Possible Chain: Imam Maalik——»Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan——»Ja'far bin Maymun al-Tamimi——»Khalifa bin Ka'b Abu Dhabyan——»al-Ahnaf bin Qays——»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

عثمان بن عفان
4-'Uthman ibn 'Affaan (0)
Dhun-Nurayn, Abu 'Abdullah
[47 BH/579 CE - 35 AH/655 CE]
Makkah/Abyssinia/Medinah
Quraish,B.'Abd Shams,B.Umayya,Early Muslim,Abyssinia 1,Abyssinia 2,Promised Paradise,Emigrant,Scribe

علي بن أبي طالب بن عبد المطلب
5-Ali ibn Abi Talib (0)
Abu al-Hasan, Abu Turab
[23 BH/600 CE (13 Rajab) - 40 AH/661 CE (21 Ramadhan)]
Makkah/Medina/kufa
Quraish,B.Hashim, Cousin, Early Muslim, Emigrant, Badr, Uhud,Khaybar,Scribe,Promised Paradise

سعد بن أبي وقاص
9-Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (0)
Abu Ishaq
[39 BH/584 CE - 55 AH/664 CE]
Makkah/Medina/Kufa
Quraish, B.Zuhrah, Early Muslim,Emigrant, Badr, Uhud, Khandaq,Baqi',Promised Paradise

عبد الله بن مسعود
16-ibn Mas'ud (0)
Abu 'Abdur Rahman
[d. 32 AH/ 652 CE]
Makkah/Abyssinia/Medina/kufah
al-Hadhli,Ally B.Zurah,Early Muslim,Abyssinia 1,Abyssinia 2,Emigrant,Badr,Uhud,Khandaq,Servant,Baqi'

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

الأحنف بن قيس بن معاوية
11112-al-Ahnaf bin Qays (1)
Abu Bahr [No Doubt]
[d. 67 AH or 72 AH]
Hijaz, Basra, Persia, Kufa
B.Tamim, al-Sa'di, Makhdaram, Basri

خليفة بن كعب التميمي أبو ذبيان
11584-Khalifa bin Ka'b Abu Dhabyan (4)
Abu Dhabyan [Thiqah]

al-Basra
al-Tamimi,al-Basri

جعفر بن ميمون التميمي بياع الأنماط
18132-Ja'far bin Maymun al-Tamimi (6)
Abu 'Ali, Abu al-'Awwam [Sadooq/Delusion]


al-Tamimi

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

يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان
20031-Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan (9)
Abu Sa'id [Thiqah Thiqah]
[~120 AH - 198 AH]
Basra
al-Tamimi,Basri, Hafiz