If an intrinsically hasan route receives strong independent supporting evidence, what stronger cumulative grade may result?
Hasan li-Dhatihi, Sahih li-Ghayrihi, and al-Tirmidhi’s Composite Terms
- Hasan li-dhatihi because corroboration never raises cumulative strength
- Sahih li-dhatihi because the new route changes the first narrator to fully precise
- Hasan li-ghayrihi despite the first chain already being intrinsically hasan
- Sahih li-ghayrihi