Why was hadith not taken from some individuals described as maʾmūn?
Isnād as Part of Religion: Transmitter Competence, Fitnah, and Connected Transmission
- They were personally trustworthy but not established as sufficiently skilled transmitters
- Every report from them had been proved fabricated despite their upright character
- They transmitted by meaning, making each narration necessarily inadmissible
- Any isolated disagreement with other transmitters was deemed sufficient for universal rejection