Possible Chain: Imam Shafi'ee——»Isma'il bin Ja'far bin Abi Kathir——»Rabi'a bin Yazid al-Damashqi——»Companions

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

النعمان بن بشير
274-al-Nu'man bin Bashir ibn Sa'd (0)
Abu 'Abdullah
[1 AH/623 CE - 65 AH/685 CE]
Medina/Syria/Kufa
Ansar,Khazraj, B.al-Harith B.al-Khazraj

واثلة بن الأسقع
4049-Wathla bin al-'Asqa' (0)
Abu al-Khattab, Abu al-Asqa'
[d. ~85 AH]
Medina/Syria
B.Kinan, Laith, Tabouk, Saffa

جبير بن نفير الحضرمي
4097-Jubayr bin Nufayr al-Hadrami (0)
Abu 'Abdur Rahman
[d. ~80 AH or Later]
Hijaz/Syria
al-Hadrami,Makhdaram

عبد الله بن حوالة
5122-'Abdullah bin Hawalah (0)
Abu Hawalah, Abu 'Abdullah
[d. 58 AH]
al-Syria
al-Azdi,al-Sham

عبد الله بن فيروز الديلمي
5136-'Abdullah bin al-Dayli (0)
Abu Bashr, Abu Basr

Hijaz,Palestine, Egypt
al-Dayli

عبد الله الصنابحي
5144-'Abdullah al-Snabhy Mkhtlf (0)
Abu 'Abdullah

Medina
Madni

ربيعة بن يزيد الدمشقي
11414-Rabi'a bin Yazid al-Damashqi (4)
Abu Shu'aib [Thiqah]
[d. 123 AH]
Damascus
al-Ayadi, al-Qasayr,al-Damashqi

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

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