An occasional misreading does not, by itself, discredit a narrator. Frequent taṣḥīf, however, undermines the narrator’s accuracy and makes the transmission unreliable.
• Isolated error: a mistake occurring occasionally.
• Frequent error: repeatedly misreading words.
A misread word needs correction, but it does not justify an immediate verdict on the narrator’s overall standing.
1. Ḍabṭ: preserving and transmitting reports accurately.
2. Discredited: a scholarly criticism of a narrator’s reliability in this context.