The gold chain as narrated by Al-Shafi’i on the authority of Malik on the authority of

Translation

Silsilat al-Dhahab by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani is an investigation of al-Shafi’i’s narrations on the authority of Malik, and follows the chain of chains of transmission of the hadith from Malik to al-Shafi’i. The book deals with the narration of the Prophet’s hadith through a series of narrators, with a focus on what was narrated on the authority of Malik bin Anas through Al-Shafi’i.