LessonsMutaba‘ah, Shahid and I‘tibar: Tracing Hadith Transmission RoutesQuiz

«تَتَبُّعُ الطُّرُقِ ... لِيُعْلَمَ هَلْ لَهُ مُتَابِعٌ أَمْ لَا»
Tracing the routes to discover whether a supporting transmitter exists.

I‘tibar is the systematic search for, and comparison of, a report's transmission paths. That investigation may reveal a mutabi‘, a shahid from another Companion, or no sufficiently relevant corroborating path.

It is not a third species of supporting narration parallel to mutaba‘ah and shahid. It is the method of investigation through which such routes may be found.

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I‘tibar as investigation, not another kind of report

Mutaba‘ah, Shahid and I‘tibar: Tracing Hadith Transmission Routes

«تَتَبُّعُ الطُّرُقِ ... لِيُعْلَمَ هَلْ لَهُ مُتَابِعٌ أَمْ لَا»
Tracing the routes to discover whether a supporting transmitter exists.

I‘tibar is the systematic search for, and comparison of, a report's transmission paths. That investigation may reveal a mutabi‘, a shahid from another Companion, or no sufficiently relevant corroborating path.

It is not a third species of supporting narration parallel to mutaba‘ah and shahid. It is the method of investigation through which such routes may be found.