«وَمِنْهَا الْمُسَلْسَلُ بِالْأَئِمَّةِ الْحُفَّاظِ الْمُتْقِنِينَ، حَيْثُ لَا يَكُونُ غَرِيبًا»
The third case concerns a report transmitted in sequence through distinguished hadith imams, master preservers, and highly precise experts, provided the report is not merely gharib.
Hafiz here identifies a specialist possessing extensive command of reports and their routes, not merely someone with ordinary memory. Mutqin emphasizes accuracy, discipline, and technical mastery. Their exceptional qualifications can provide a distinctive corroborating circumstance.
This is not a universal rule that every “musalsal” chain yields certainty. The text specifically requires eminent reliable masters together with the absence of solitary transmission.