Maḥfūẓ: The more reliable narrator's report

Read-only question overview. Answers and scoring remain inside authenticated learner attempts.

• Two reliable narrators transmit opposing reports. One is stronger in accurate transmission. In the stated case, whose report is maḥfūẓ?
• In this definition of maḥfūẓ, opposition between the reports is unnecessary; greater reliability alone is sufficient.
• Match the narrator and report descriptions to their labels in the stated comparison.
• A learner memorizes a Hadith and says: “Now it is a maḥfūẓ Hadith.” What is missing in the technical sense?