Narrators may possess the qualities required for acceptance, while differing in the degree of those qualities. The discussion here concerns the ranks of their qualities, not narrator numbers.
This is called farq al-marātib (فرقِ مراتب) in qualities: differences in their degree.
For example, asking about the degree of narrators' relevant qualities concerns this first basis. The detailed grades formed on this basis will be studied separately.
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Three bases for classifying accepted Hadith
Narrators may possess the qualities required for acceptance, while differing in the degree of those qualities. The discussion here concerns the ranks of their qualities, not narrator numbers.
This is called farq al-marātib (فرقِ مراتب) in qualities: differences in their degree.
For example, asking about the degree of narrators' relevant qualities concerns this first basis. The detailed grades formed on this basis will be studied separately.