LessonsMuʿanʿan Transmission: Possible Meeting, Evidence of Hearing, and ContinuityQuiz

وَهَذَا الْقَوْلُ، يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ، فِي الطَّعْنِ فِي الْأَسَانِيدِ قَوْلٌ مُخْتَرَعٌ مُسْتَحْدَثٌ، غَيْرُ مَسْبُوقٍ صَاحِبُهُ إِلَيْهِ، وَلَا مُسَاعِدَ لَهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ عَلَيْهِ.
Translation: And this opinion—may God have mercy on you—concerning criticism of chains of transmission is an invented, newly introduced opinion: no one preceded its proponent in asserting it, nor does he have anyone among the people of knowledge supporting him in it.

This is Muslim’s own claim about the lack of scholarly precedent and support for the objection. It must not be converted into an independently established claim that later authorities unanimously agreed with him; al-Nawawī evaluates a different criterion.

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Muslim’s Initial Answer

Muʿanʿan Transmission: Possible Meeting, Evidence of Hearing, and Continuity

وَهَذَا الْقَوْلُ، يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ، فِي الطَّعْنِ فِي الْأَسَانِيدِ قَوْلٌ مُخْتَرَعٌ مُسْتَحْدَثٌ، غَيْرُ مَسْبُوقٍ صَاحِبُهُ إِلَيْهِ، وَلَا مُسَاعِدَ لَهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ عَلَيْهِ.
Translation: And this opinion—may God have mercy on you—concerning criticism of chains of transmission is an invented, newly introduced opinion: no one preceded its proponent in asserting it, nor does he have anyone among the people of knowledge supporting him in it.

This is Muslim’s own claim about the lack of scholarly precedent and support for the objection. It must not be converted into an independently established claim that later authorities unanimously agreed with him; al-Nawawī evaluates a different criterion.