In a purported musalsal bi-l-awwaliyyah report, the repeated condition is unproven past a middle link. What is the proper description?
Comprehensive Review III: Chains, Narrators, Transmission and Biographical Criticism
- Delimit the continuity to the verified portion
- Call the whole chain unqualifiedly musalsal
- Assume the condition for each transmitter
- Treat unproven links as implicitly verified