Possible Chain: Muhammad bin Rafa'i——»Sulaiman bin Da'ud bin Da'ud——»Imam Shafi'ee——»Imam Maalik——»Hameed bin Abi Hameed——»Companions

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

حميد بن أبي حميد الطويل
11279-Hameed bin Abi Hameed (5)
Abu 'Ubaida [Thiqah]
[68 AH - ~142 AH]
al-Basra
al-Khaza'i,al-Basri, Client

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

ابو عبد الله محمد بن إدريس الشافعي
20002-Imam Shafi'ee (9)
Abu 'Abdullah [No Doubt]
[150 AH/767 CE - 204 AH/819 CE]
Makkah/Baghdad/Egypt
Quraish, B.al-Muttalib, Imam, Makki

محمد بن رافع
30375-Muhammad bin Rafa'i (11)
Abu 'Abdullah [Thiqah]
[~170 AH - 245 AH]
Nisapur
al-Qushayri,Client,al-Nisapuri, Zahid

سليمان بن داود بن داود بن علي
30584-Sulaiman bin Da'ud bin Da'ud (10)
Abu Ayoub [Thiqah]
[d. 219 AH or after]
al-Baghdad
Quraish,B.Hashim,al-Baghdadi