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

وَكَانَ هَذَا الْقَوْلُ الَّذِي أَحْدَثَهُ الْقَائِلُ الَّذِي حَكَيْنَاهُ فِي تَوْهِينِ الْحَدِيثِ بِالْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي وَصَفَ أَقَلَّ مِنْ أَنْ يُعَرَّجَ عَلَيْهِ وَيُثَارَ ذِكْرُهُ؛ إِذْ كَانَ قَوْلًا مُحْدَثًا وَكَلَامًا خَلْفًا لَمْ يَقُلْهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ سَلَفَ وَيَسْتَنْكِرُهُ مَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ خَلَفَ، فَلَا حَاجَةَ بِنَا فِي رَدِّهِ بِأَكْثَرَ مِمَّا شَرَحْنَا.
Translation: In Muslim’s assessment, the view put forward by the person he has described—weakening reports for the stated reason—is so slight that it scarcely deserves to be turned back to or even raised for discussion. He calls it a newly introduced position and worthless speech that no earlier scholar had maintained and that later scholars regard as objectionable. He therefore sees no need to add more to his preceding refutation.

Nawawī glosses “kalāman khalfan” as unsound or worthless speech. The severity belongs to Muslim’s own polemic and should not be represented as erasing the separate scholarly positions documented by later commentators.

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Muslim’s Rejection of the Additional Condition

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

وَكَانَ هَذَا الْقَوْلُ الَّذِي أَحْدَثَهُ الْقَائِلُ الَّذِي حَكَيْنَاهُ فِي تَوْهِينِ الْحَدِيثِ بِالْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي وَصَفَ أَقَلَّ مِنْ أَنْ يُعَرَّجَ عَلَيْهِ وَيُثَارَ ذِكْرُهُ؛ إِذْ كَانَ قَوْلًا مُحْدَثًا وَكَلَامًا خَلْفًا لَمْ يَقُلْهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ سَلَفَ وَيَسْتَنْكِرُهُ مَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ خَلَفَ، فَلَا حَاجَةَ بِنَا فِي رَدِّهِ بِأَكْثَرَ مِمَّا شَرَحْنَا.
Translation: In Muslim’s assessment, the view put forward by the person he has described—weakening reports for the stated reason—is so slight that it scarcely deserves to be turned back to or even raised for discussion. He calls it a newly introduced position and worthless speech that no earlier scholar had maintained and that later scholars regard as objectionable. He therefore sees no need to add more to his preceding refutation.

Nawawī glosses “kalāman khalfan” as unsound or worthless speech. The severity belongs to Muslim’s own polemic and should not be represented as erasing the separate scholarly positions documented by later commentators.