LessonsIntroduction to Hadith Methodology and Mutawatir ReportsQuiz

«رَوَوْا ذَلِكَ عَنْ مِثْلِهِمْ مِنَ الِابْتِدَاءِ إِلَى الِانْتِهَاءِ»
They transmit it from comparable groups from the beginning of the chain to its end.

A crowd of late transmitters is insufficient if the report began with a single source. Subsequent multiplication does not retroactively transform its earliest stage into tawatur.

Hypothetical example: If stage one has 1 transmitter, stage two 12, and stage three 100, the first stage fails the requirement. Conversely, a report with adequate multiplicity at every stage may meet it, provided the first condition's qualitative standard is also satisfied.

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Condition 2: continuity at every stage

Introduction to Hadith Methodology and Mutawatir Reports

«رَوَوْا ذَلِكَ عَنْ مِثْلِهِمْ مِنَ الِابْتِدَاءِ إِلَى الِانْتِهَاءِ»
They transmit it from comparable groups from the beginning of the chain to its end.

A crowd of late transmitters is insufficient if the report began with a single source. Subsequent multiplication does not retroactively transform its earliest stage into tawatur.

Hypothetical example: If stage one has 1 transmitter, stage two 12, and stage three 100, the first stage fails the requirement. Conversely, a report with adequate multiplicity at every stage may meet it, provided the first condition's qualitative standard is also satisfied.