«وَمِنْهُ الِاطِّرَادُ، وَهُوَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ بِأَسْمَاءِ الْمَمْدُوحِ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ وَأَسْمَاءِ آبَائِهِ عَلَى تَرْتِيبِ الْوِلَادَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ تَكَلُّفٍ»
“Iṭṭirād is the smooth mention of a person and successive ancestors in the proper genealogical order, without forced construction.”
«إِنْ يَقْتُلُوكَ فَقَدْ ثَلَلْتَ عُرُوشَهُمْ بِعُتَيْبَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ»
“If they kill you, you have already weakened their might through ʿUtaybah son of al-Ḥārith son of Shihāb.”
The sequence of names follows a natural lineage. Its effect depends on unforced continuity, not merely a mechanically appended list of names.