LessonsMuʿḍal and MunqaṭiʿQuiz

A muʿḍal report has two or more narrators omitted consecutively from its chain.

• “Two or more” specifies the number.
• “Consecutively” means the omitted narrators followed one another.

In the next example, two intermediaries between Mālik and Abū Hurayrah are unstated.

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Muʿḍal: definition

Muʿḍal and Munqaṭiʿ

A muʿḍal report has two or more narrators omitted consecutively from its chain.

• “Two or more” specifies the number.
• “Consecutively” means the omitted narrators followed one another.

In the next example, two intermediaries between Mālik and Abū Hurayrah are unstated.