Possible Chain: Ahmad bin Hanbal——»al-Qasim bin Malik al-Mzny——»al-Lyth bin Abi Sulaym——»Ash'ath bin Abi al-Ash'atha——»al-Aswad bin Hilal al-Maharbi——»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

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'

معاذ بن جبل بن عمرو بن أوس
32-Mu'adh ibn Jabal (0)
Abu 'Abdur Rahman
[~18 BH/606 CE - 18 AH/640 CE]
Medinah/Yemen/Makkah/Palestine/Syria
Khazraj,Ansar,B.Jusham B.al-Khazraj,B.Salima,Aqaba 2,Badr,Uhud,Khandaq,Messenger

المغيرة بن شعبة
166-al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba (0)
Abu 'Abdullah, Abu 'Isa
[d. 50 AH/670 CE or 53 AH]
Makkah/Medina/Basra/Kufa
al-Thaqafi,Ridwan, Scribe

ثعلبة بن زهدم الحنظلي
5002-Tha'laba bin Zahdam al-Hanzali (0)


Medina/Kufa
al-Hanzali,al-'Ajli, Kufi

الليث بن أبي سليم
10957-al-Lyth bin Abi Sulaym (6)
Abu Bakr [Sadooq]
[d. ~148 AH]
Kufa
Client,al-Kufi, al-Qarshi,

أشعث بن أبي الشعثاء
11324-Ash'ath bin Abi al-Ash'atha (3)
[Thiqah]
[d. 125 AH]
al-Kufa
al-Mahrabi,al-Kufi

الأسود بن هلال المحاربي
11620-al-Aswad bin Hilal al-Maharbi (1)
Abu Salam [Thiqah Thiqah]
[d. 84 AH]
al-Kufa
Makhdaram,al-Maharbi,al-Kufi

القاسم بن مالك المزني أبو جعفر الكوفي
20350-al-Qasim bin Malik al-Mzny (8)
Abu Ja'far [Sadooq]
[d. after 190 AH]
al-Kufa
al-Mazni,al-Kufa

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