question #1 Sahih Muslim 183c, Book 1, Hadith 361 : What is the significance of the chain of narrators in the transmission of hadiths?

Abu Bakr b. Abi Shaiba, Ja’far b. ‘Aun, Hisham b. Sa’d, Zaid b. Aslam narrated the hadith as transmitted by Hafs b. Maisara, with certain additions and omissions.