فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ -زَعَمْتَ- مِمَّا يَشْغَلُكَ عَمَّا لَهُ قَصَدْتَ مِنَ التَّفَهُّمِ فِيهَا، وَالِاسْتِنْبَاطِ مِنْهَا.
For, as you said, excessive repetition would divert you from your aim: understanding these reports and drawing inferences from them.
“Tafahhum” concerns the wording, context, and intended meaning; “istinbāṭ” is disciplined derivation of conclusions from the evidence. Both must remain connected to the question of reliable transmission.
Al-Nawawī explains that “zaʿamta” here means “you stated,” rather than implying suspicion or disbelief. Imam Muslim is reporting the requester’s reason.