LessonsHistorical Examples of Muʿanʿan Transmission and the Conclusion of Muslim’s IntroductionQuiz

فَكُلُّ هَؤُلَاءِ التَّابِعِينَ الَّذِينَ نَصَبْنَا رِوَايَتَهُمْ عَنِ الصَّحَابَةِ الَّذِينَ سَمَّيْنَاهُمْ لَمْ يُحْفَظْ عَنْهُمْ سَمَاعٌ عَلِمْنَاهُ مِنْهُمْ فِي رِوَايَةٍ بِعَيْنِهَا، وَلَا أَنَّهُمْ لَقُوهُمْ فِي نَفْسِ خَبَرٍ بِعَيْنِهِ.
Translation: For all these Successors and the named Companion sources, Muslim knows of no explicit report of hearing or of meeting within the very specific transmissions under discussion.

The absence of preserved documentation is distinct from a finding that reception never occurred. The cumulative force of the examples is their challenge to a universal added prerequisite.

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Historical Examples of Muʿanʿan Transmission and the Conclusion of Muslim’s Introduction

فَكُلُّ هَؤُلَاءِ التَّابِعِينَ الَّذِينَ نَصَبْنَا رِوَايَتَهُمْ عَنِ الصَّحَابَةِ الَّذِينَ سَمَّيْنَاهُمْ لَمْ يُحْفَظْ عَنْهُمْ سَمَاعٌ عَلِمْنَاهُ مِنْهُمْ فِي رِوَايَةٍ بِعَيْنِهَا، وَلَا أَنَّهُمْ لَقُوهُمْ فِي نَفْسِ خَبَرٍ بِعَيْنِهِ.
Translation: For all these Successors and the named Companion sources, Muslim knows of no explicit report of hearing or of meeting within the very specific transmissions under discussion.

The absence of preserved documentation is distinct from a finding that reception never occurred. The cumulative force of the examples is their challenge to a universal added prerequisite.