LessonsṬarīq and Ṭuruq: Chains of One HadithQuiz

• In one chain, Sufyan transmits from Yahya ibn Sa'id.
• In the other, Malik transmits from Yahya ibn Sa'id.

This difference in the transmitter sequence makes them two distinct ṭuruq.

Two ṭuruq do not have to differ in every narrator. Yahya ibn Sa'id appears in both chains here.

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Why count them separately?

Ṭarīq and Ṭuruq: Chains of One Hadith

• In one chain, Sufyan transmits from Yahya ibn Sa'id.
• In the other, Malik transmits from Yahya ibn Sa'id.

This difference in the transmitter sequence makes them two distinct ṭuruq.

Two ṭuruq do not have to differ in every narrator. Yahya ibn Sa'id appears in both chains here.