What best contrasts sūʾ al-ḥifẓ and faḥsh al-ghalaṭ?
Criticism of Narrators: Fabricated, Abandoned, Munkar, and Defective Reports
- Weak retention is always deliberate lying
- Excessive error is merely a vocalization variation
- Weak retention is a less severe accuracy defect; excessive error is a grave pattern of mistakes
- Both are types of unknown status