Khabar mashhūr (خبرِ مشہور) has two conditions together:
• Three or more narrators in every generation. If even one generation has fewer than three, this definition is not fulfilled.
• The number remains below the threshold of tawātur. Having more than three narrators does not by itself mean mutawātir.
This concerns each generation, not merely finding three names in the entire sanad.
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Mashhūr Hadith and the Two Uses of Mustafīḍ
Khabar mashhūr (خبرِ مشہور) has two conditions together:
• Three or more narrators in every generation. If even one generation has fewer than three, this definition is not fulfilled.
• The number remains below the threshold of tawātur. Having more than three narrators does not by itself mean mutawātir.
This concerns each generation, not merely finding three names in the entire sanad.