Imam Abu ‘Abdullah Malik ibn Anas’ (r.a.) Chain of Narrators
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Abu ‘Abdullah Malik ibn Anas’ ( r.a. ) chain of narrators was considered one of the most authentic, and known as Silsilah adz-Dzahab or “The Golden Chain of Narrators” by notable hadits scholars including Imam Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn Isma’il al-Bukhari ( r.a. ). The silsilah consists of Imam Malik ( r.a. ), who narrated from Imam Nafi’ Abu Ruwaym ibn ʽAbd ar-Rahman al-Madani ( r.a. ), who narrated from Sayyidina ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar ( r.a. ), who narrated from Prophet Muhammad ( s.a.w. ).