An upright, adequately but less precisely transmitting narrator belongs to a connected, defect-free chain. Which intrinsic grade may apply?
Hasan li-Dhatihi, Sahih li-Ghayrihi, and al-Tirmidhi’s Composite Terms
- Hasan li-dhatihi
- Sahih li-dhatihi because adequate precision must equal full precision
- Sahih li-ghayrihi because one acceptable chain counts as external corroboration
- Hasan li-ghayrihi because every hasan report needs a second route