The example mentioned Abu Hurayrah, Abu Ṣāliḥ and ʿAbdullāh ibn Dīnār: three names. Why was it still called gharīb?
Gharīb Hadith: A Single Narrator in a Generation
- They belong to different generations; each of the generations explained has one narrator.
- Only the last of the three names is counted as a narrator.
- The Hadith is gharīb because its wording is short.