Ibrahim an-Nakha'i -}

Sa'id b. al-Musayyib

Hammad b.Abi Sulaiman d.120 /738

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Ibn Abi Lailah d.148 /765

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Abu Hanifa

d.150 /767

Sufyan al-Thawri d.161/778

Malik b. Anas

d.179 /795 -------}

his disciples Abu Yusuf d.182 /798

his disciples Ibn al-Kasim d.191 /806

ash- Shafi'i

d.204 /820

and Shaybani d.189 /805

and Sahnun d.240 /854

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Ahmad Ibn Hanbal

d.241 /855

Da'ud b. Khalaf az-Zahiri d.270 /884