LessonsThe Muqaddimah’s Aim: Mastery, Selection, and Critical ComparisonQuiz

فَإِذَا كَانَ الْأَمْرُ فِي هَذَا كَمَا وَصَفْنَا، فَالْقَصْدُ مِنْهُ إِلَى الصَّحِيحِ الْقَلِيلِ أَوْلَى بِهِمْ مِنَ ازْدِيَادِ السَّقِيمِ،
If matters stand as described, seeking a smaller number of sound reports is more appropriate for such people than accumulating defective reports.

The contrast is one of evidentiary reliability. “Saqīm” may denote reports impaired in reliability; it does not automatically mean fabricated.

The preference especially concerns learners unable to discriminate between reports. It does not forbid specialists from examining weak routes to investigate transmission history or defects.

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Prefer sound reports to a mass of defective ones

The Muqaddimah’s Aim: Mastery, Selection, and Critical Comparison

فَإِذَا كَانَ الْأَمْرُ فِي هَذَا كَمَا وَصَفْنَا، فَالْقَصْدُ مِنْهُ إِلَى الصَّحِيحِ الْقَلِيلِ أَوْلَى بِهِمْ مِنَ ازْدِيَادِ السَّقِيمِ،
If matters stand as described, seeking a smaller number of sound reports is more appropriate for such people than accumulating defective reports.

The contrast is one of evidentiary reliability. “Saqīm” may denote reports impaired in reliability; it does not automatically mean fabricated.

The preference especially concerns learners unable to discriminate between reports. It does not forbid specialists from examining weak routes to investigate transmission history or defects.