Which conditions best capture Muslim’s criterion in this concluding discussion?
Historical Examples of Muʿanʿan Transmission and the Conclusion of Muslim’s Introduction
- Any two named narrators automatically yield a sound chain
- Reliable non-mudallis transmitters, genuinely possible contact, and no evidence of disconnection
- A written record of the exact hearing session for every ʿan-report
- Contact is possible even where narrators are unknown, so the chain is accepted