Possible Chain: Imam Maalik——»Isma'il bin Ja'far bin Abi Kathir——»Isra'il bin Yonus bin Abi Ishaq——»'Asim bin Abu al-Najud (Bahdla)——»Abu 'Abdur Rahman al-Salmi——»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

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

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'

خالد بن الوليد بن المغيرة
22-Khalid bin al-Walid (0)
Abu Sulaiman, Saif Allah
[30 BH/592 CE - 21 AH/642 CE]
Makkah/Medina/Syria
Quraish, B.Makhzum, Late Muslim, Mu'ta, Conquest, Hunain, Scribe

أبو الدرداء عويمر بن زيد بن قيس الأنصاري
37-Abu al-Darda (0)
Abu al-Darda
[d. 32 AH/653 CE]
Medina/Syria
Ansar, Khazraj, B.al-Harith B.al-Khazraj, Uhud

أبو موسى الأشعري
41-Abu Musa al-Asha'ari (0)
Abu Musa
[d. ~43 or 52 AH /662 or 672 CE]
Yemen/Makkah/Medina/Basra/Kufa
B.Tamim, al-Asha'ri, Early Muslim, Abyssinia, Messenger, Imam

حذيفة بن اليمان
145-Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman (0)
Abu 'Abdullah
[d. ~37 AH/658 CE]
Makkah/Medina/Kufa
Ansar,Aws, Ally B.'Abdul Ashhal, Badr, Uhud, Khandaq, Ridwan

عاصم بن بهدلة / بن أبي النجود
11358-'Asim bin Abu al-Najud (Bahdla) (6)
Abu Bakr [Sadooq/Delusion]
[d. 128 AH]
al-Kufa
B.Asad,Client,al-Kufi, Imam

أبو عبد الرحمن السلمي
11359-Abu 'Abdur Rahman al-Salmi (2)
Abu 'Abdur Rahman [No Doubt]
[~10 AH - after 70 AH]
al-Kufa
al-Salmi,Kufi, Imam

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

إسماعيل بن جعفر بن أبي كثير الأنصاري
20155-Isma'il bin Ja'far bin Abi Kathir (8)
Abu Ishaq [Thiqah]
[>100 AH - 180 AH]
Medina, Baghdad
Ansar, B.Zurayq,Client, Madni

إسرائيل بن يونس بن أبي إسحاق
20311-Isra'il bin Yonus bin Abi Ishaq (7)
Abu Yusuf [Thiqah]
[d. 160 AH or after]
Hamadan,al-Kufa
al-Sabay'ai,al-Hamdani,al-Kufi