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Ittiṣāl al-sanad means that the chain is connected: no narrator is omitted from it, and each narrator's transmission from the narrator above is established.

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Three Foundational Conditions in Assessment

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Lesson

1. Ittiṣāl al-Sanad

Ittiṣāl al-sanad means that the chain is connected: no narrator is omitted from it, and each narrator's transmission from the narrator above is established.

2. ʿAdālah

ʿAdālah means that all narrators are trustworthy and reliable.

3. Ḍabṭ

Ḍabṭ means that a narrator preserves the report with its chain through sound memory or careful writing.

4. An Example of an Accepted Report

● Example: “سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَرَأَ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِالطُّورِ”

● Simple meaning: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recite Sūrat al-Ṭūr in the Maghrib prayer.

● First three conditions: the chain is connected, the narrators possess ʿadālah, and the narrators possess ḍabṭ.

5. Summary of the Three Conditions

● Ittiṣāl al-sanad: the chain is connected.

● ʿAdālah: the narrators are trustworthy and reliable.

● Ḍabṭ: the narrator preserves the report through sound memory or careful writing.

● These are the first three conditions of the complete definition.

Practice questions

Question 1

No narrator is omitted from the chain, and each narrator's transmission from the narrator above is established. Which condition does this describe?

  • Ittiṣāl al-sanad
  • ʿAdālah
  • Ḍabṭ

Question 2

All narrators of a report are trustworthy and reliable. Which technical quality does this describe?

  • ʿAdālah
  • Ittiṣāl al-sanad
  • Ḍabṭ

Question 3

Which quality is described by preserving a report with its chain through sound memory or careful writing?

  • Ḍabṭ
  • ʿAdālah
  • Ittiṣāl al-sanad

Question 4

If the chain is connected and a narrator is trustworthy, but the narrator cannot preserve the report well through memory or writing, which of the first three conditions is not fulfilled?

  • Ḍabṭ
  • Ittiṣāl al-sanad
  • ʿAdālah

Question 5

If only the condition of ittiṣāl al-sanad is fulfilled, that one condition establishes the report's complete grade.

  • True
  • False

Question 6

ʿAdālah and ḍabṭ are two names for the same quality.

  • True
  • False

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