Alongside the ability to preserve a Hadith, the narrator must also be trustworthy.
Here an ʿādil (عادل) narrator means a thiqah, reliable narrator: one whose transmission is trusted.
ʿĀdil concerns the narrator's trustworthiness; tāmm al-ḍabṭ concerns careful preservation of the Hadith.
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Ṣaḥīḥ li-Dhātihi: Two Narrator Qualities
Alongside the ability to preserve a Hadith, the narrator must also be trustworthy.
Here an ʿādil (عادل) narrator means a thiqah, reliable narrator: one whose transmission is trusted.
ʿĀdil concerns the narrator's trustworthiness; tāmm al-ḍabṭ concerns careful preservation of the Hadith.