LessonsThe Meeting Condition in Muʿanʿan Hadith: Muslim’s Rejoinder and Route ComparisonQuiz

احْتَجْتُ لِمَا وَصَفْتُ مِنَ الْعِلَّةِ إِلَى الْبَحْثِ عَنْ سَمَاعِ رَاوِي كُلِّ خَبَرٍ عَنْ رَاوِيهِ، فَإِذَا أَنَا هَجَمْتُ عَلَى سَمَاعِهِ مِنْهُ لِأَدْنَى شَيْءٍ ثَبَتَ عِنْدِي بِذَلِكَ جَمِيعُ مَا يَرْوِي عَنْهُ بَعْدُ، فَإِنْ عَزَبَ عَنِّي مَعْرِفَةُ ذَلِكَ أَوْقَفْتُ الْخَبَرَ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدِي مَوْضِعَ حُجَّةٍ لِإِمْكَانِ الْإِرْسَالِ فِيهِ.
Translation: Because of this asserted defect, the opponent says, I investigated whether each narrator had heard from his named teacher. If I found even the slightest amount of hearing, I regarded all later reports from that teacher as established; but if knowledge of such hearing escaped me, I suspended the report as evidence because omission remained possible.

One documented instance of hearing thus suffices for all later unqualified reports, but absence of information is treated as a reason to withhold acceptance. Muslim tests whether that standard can be applied consistently.

Lexical points: «عَزَبَ عَنِّي» means “escaped my knowledge”; both «يَعْزُبُ» and «يَعْزِبُ» are recognized. «أَوْقَفْتُ الْخَبَرَ» is an uncommon linguistic form for “I suspended the report,” while «وَقَفْتُ» is more common. The lām of «لِإِمْكَانِ الْإِرْسَالِ» supplies the stated *reason*—possibility of omission, not proof of an actual break.

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The Meeting Condition in Muʿanʿan Hadith: Muslim’s Rejoinder and Route Comparison

احْتَجْتُ لِمَا وَصَفْتُ مِنَ الْعِلَّةِ إِلَى الْبَحْثِ عَنْ سَمَاعِ رَاوِي كُلِّ خَبَرٍ عَنْ رَاوِيهِ، فَإِذَا أَنَا هَجَمْتُ عَلَى سَمَاعِهِ مِنْهُ لِأَدْنَى شَيْءٍ ثَبَتَ عِنْدِي بِذَلِكَ جَمِيعُ مَا يَرْوِي عَنْهُ بَعْدُ، فَإِنْ عَزَبَ عَنِّي مَعْرِفَةُ ذَلِكَ أَوْقَفْتُ الْخَبَرَ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدِي مَوْضِعَ حُجَّةٍ لِإِمْكَانِ الْإِرْسَالِ فِيهِ.
Translation: Because of this asserted defect, the opponent says, I investigated whether each narrator had heard from his named teacher. If I found even the slightest amount of hearing, I regarded all later reports from that teacher as established; but if knowledge of such hearing escaped me, I suspended the report as evidence because omission remained possible.

One documented instance of hearing thus suffices for all later unqualified reports, but absence of information is treated as a reason to withhold acceptance. Muslim tests whether that standard can be applied consistently.

Lexical points: «عَزَبَ عَنِّي» means “escaped my knowledge”; both «يَعْزُبُ» and «يَعْزِبُ» are recognized. «أَوْقَفْتُ الْخَبَرَ» is an uncommon linguistic form for “I suspended the report,” while «وَقَفْتُ» is more common. The lām of «لِإِمْكَانِ الْإِرْسَالِ» supplies the stated *reason*—possibility of omission, not proof of an actual break.