What is the most fundamental distinction between ḥasan li-dhātihi and ḥasan li-ghayrihi?
Innovation, Defective Retention, Ikhtilāṭ and Ḥasan li-Ghayrihi
- The former is acceptable on its own route; the latter through outside corroboration
- The former never reaches the Prophet
- The latter is necessarily mursal
- The former always has a one-person chain