LessonsNarrator Anonymity: Wuḥdān, Mubham, Majhūl al-ʿAyn and MastūrQuiz

«أَوْ رَوَى عَنْهُ اثْنَانِ فَصَاعِدًا، وَلَمْ يُوَثَّقْ، فَهُوَ مَجْهُولُ الْحَالِ، وَهُوَ الْمَسْتُورُ»
If two or more transmitters report from him but he has not been authenticated, he is unknown as to his state, also called mastūr.

Here the narrator is not wholly without identity. At least two persons have transmitted from him, reducing the problem of identity being unknown. Yet a sufficient trustworthy appraisal of integrity and precision is still unavailable.

Mastūr is a technical term in this setting. It does not mean that evidence of deliberate lying exists. Rather, the positive evidence needed for a secure acceptance assessment remains incomplete.

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Majhūl al-ḥāl, also called al-mastūr

Narrator Anonymity: Wuḥdān, Mubham, Majhūl al-ʿAyn and Mastūr

«أَوْ رَوَى عَنْهُ اثْنَانِ فَصَاعِدًا، وَلَمْ يُوَثَّقْ، فَهُوَ مَجْهُولُ الْحَالِ، وَهُوَ الْمَسْتُورُ»
If two or more transmitters report from him but he has not been authenticated, he is unknown as to his state, also called mastūr.

Here the narrator is not wholly without identity. At least two persons have transmitted from him, reducing the problem of identity being unknown. Yet a sufficient trustworthy appraisal of integrity and precision is still unavailable.

Mastūr is a technical term in this setting. It does not mean that evidence of deliberate lying exists. Rather, the positive evidence needed for a secure acceptance assessment remains incomplete.