Dabt is the competence by which a transmitter preserves the accuracy of a report, whether received orally or maintained in writing. Even a morally upright narrator must be assessed carefully if he repeatedly confuses wordings, interchanges chains, or makes avoidable transmission errors.
«عَدْلٍ تَامِّ الضَّبْطِ»
An upright transmitter whose precision is complete.
Complete precision is required for the highest intrinsic grade. It means more than understanding a report's general meaning: the narrator must be able to transmit the relevant wording and chain accurately.
For example, two narrators may both be upright, while one preserves reports with exceptional consistency and the other has a documented, minor reduction in precision. Their moral reliability can be comparable, yet the difference in accuracy affects the report's classification.