• ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf narrated from Mālik.
• Mālik from Abū al-Zinād, and Abū al-Zinād from al-Aʿraj.
• Al-Aʿraj narrated from Abū Hurayrah.
• Abū Hurayrah reported the words of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
This is the example's sequence. Alongside the chain, we know to whom the words are attributed.