When a mursal narration is corroborated by a separate reliable connected chain, the report's content may be established by the combined evidence. This does not mean that the original omitted intermediary becomes named; that original route remains formally mursal.
If the second route is also weak, investigators must consider the type of weakness, whether the two routes are genuinely independent, and whether the evidence can support mutual strengthening.
Illustration: “Successor A ← Prophet ﷺ” is mursal. If “Successor B ← Companion ← Prophet ﷺ” is independently and reliably established, the overall report may become acceptable, while the first route retains its classification as mursal.