عبد المطلب الحبر
17-ibn Abbas (0)
Abu al-Abbas
[3 BH/619 CE - 68 AH/687 CE]
Makkah/Medina
Quraish, B.Hashim, Early Muslim, Child, Cousin

عبد الله بن عمر بن الخطاب
18-ibn Umar (0)
Abu 'Abdur Rahman
[10 BH/613 CE - 74 AH/693 CE]
Makkah/Medina
Quraish, B.'Adi, Early Muslim, Emigrant, Ridwan, Khandaq,Makki

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

زيد بن أرقم الأنصاري
384-Zayd bin Arqam (0)
Abu 'Amr, Abu Sa'id
[d. ~68 AH or 65 AH]
Medina/Kufa
Ansar, Khazraj, B.al-Harith B.al-Khazraj, khandaq, Jamal

أبو الطفيل عامر بن واثلة
3660-Abu al-Tufayl, 'Amir bin Wathla (0)
Abu al-Tufayl
[~1 AH - 110 AH]
Medina/Makkak
al-Laithi, B.Kinan, Child

حبيب بن أبي ثابت قيس
11331-Habib bin Abi Thabit (3)
Abu Yahya [Thiqah]
[d. 119 AH]
al-Kufa
B.Asad,Client,al-Kufi

سفيان الثوري
20012-Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri (7)
Abu 'Abdullah [Thiqah Thiqah]
[97 AH - 161 AH]
Kufa/Hijaz/Basra
al-Thawri, Imam, Hafiz, 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