When a Successor leaves the following intermediary unstated:
• The omitted intermediary may be a Companion alone.
• Or both another Successor and a Companion may be omitted.
These are the two possibilities explained for the Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyib example. The shortened chain does not supply the omitted narrator's name.
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When a Successor leaves the following intermediary unstated:
• The omitted intermediary may be a Companion alone.
• Or both another Successor and a Companion may be omitted.
These are the two possibilities explained for the Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyib example. The shortened chain does not supply the omitted narrator's name.