A mursal report omits the intermediary after a Successor, who attributes the report directly to the Messenger ﷺ.
In the next example, Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyib reports a prohibition of the Messenger ﷺ without naming the narrator between himself and the Prophet ﷺ.
1. Successor (tābiʿī): A Muslim who met a Companion and died as a Muslim.
2. Intermediary: A narrator through whom a report was transmitted.
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A mursal report omits the intermediary after a Successor, who attributes the report directly to the Messenger ﷺ.
In the next example, Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyib reports a prohibition of the Messenger ﷺ without naming the narrator between himself and the Prophet ﷺ.
1. Successor (tābiʿī): A Muslim who met a Companion and died as a Muslim.
2. Intermediary: A narrator through whom a report was transmitted.