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لَمْ يُوجَدْ فِي رِوَايَتِهِمِ اخْتِلَافٌ شَدِيدٌ وَلَا تَخْلِيطٌ فَاحِشٌ كَمَا قَدْ عُثِرَ فِيهِ عَلَى كَثِيرٍ مِنَ الْمُحَدِّثِينَ وَبَانَ ذَلِكَ فِي حَدِيثِهِمْ
Translation: Their narrations do not exhibit severe divergence or gross confusion of the sort demonstrable in the reports of many transmitters.

Severe divergence means a substantial pattern of conflict affecting accuracy; gross confusion is serious mixing of chains or reports. Al-Nawawī explains that an otherwise precise transmitter may occasionally differ: critical assessment depends on the pattern and weight of the errors, not the mere occurrence of any variation.

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Severe divergence and pervasive confusion

Ranks of Transmitters: Precision, Consistency, and Fair Comparison

لَمْ يُوجَدْ فِي رِوَايَتِهِمِ اخْتِلَافٌ شَدِيدٌ وَلَا تَخْلِيطٌ فَاحِشٌ كَمَا قَدْ عُثِرَ فِيهِ عَلَى كَثِيرٍ مِنَ الْمُحَدِّثِينَ وَبَانَ ذَلِكَ فِي حَدِيثِهِمْ
Translation: Their narrations do not exhibit severe divergence or gross confusion of the sort demonstrable in the reports of many transmitters.

Severe divergence means a substantial pattern of conflict affecting accuracy; gross confusion is serious mixing of chains or reports. Al-Nawawī explains that an otherwise precise transmitter may occasionally differ: critical assessment depends on the pattern and weight of the errors, not the mere occurrence of any variation.