The issue is not whether a report sounds persuasive but how securely it is attributed. Honesty and precision are separate dimensions: an upright transmitter can still misremember.
The chain allows the reader to distinguish a Prophetic report from a Companion’s statement or a Successor’s legal judgment without indiscriminate suspicion.
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Isnād as Part of Religion: Transmitter Competence, Fitnah, and Connected Transmission
The issue is not whether a report sounds persuasive but how securely it is attributed. Honesty and precision are separate dimensions: an upright transmitter can still misremember.
The chain allows the reader to distinguish a Prophetic report from a Companion’s statement or a Successor’s legal judgment without indiscriminate suspicion.