• Gharīb Hadith (غریب): just one narrator in a generation.
• Two possibilities: one in every generation, or one in just one generation with more elsewhere.
• Counting: consider each generation separately, not the total names in the sanad.
• Example: in the Hadith about faith and modesty, Abu Ṣāliḥ alone transmits from Abu Hurayrah, and ʿAbdullāh ibn Dīnār alone from Abu Ṣāliḥ.
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Gharīb Hadith: A Single Narrator in a Generation
• Gharīb Hadith (غریب): just one narrator in a generation.
• Two possibilities: one in every generation, or one in just one generation with more elsewhere.
• Counting: consider each generation separately, not the total names in the sanad.
• Example: in the Hadith about faith and modesty, Abu Ṣāliḥ alone transmits from Abu Hurayrah, and ʿAbdullāh ibn Dīnār alone from Abu Ṣāliḥ.